Reboot of the anti-redneck, redneck -sports and politics

Three civil rights groups; The Urban League of Greater Kansas City, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City and the Kansas City, Missouri, chapter of the NAACP in the Kansas City area, have cautioned the NBA about relocating the Raptors temporarily to KC because they feel  the city has failed to demonstrate that Black Lives Matter. Here's an earlier blog with similar themes. Return of the anti-redneck, redneck 

  So who made these three groups, judge and jury?

  BTW, #Mahomes is for the KC raptors 

Nov 3

"f--- you SNL...trying to reduce me to greed." #ICECUBE , rapper and owner of the BIG3, reacts to be the SNL mocking him for talking to #Trump

Nov 9

#BurgessOwens , former NFL DB, takes a narrow lead over Democratic incumbent Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th District  Congressional race. Counting continues so maybe everyone should hold their powder about all the election races.

Nov 18, 2020

Ben McAdams, the Dem incumbent , conceded to Burgess Owens yesterday.

dec 18, 2020

 An Argentine court ruled that  #DiegoMaradona body must be conserved and not cremated pending a paternity case . Maradona's lawyer told the court  that  DNA samples exist so there  is no need to exhume the body. 

Jan 7, 2021

Heat and Celtics players took a knee during the anthem to protest the "Capital incursion in DC"  and that the cop who shot Jacob Blake, who was facing sexual assault charges and was carrying a knife. won't face  charges. 

NBA was mostly silent during the BLM and Antifa riots last summer. The NBA is selective about what violence it ignores.

Jan 21, 2021

So the four letter Network was gushing over the Biden Inauguration yesterday with #BillBradley, a former solid player with the Knicks and Democrat Senator from New Jersey, and I'm thinking they still are clueless that the S stands for Sports. I changed the channel after 15 seconds and would've have done the same if a sports channel was gushing over Trump.

Jan 23, 2020

#NBCSN has been unable to keep pace and is being shut down at the end of the year and migrating much of its programming, including the NHL and NASCAR, to its sister general entertainment network USA.

Feb 10, 2021

The NBA's rulebook requires players to stand during the national anthem, but Silver has declined to enforce that rule, and Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks owner,  has taken that opening and halted the playing of the anthem at  Dallas home games. Perhaps Silver and Cuban will  raise the flag of Mainland China next.

feb 12, 2021

Bluefield College forfeited a men's basketball game on Thursday after the NAIA  school president David Olive  suspended multiple players who ignored his previous warnings to stop kneeling during the national anthem.

April 14, 2021

Just wondering: Will the Blue Jays(MLB) and the Raptors(NBA) ever leave FLA and return to Canada for home games?

May 14, 2021

Blue Jays will return to Buffalo on June 1- will they ever play in Trudy's Toronto again?

#Buzbee , a lawyer for some the gals suing Deshaun Watson, claimed “some of the women did not feel like they were being respected” by the NFL investigators. These are serious charges- the kid gloves are off. I guess he thinks the NFL should believe the gals and the case is over.

July 17, 2021

 Blue Jays will return to Toronto for a July 30th game against KC after receiving a National Interest Exemption from the Canadian government, allowing the team to enter the country without having to adhere to the country's Covid-19 travel restrictions. It's their first game there since September 29, 2019. Just have to laugh! Maybe they thought the team was starting to dig Buffalo?

July 24, 2021

 Our "national" feelings are  safer with the Guardians  moniker replacing Indians in Cleveland, and any announcer  who slips and calls them the Tribe will be canceled. . Perhaps Willows will replace the Redskins moniker in DC. Or Weak in the Knees?

July 28, 2021

Trudeau , the Canadian Morality Director  and PM, lectures the Habs on drafting Mailloux, who was charged in Sweden last year with defamation and offensive photography and fined approximately $1,650. " I think it was a lack of judgment by the Canadiens organization" . 

Habs GM  said he was the best player available.

aug 11, 2021

The name game continues: Valparaiso University announced the Beacons as its new team name, which replaces the Crusaders, a term school officials claimed had been embraced by hate groups.

Jan 18, 2022

Former NBA player Yao Ming has a protected status in Communist China and this shows it. "If there is an opportunity, I would like to invite him(Kanter) to visit China. Then he may have a more comprehensive understanding of us."

 Dude, Enes Kanter has to be careful where he travels because President Ergodan of Turkey will have his boys kidnap, then jail him. And why would Kanter trust China to not jail him?

