A page one story in the sports section of my local paper yesterday (that’s The Washington Post) describes a scenario we’ve seen far too many times: owners of ballteam threaten to move if they are not given taxpayer-financed stadium and/or … Continue reading
As the Nats’ bullpen woes pause momentarily they seem to have spread across the country to a ballpark in Oakland, California, infesting my beloved New York Yankees and brining an ominous portend to the weekend. Thanks, guys, for making me feel … Continue reading
1.) Go to Tony Kornheiser’s restaurant, Chatter, to have breakfast and hear live taping of TK show podcast. Check. 2.) Meet Tony and joke about Binghamton. Check. 3.) Have original composition played on the air announced by Mr. Tony. Check. 4.) … Continue reading
There’s a great unintended (I think) two-liner on the front page of yesterday’s Washington Post. The headline on the above-the-fold story reads: “No racial bias in opioid deaths.” Subhead: “Toll among minorities rising.” Reminds me of an old joke… An … Continue reading
So Birthday 35 was a good one and Year 36 is off to a great start. On Wednesday I referred to something very good as “Sinatra good.” Let me restate that. Golden State Warriors good. … Continue reading
This is the birthday post. Today I turn 35 years old. Ervin Drake wrote in song many years ago that when he was 35 it was a very good year. Sinatra was pretty convincing with these words as well. (Though in … Continue reading
Here’s the conversation, I imagine, between NBA brass and the Golden State Warriors after Friday night’s Game One win over Cleveland… Okay, guys, we’ve got a Sunday night game up next. East coast people go to bed about 10:00 on a … Continue reading
Well, if I ever needed an official reason why Kevin Durant chose to go to Golden State last offseason instead of coming home to play for the Washington Wizards I can look to last night’s Game One victory over the … Continue reading
Tiger Woods, Bryce Harper, the Golden State Warriors. Frank Underwood. It’s amazing to realize how much time I spend thinking about these people I don’t even really know. They take up a lot of my time, though, and much conversation … Continue reading
Today marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of our 35th President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Kennedy, of course, died in 1963 at the age of 46, though he’s never left the American consciousness in the half century since his tragic … Continue reading