You’ve gotta love a game in which the losing team scores 182 points, and the winning team scores 192 without seeming to break a sweat. Such was the theatre last night in New Orleans, where Mardi Gras came early for All-Stars … Continue reading
With their convincing win over the Indiana Pacers last night, coupled with a Celtics loss to the Bulls, my hometown Washington Wizards pulled to within two games of second place in the Eastern Conference heading into this weekend’s All-Star break. … Continue reading
The two hottest teams in pro sports play in my backyard, pitchers and catchers have reported, and Playboy is reintroducing nude photos. Does life get any better than this? … Continue reading
It was Leslie Knope who coined the term “Galentine’s Day,” but if the gals from UConn’s top-ranked women’s basketball team prevail tonight against sixth-ranked South Carolina, the holiday will be forever theirs. For those of you not following women’s college … Continue reading
I very rarely “tune in” to watch anything on actual TV other than live sports, but every once in a while I make an exception to this self-imposed principle. Last night’s premiere episode of The History of Comedy on CNN … Continue reading
Already lost by now in the sea of constant news re: President Trump is his assertion this week that the mainstream media has forgotten and/or underreported terrorism in the past three years, ostensibly covering for the man who used to … Continue reading
Seriously? That was like if at 3 a.m. this past November 9 it somehow magically came true that Hillary won the election in overtime after Trump blew a 25-point third-quarter lead. Guess I’d rather have the Patriots win it … Continue reading
A groundhog in Pennsylvania tells me there will be six more weeks of winter. More? How about a start to winter? Ain’t really winter until they cancel school at least once, Phil. … Continue reading
April 2, 1990: the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels defeated the Blue Devils of Duke 103-73 in the most lopsided championship game in NCAA Tournament history. That was the first title game I watched with both anticipation and interest. I taped it … Continue reading
With all that is going on in the world these days it is nice to know we have sports, sweet sports, to divert our minds from the calamities upon us. Then I open yesterday’s Washington Post and flip immediately to … Continue reading