Jan 19, 2022

Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive, and one of the owners of the NBA Warriors, is catching he!! for saying that he - and most Americans - "don't care" about abuses against the Uyghur minority in China. His quick apology didn't help.  Golden State Warriors MGT quickly distanced itself from Palihapitiya, who owns 10% of the team, calling him a "limited investor with no day-to-day operating functions".

Jan 23, 2022

Aussie officials claim "Where is Peng Shuai?" T-shirts are political and ask tennis fans to remove them at the Australian Open.  Communist China is as sensitive as the WOKE crowd. Australia is moving closer to Fascism between this and its tactics on Covid.

Feb 2, 2022

While #BrianFlores may have some valid points about the Rozelle rule, I can't see how he can prove enough points to win in court.  His NFL coaching career is toast. One thing that could be noteworthy is the accusation that the Dolphins' owners pushed for the team by offering incentives to tank in 2019..

And I don't see how you can codify one of his demands in the NFL bylaws:  Increase "the objectivity of" hiring/terminating GMs, head coaches and coordinators.

April 4, 2022

So Shannon Sharpe would rather pay $20 a gallon than have Trump as Prez? Cuz you can afford it!

Why would anyone still want Kapernick with all the baggage he brings?

April 18, 2022

Zoe Rosenburg, 19, had a chain and attached herself to the back of the basket near to the Timberwolves' bench at Memphis Fed Ex arena prior to the start of the MEM/MINN game. Security personnel removed the chain from around her neck, and she's was later arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing. There have been animal rights' protests at TWolves'  games this season because one of their co-owners also owns factory farms.

How she able to get that close to the basket?

May 21, 2022

Brittany Griner, the 6-foot-nine-inch center for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, who also has played off-season hoops in Russia, was busted for possession of cannabis-infused vaporizer cartridges a few months ago. She should have been aware of Russia's laws. Most of the time stars buy their way out of these drug busts, but  the war in the Ukraine has  F'd up this situation. And as much as I detest Putin, I don't understand our State Department's claim that she was wrongfully detained. She may not get released until the war is over.

May 22, 2022

And the crap continues Josh Donaldson called Chisox shortstop Tim Anderson "Jackie". JD said the "Jackie" comment was in reference to a 2019 interview with Sports Illustrated in which Anderson described himself as feeling like "today's Jackie Robinson" . 

But Anderson feels disrespected, and Chisox MGR LaRussa whines that it's a racist comment. I've always disliked LaRussa so I ain't surprised he's fueling the melodrama.

May 29, 2022

F U to SF Giants MGR Gabe Kapler who says he'll remain inside the clubhouse while the national anthem is being played before games in protest of the school shooting in Uvalde, TX and how our country is.

May 31, 2022

and Kapler changes his mind for Memorial Day and stands for the National Anthem. I wonder if he's the same way about lineup decisions and promises made to players.

June 5, 2022

Celtics wear “We Are BG” T-shirts to practice in support of Brittney Griner.

June 18, 2022

 I can't stand Dan Snyder, but I understand why he's hesitant to testify before Maloney's House Oversight committee due to other ongoing investigations.  Maloney's response, "Congress has long investigated matters subject to parallel proceedings," wouldn't ease my mind. 

Plus, watching another hearing, the Jan 6 House freak show ,without rebuttals, does not engender confidence in the process. 

Aug 20, 2022

BBC presenter Annita McVeigh issued an apology on air and explained that the headline 'Manchester United are rubbish' was written when someone was learning how to use the ticker. Apology sounds like rubbish!

Sept 6, 2022

Nothing like messing with success from the 2020 World Cup: Skocic, a Croation and the head coach of Iran's World Cup team, has faced an uncertain future after he was briefly ousted last month and may get dismissed again.  Some of tension arises from demands for the head coach to be Iranian.

Sept 9, 2022

Paging Dennis Rodman: Time for you to go visit your fat buddy, the dictator of North Korea. North Korea officially enshrined the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes yesterday.

Sept 27, 2022

Macedonian soccer fans booed the Bulgarian Anthem but lost the match. Bulgaria defeated North Macedonia 1:0 in a League of Nations football match played in Skopje, NM. 

Oct 11, 2022

This gave me a chuckle.  In the 1930s the Boston Bruins (NHL) had a front line of Dumart, Schmidt, and Bauer that was nicknamed the Kraut Line. 

Nov 4, 2022

“I cannot be antisemitic,” Irving said, “if I know where I come from.”. Was he saying that being black means he can't be a bigot? He tends to talk in riddles. Anyway, the NBA suspended him for 5 days w/o pay. 

Jan 27, 2023

Panthers go with Reich over Wilks, and we get the obligatory cries of racism from the media. The D showed flashes of solid play, but this had to be about fixing the QB position. Wilks needed a trip to the playoffs to get the HC gig. I thought Flores was screwed by Miami last season, but in neither case do i see it being about crayons.

Lawyer representing Steve Wilks says 'there is a legitimate race problem in NFL' , but Wilks hasn't.

Feb 9, 2023

Woke time-NHL: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is likely leaving the Biden ADM to run the NHLPA. He was once the Mayor of Boston and claims to be a big-time Bruins fan.

March 19, 2023

I wonder if Hradek will go on a rant against Reimer, who is not a Russian, for opting to not wear a Sharks Pride Night jersey and sitting out warmups vs. Islanders 

May 1, 2023

 Three weeks since the Josh Harris' group agreed to a $6.05 billion deal to buy the Commanders from Daniel Snyder.  "Evil Dan" is still around. Funny thing about money or the lack of it.

May 20, 2023

I smell a "woke" coup on USC AD Bohn's exit. Bohn mentioned his own health. Others question the "culture".

June 10, 2023

SEC(REEVES) challenges Newsom (PAC12) to a gun debate. Tie it to a bowl game since politicians are using or abusing sports to promote agendas.

Oct 18, 2023

I've noticed less of EJ Hradek on NHLN in the afternoon and appreciate it.

Dec 17, 2023

I guess if you live long enough: The Baltimore Bullets(now Wizards) franchise of my youth. will be in playing Alexandria VA by 2028. NHL’s Washington Capitals and NBA’s Washington Wizards are moving out of DC and into a new $2 billion "world-class" entertainment complex that will be built in Alexandria, Virgnia.

Abe Pollin started this move gradually 50+ years ago.

March 12, 2024

State Sen. L. Louise Lucas of VA pretty much blew up the Wizards'/Caps move from DC to Alexandria by omitting if from budget bill.

March 31, 2024

 Caps, Wiz staying in DC, however new restrictions on noise, loitering, and vending, plus more cops around Cap1 Arena.

June 30, 2024

Knicks accused Ikechukwu Azotam, their former video, analytics and player-development assistant, of stealing thousands of proprietary files  and sending them to the Raptors in the summer of 2020.

U.S. District Judge Jessica Clarke granted the Raptors' request to compel arbitration, saying the NBA Constitution gave Commissioner Silver exclusive jurisdiction over disputes involving the two teams.

Return of the anti-redneck, redneck

 Years ago, I'm  sipping beer and guzzling whiskey with some long haired biker dudes when they start explaining the credo of the anti-redneck, redneck: Yep, we hunt down the bullies and teach them lessons. In a cautious manner, I mentioned they could become the bullies and was told to "shut the Fuck up and drink your Irish whiskey."

Dare I extrapolate into the raging debate on gay jocks. Indeed, Iwill.! Mike Wallace, a WR for the Dolphins, tweeted aloud that with all the beautiful women around , he didn't understand why Jason Collins , the first active NBAer  to come out of the closet, was gay. Within hours he was backtracking after the groupthink chants of homophobe, and intense front office pressure from the Dolphins.

I agree with Wallace's later tweet accept for the sorry

Never said anything was right or wrong I just said I don't understand!! Deeply sorry for anyone that I offended

William Burroughs, the author of Naked Lunch, suggested during interviews that gay life was better in the shadows, and he wasn't sold on gay day parades. I've heard other gay folks express similar sentiments. I enter this fray as someone who's been the only male in a room ful of lesbians suggesting test tube babies as the only way , and the only straight in a room full of gay guys making breeder jokes while  winking at me. Basically anyone   who wants to call me a homophobe, refocus your lenses and adjust for myopia.

Tolerance is a two-way street.


Should homosexuals be moved into a protected class?

Whether the dreamers like it or not most pro athletes don't prefer showering with guys they know are gay and changing corporate policies and represssing discussion will not make them more open-minded .

11/21/13

Interesting response from a gay, ex-jock.

 "I don't think what he (Jason Collins) did was courageous-at all," Bryant told the magazine, insinuating that the NBA free agent was just using SI to try to land another contract .

More from Dorien Bryant

12/27/13

Openly gay jocks- wow these stories have faded

1/9/14

I return to  Dorien's point (above) that Collins was washed up before coming out.

2/2/14

Not sure if the Groundhog will come out, but Jason C attended the SOTU cuz he came  out.

2/5/14

What's next ? Does Jason C want to be the next  openly gay  assistant coach? Just a hypothetical

2/10/14

Michael Sam, an All-American defensive lineman from Mizzou and the Associated Press' SEC Defensive Player of the Year, said that he is gay and ESPN  Sports  is basically calling him a hero on Sports Center & Mike &Mike. WTF, can you cover some sports and stop acting like MSNBC

2/11/14

Some scouts are now claiming he's too small for his position. The stock-slide has started.

2/12/14

why is the MSM surprised the NFLers don't want  all that crap that goes with having a gay teammate such as sensitivity training  to adjust how they talk.

3/4/14

Jason Collins may  get a second-day contract. Is  any other player trying for a second 10 day contract getting so much ink on his  beliefs.  Being gay gets you "heard"

4/1/14

Will we be  overwhelmed with Jason Collins' stories in the playoffs? He averaging under one of everything except fouls a game.

5/6/14

Has Collins made an appearance in the playoffs.
where will Sam be drafted?

5/9/14

I am Sam not drafted in rd1 but gets a deal with Visa

5/10/14

Two rounds done and the apologists say, that Sam  the SEC  Defensive PoY was a hustle player but not very talented. Really? it has nothing to do with his  being gay?

5/12/14

NFL slams free speech.  Don Jones, a Dolphin DB , tweeted OMG and horrible about  Michael Sam and was fined and suspended.

5/16/14

I am Sam agenda drive deeper as on the oprah channel . The NFL should allow an open debate instead of silently endorsing the Oprah /Sam crap.

6/16/14

Noticed that Reason Magazine is catching up with the late William Burroughs - see my initial post.

7/23/14

Tony Dungy says he wouldn't have drafted Michael Sam and he's pillioried. Obviously,  the hateful anti-hate folks are  out to intimidate  anyone not in their camp. Hey Keith Olbermann, look up tolerance in the dictionary cuz you forgot it's meaning.

9/2/14

Is the Sam saga over?   So far the intolerant anti-hate folks have been subdued but will that last?

9/9/14

Olberman has been smirking at redneck evangelists for years but his Ray Rice rants are worse.

10/15/14

I nominate Houston's gay Mayor Parker for the anti-redneck, redneck award. link

The city of Houston has issued subpoenas demanding a group of pastors turn over any sermons dealing with homosexuality, gender identity or Annise Parker, the city’s first openly lesbian mayor. And those ministers who fail to comply could be held in contempt of court.

11/3/14

Cowboys quietly cut Sam a few weeks ago. funny thing about media driven stories

1/23/15

first a baker  who  refused to bake a gay wedding cake is fighting a legal order
now another  baker who refused to bake an anti-gay cake  is facing a  civil rights complaint for not baking an anti-gay cake

5/25/15

Less fanfare for Sam's signing by the CFL

6/3/15

Usually, I surf by TV sports documentaries, but i caught a snippet of Dusty Baker and others talking about Glenn Burke, a gay outfielder for the dodgers who was traded to the A's for Bill North  in 1978.
Eventually he had to play for Billy Martin , and there's some interesting Tommy Lasorda back story here too.

7/2/15

really? what's next for the NFL? LBGT

LGBT pride event slated for Lions game this fall

8/4/15

Update on Houston's Mayor Parker  losing in court link
Houston City Council has 30 days to repeal the equal rights ordinance or place it on the November ballot.

11/4/15

Mayor  Parker's bill gets overturned big time.

Voters rejected the ordinance by a margin of 62% to 38%, Houston news channel KHOU reported.

11/10/15

Hey I'm unhappy fire somebody! Be careful what you wish for. Inmates running the asylum. Did those Missouri football players offer their tuition and free housing  before threatening to sit out the BYU game?

3/7/16 

I'm way behind on this story but was Mark Jackson fired by the GS Warriors a few years ago  because Rick Welts, the openly gay  team President was offended by Jackson's faith.

4/21/16

Curt Schilling fired for not supporting boys in the girls room . ESPN is in the ratings game so  is over 50% of it's audience pro the LBGT agenda.

5/2/16

Curt schilling deleted from documentary on the 2004 WS. ESPN deleted Schilling's bloody sock in game 6 of the 04 WS. Beware the white-washers of history!

5.26/16

Regardless of how you feel on gay marriage  the Church of Scotland has struck an odd bargain.

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has voted to allow ministers to continue to serve if they are in a gay marriage......However, they will not themselves be allowed to conduct gay weddings within the church.

7/21/16

  They took away the 2017 all-star game from Charlotte- so what. I know some transgender folks are serious about their gender change, but how the hell  can we keep up with some folks ( not just trangenders)  deciding  what bathroom they want moment by moment. Opposing  a law that grants special rights is now  an act of discrimination. Where's George Orwell?

8/4/16

trannie train halted for now. SCOTUS (5-3) has temporarily overturned a ruling that allowed Gavin Grimm,a Virginia transgender high school student, to use the bathroom of his choice.

8/9/16

Well now Athlete Ally, another LBGT the self -appointed God of who does and doesn't discriminate, is telling the Big 12 to not add BYU. It claims Byu violates Title IX while not listing or proving those violations.

9/18/16

Jocks and their sitdowns, fistups,etc. I bet most sports fans tune into games as an escape from their day to day not for  reminders. I get enough of Trump, Hillary, #blacklivesmatter, #bluelivesmatter, #alllivesmatter everywhere else. Yes, we have free speech but that doesn't mean it may not cost down the road. You can say almost anything, but I don't have to listen.

10/24/16

I'm dealing the "artist's" card.Can one consider a baker an artist.If I went into a gallery could I make a painter or photographer create an image he or she didn't want to create?

Back to reality: In court on Monday, three judges in #NorthernIreland  said it did not follow that icing a message "support gay marriage" meant you supported that message- that's a head scratcher. The Christian owners of #Ashers, a Northern Ireland bakery, have lost their appeal .

11/23/16

Yes,I get that #ellendegeneres is popular , but  she doesn't make me laugh. I could care less that she's gay,  but BO giving her the medal of freedom for "coming out'. Christ, I knew people who were openly gay in the workplace in the 1980s. Yes, I know her job is more public.

12/16/16

#titleIX rears its head again in the #minnesotagophers suspensions.  It appears the college bureaucracy now "trumps" the judicial process. #boycott looms. Ten Minnesota Gophers' football players were suspended due to a Title IX investigation conducted by the university into an alleged sexual assault, which was separate from a police investigation into the alleged assault in the early hours of Sept. 2. The Title IX hearing occurs in January. Basically the Minn ADM gave BS answers to these kids  and their parents. Prosecutors did not press charges.

12/17/16

A settlement was reached in the Minnesota Gophers football "rape"  case in October. Read #Camus or #Orwell if you want to see where #titleIX "courts" are taking us.

2/6/17

FU to the  car and beer  advertisers and their cheap shot inclusion commercials. Super Bowl is the only entire foootball game I watch and they made me "pay"..

Then the "Sisterhood" crap from  the thespians.

3/9/17

Texas is fast-tracking a bill  that peple use the public toilets that correspond with their birth gender and the NFL is whining abut inclusiveness. Love the quote from TX Gov Abbott  "the NFL needs to concentrate on playing football and get the heck out of politics".
And may I add it would be nice if pro leagues stop extorting  cities for publicly funded new stadiums.

5/10/17

#Cakes are back in the news. Top UK court  will review a lower court ruling that the refusal of family-run #Ashers bakery (Belfast, NI) to make a cake iced with the slogan "Support Gay Marriage" in 2014 was discriminatory.

5/19/17

Here we go again.  Blue Jays outfielder #KevinPillar will miss the team’s next two games after MLB officials suspended him for directing a homophobic slur toward Braves pitcher #JasonMotte.  Coarse language is not going to disappear from Sports. Is #motte gay? Why did he have to apologize to the LBGT community. More Protected groups of people.  If a gay athlete calls a straight a "breeder", will he apologize to the straight community?

6/6/17

Why is #ESPN struggling? Guest hosts on Mike & MIKe talked about the the NHL finals for thirty seconds, #Kapernik for half an hour, & no Baseball.

6/17/17

As if you need more proof that most jocks and ex-jocks are clueless on international affairs. #dennisrodman comment about his latest vacation in #northkorea .  "Everybody's going to be happy. It was a good day. It was a good trip. A really good trip," 

7/18/17

 #LPGA was accused of “slut-shaming” female players after introducing new rules that crack down on players’ choice of clothing. #slutshaming might be a self-defeating term and backfire on those opposed to more stringent guidelines about covering the bottom area, etc.

8/14/17

Ok let me check out #mikeandmike on the four-letter now Sports-less network. Heard #charlottesville and did my fastest channel click in a while. If I want to hear about politics and race, I know where to find various viewpoints from people who do it for a living. I found the Sports Junkies on CSN  which has a heavy DC Sports flavor, but they were talking about MLB, NFL, and NHL- imagine that. Just now they start into the riots' crap. TV is off.

9/16/17

#jemelehill : Early season College and pro football, baseball playoffs approaching, and hoops and hockey around the corner and she bad-mouths Trump. That's why #ESPN is crumbling.

9/25/17

Crumbling #espn  is now a mouthpiece for #nflpa  kneelers and is demanding new cable fees from #Optimum despite sagging ratings.

9/28/17

A more serious sports protest: #Malaysia, one of North Korea's  few remaining diplomatic partners, bans travel to #NorthKorea for an #AsianCup soccer qualifier.

11/3/17

#Saints defend team's support of military after vet #johnwells a Navy veteran, declines award., and #jordancameron tweets show he refuses to grasp that most folks don't want  your politics at the game and continue to dislike  kneeling (even before the anthem) as a  way to protest. In fairness, #Cameron says he's working in his community for a change..

11/14/17

#tonykornheiser  on ESPN PTI mentioned that the three UCLA hoopsters might want to thank Trump for being released from jail in China and heading back to the USA . Tony acknowledged  this may be a first for the show. I'm still  in shock.

12/16/17

Please everyone let's stop instantly finding every person accused of sexual harassment immediately guilty. Now to #ESPN who keeps stepping in crap. Here's their lame  explanation of their edited defense of their boy #buccigross against  #lawrence 's accusation.

"While we didn't include every message submitted in the legal proceeding, we felt the released portions capture the nature of the friendship over a period of months"

It's possible that  the complete details will backfire on ESPN.

1/3/18

#arizona probably fired #richrodriguez because he wasn't winning enough, but had a nice wedge issue, sexual harassment.Your eyes and ears aren't deceiving you.  This is how our universities are handling their business: the firing was  "in part after sexual harassment allegations against him that the school says could not be substantiated."

1/26/18.

I'm not a huge fan of  #KidRock 's music but am pleased the #NHL didn't bow to the PC nannies who suggested he 'd removed as an entertainer  during the 2018 NHL All Star festivities. Besides, he's a big #redwings fan. And most of the alleged backlash isn't coming from NHL fans- it's coming from cultural Marxists who could care less about hockey.

2/5/18

Maybe we should wait on the Costo Rican soccer team's opinion?   #Munoz  advanced in the Presidential race in #costarica by opposing gay marriage. An international court ruling saying Costa Rica should allow same-sex marriage shook up this presidential race.

2/22/18

#markcuban opines away on every topic while his  #mavericks house is in shambles. He touts tanking and kept #sneed , despite domestic abuse arrests, etc, on the payroll while telling the world to be more open-minded. Clean up your house, leave us alone.

3/1/18

I tune in to #ptl  on the four letter network a few nights and week  despite   Wilbon's and Kornheiser's snide, liberal  chatter, but tonight I changed the channel in five seconds when I  saw #keitholberman in one of the chairs.

3/21/18

#richardsherman - props to you for studying and negotiating your own deal,  but please give us a break on hinting that it may be collusion if  #ericreid , a free agent and Kapo's kneeling buddy,  remains unsigned.  Business always ways the pros and cons of hiring  someone.  The kneeling during the Pledge hurt the NFL big time- so grow up.

6/4/18

#SCOTUS  rules 7-2 for the Colorado baker holding that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission showed hostility toward the baker based his religous beliefs The two female judges dissented.

6/5/18

Apparently less than ten #Eagles were going to attend a White House ceremony honoring their Super Bowl victory so #Trump  rescinded the invitation. The NFL dished out a 100M to deal with the social issues at the core of your  anthem protest yet you persist in stamping your feet. The point  Kapernik's crew is missing is a majority of the NFL fans turn on the games to get away from politics.. My hunch is most fans don't want to hear pro Republican or pro Democrat themes on Sunday afternoons in the fall.

6/6/18

Now #Argentina gives in to a small number of #palestinian protesters and won't play a "friendly" soccer match  against Israel in Jerusalem.  #Rajoub, the head of Palestine's Soccer Federation ,  urged #Messi not to play in the game in Jerusalem and urged fans to burn shirts bearing his name if he did.

6/27/18

Detroit Tigers pitching coach  #chrisBosio was dismissed for making an insensitive comment directed at a team employee, and the team will have no further comment. I'm wondering was this a snowflake incident? Why so hush-hush?  #MLB

7/6/18

Rumors that #espn won't re-sign #paulfinebaum . Not surprised ! I check in occassionally and at least Finebaum is a break from ESPN's preachy let 's mix politics and sports agenda.

9/28/18

The  #NFL refuses to listen to its fans and insists that pass rushers run full speed at the QB  then stop and ask him to fall down. Is there a more tone deaf executive group ?

10/11/18

Check out this use of Govt funds in Northern Ireland in the "other bakery " case. #Wardlow , the head of NI Equality Commission, has defended spending more than £250,000 of taxpayers' money supporting #GarethLee , a gay rights activist, in his legal challenge against #AshersBakery. The Supreme Court of London ruled for the bakery.

11/9/18

Inanity reigns supreme  from the  NBA word cops. #jokic ,a center for the Denver Nuggets, was fined 25K for saying "no homo. he's longer than you expect"  during a press conference.  This is mild  compared to most of the sh^t talk you hear from jocks.

1/9/19

Here we go again:  #wiggins , Twolves guard   apologized  quickly to the LBGT community for telling reporters this about #dennisschroeder , Thunder guard: "Uh, he was just gay. He was acting crazy for no reason,". The NBA will fine Wiggins  and the word police will keep winning. Folks need to get over it. I never expected  apologies for all the times I've been called a breeder.

1/21/19

#CurtSchilling  who was fired by ESPN in 2016 for not supporting boys in the girls room and other PC crap, is getting  some #trump tweet  love in  the MLB HoF process.

2/23/19

 "And then Fernando,  was King Kong at the end of the game.” #garydolphin 's , a  Iowa Hawkeyes announcer,  comment about  a black Terps hoopster got him suspended for the season. He apologized. Ok, but hasn't the King Kong reference  been used often about athletes of any color for a long time. Speech codes are complete bullsh^t.

4/12/19

I thought the O's should've have retained #adamjones but now the DBacks can deal with his crap.  Zach Buchanan asked Jones : "Do you think Manny’s  (Machado) reputation would be different if he were white?"  Jones' response: 100%

4/16/19

 How about #nickBosa (ohio St) toning down his pro-Trump talk and tweets cuz the Niners may draft him?

5/11/19

Good luck #joeybosa with your new 49ers teammate  #richardsherman who said all that matters is can Bosa  play well, then said cr^p like this: “At the end of the day, I think a guy that has played with African Americans his whole life, not saying he can’t be racist, but they know how to maneuver around African Americans." Hey Richard - Look in the mirror and maybe it's you that's been maneuvering.

7/3/19

#nike agrees with  #kapernik that  #betsyross was a racist and drops  flag logo on it 's shoes

7/8/19

This may be the new hot topic in the Dem Presidential Primary:  A Lithuanian couple won the World Wife-Carrying Championship for a second time in a row in  #Sonkajarvi , Finland.  Some have said this dates back to the practice of wife-stealing.  Many present-day contestants compete with someone else’s wife. Current rules state a male carries a female.

7/25/19

Hey #danlebatard the S in ESPN is for Sports. Find a different venue for  your political rants. Most folks view Sports as a break from  politics , etc..

8/18/19

   Thrash metal band #Slayer  was dropped as the primary sponsor of the No. 54 racecar that J.J. Yeley  drove at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday. Apparently other Nascar sponsors thought the signage was too "rad".  Bit puzzling- sounded like a decent fit.

8/22/19

 There is anger because Jay-Z has teamed up with the NFL, and  Kaepernick's girlfriend #Nessa, feel the NFL is actively keeping him unemployed. Hey Nessa, your guy Colin opted out of his contract with the 49ers in 2017.

10/6/19

I'm wondering where the Sports Media is on this story.  Boston Celtics center #EnesKanter, whose publicized criticisms of Turkey's President #Ergodan have made him a wanted man in #Turkey and has led him to avoid playing overseas,  claimed he and teammate ,Tacko Fall, were harassed at a Boston mosque by men speaking in Turkish.

10/7/19

The #NBA 's apology to China for  Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey's pro- Hong Kong protestors' comments has temporarily united the Republicans and Democrats. GOP Senators Ted Cruz , Rick Scott and John Coryn agree with Democrats Julián Castro, entrepreneur Andrew Yang and California Rep. Eric Swalwell that the NBA is kowtowing to Chinese repression.

10/8/19

Double talk from Commissioner #adamSilver :  "And I will just add that the fact that we have apologized to fans in China is not inconsistent with supporting someone’s (Morey) right to have a point of view.” Hey Adam so it's no big deal  that #JoeTsai, owner of the Brooklyn Nets and co-founder of Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba penned an essay chastising Morey.

10/9/19

I wonder if China goes after  NBA employees who have Apple phones . #People'sDaily , the Chinese Communist Party main newspaper criticized the Apple Music store for hosting a song advocating for Hong Kong's independence from China.

10/15/19

#lebronjames says #darylmorey acted selfishly. Look in the mirror pal. Plus , you just fanned the flames again. Then he backtracks slightly on calling Morey basically ignorant on China and doesn't want to discuss the substance of the China issue.
Hong Kong residents are burning Lebron jerseys

10/20/19

About 300 protesters wore pro Hong Kong, pro Morey shirts to the Nets game  at Barclay Center last night, and #kyrieirving said he understood "but there's enough oppression and stuff going on in America for me not to be involved in the community issues here as well." Hey Kyrie:  If you lived in China and said you were oppressed, you'd be in jail. Get over it, pal.

12/5/19

 Tim Ryan , a 49ers radio analyst,  has been suspended and has apologized for saying this about #LamarJackson during the Ravens win on a rainy day in Baltimore.
"He's really good at that fake, Lamar Jackson, but when you consider his dark skin color with a dark football with a dark uniform, you could not see that thing,"
  I don't how else he could have stated something that's a possibility.

12/13/19

 #janorisjenkins , the Giants DB, is a knucklehead, but it's bonkers how folks are so offended by his use of the word  retard in a tweet.  This may be the first and last time I concur with his reaction.
"So if you take it how you're going to take it, it's on you."

12/22/19

RIP #JuniorJohnson , a moonshine runner-turned-Nascar driver and race car owner.   He served eleven months of a 20 month sentence for a federal conviction in 1956 for working at his father's still. Legend has it he was never busted while running the roads with "shine". Here's the bi-partisan angle:
In 1986 Reagan gave JJ, a Democrat for most if not all of his life, a full presidential pardon in 1986  for the 1956 conviction.

04/28/20

Hey, I agree with Democrat!  North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) said in a media briefing that NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 race is on track to run May 24, 2020 @ Charlotte Motor Speedway. Probably without fans but it's a start.

5/18/20

Nascar turns to elbow bumps.  #KevinHarvick gave his teammates  elbow bumps on Victory Lane  after his win at Darlington yesterday.

5/30/20

Part of a tweet from Reds pitcher,  #trevorbauer : ScottBoras, rep your clients however you want to, but keep your damn personal agenda out of union business.

6/7/20

 Iowa placed strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle on administrative leave  last week based on allegations of negative experience some black players had in the Hawkeyes football program. I haven't seen any mention of the use of the N-word by Doyle.  Some players felt as if the way they grew up was being judged as unacceptable , and it would impact their playing time. Can this be proven?

6/13/20

Meanwhile Mitch Trubisky is referencing a 1910 speech from Teddy Roosevelt : “self-restraint, self-mastery, common sense, the power of accepting individual responsibility and yet of acting in conjunction with others, courage and resolution — these are the qualities which mark a masterful people.”

6/16/20

Oklahoma State's football coach Mike Gundy is 'making changes' after a picture appeared on Twitter of him in an OAN(One America News) shirt. Chuba Hubbard, OK St star halfback, is angry because OAN leans conservative,  and some of it's commentators have dared to say something critical about BLM. Now if Gundy had worn a CNN T-Shirt-------

6/21/20

Just an FYI: In 2016, Kaepernick restructured his dealwith the 49ers and gave up $14.5 million in injury guarantees for the ability to opt out of his deal . In 2017 he opted out.

6/26/20

The lunacy has not reached its nadir:  Oregon/Oregon St  will stop referring to their annual football match up as The "Civil War"

7/1/20

 Burgess Owens, a black man and a former NFL player, won the GOP Primary for the 4th Congressional District in Utah. Here's his comment: "This is a district that both parties need – the Democrats need it to keep their chaos, and we need it to keep our country and our culture.”, won the GOP Primary for the 4th Congressional District in Utah. Here's his comment: "This is a district that both parties need – the Democrats need it to keep their chaos, and we need it to keep our country and our culture.”

7/7/20

Sean Jackson of the Eagles blasted this from  Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader, as well as pictures on his feed of a quote he attributed to Hitler, in which "white Jews" are accused of trying to "blackmail America." "(They) will extort America," the quote read, "(and) their plan for world domination won't work if the Negroes know who they were."

But we took it the wrong way

7/10/20

MLB Umps union condemns Joe West for his comments on Covid  which included this:"I said, 'Look, most of these people that they're reporting are dying are not healthy to begin with---". Yep, the union has your back.