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By BRUCE LOWITT The U.S. Men’s National Team, which plays soccer in the United States and football everywhere else, has lodged a formal complaint – and says a lawsuit can be next – following its scoreless draw with England in what it called “the crookedest World Cup in the history of sport.” Gregg Bernhalter, coachContinue reading “Just one goal is all they need”

By BRUCE LOWITT In an unprecedented, historic and hysterical move, Donald Trump sued the U.S. Supreme Court collectively, and eight of its nine justices individually, after it ruled the former president could no longer hide his tax returns from the Justice Department or anyone else who might want to see them. In a unanimous decisionContinue reading “If “The Taxman Cometh”, does Trump goeth (to jail)?”

By BRUCE LOWITT More than 700 days before Americans go to the polls, Donald Trump claimed Tuesday his 2024 election for a second term as president has been stolen by a rigged election due to fraudulent ballots, illegal voters, defective voting machines and interference by China. “This election is about great voter fraud that hasContinue reading “Trump gets his lies out early”

By BRUCE LOWITT The Houston Astros cheated their way to winning the 2022 World Series just as they did it in 2017, but with more technology, according to a Major League Baseball internal inquiry. This time, though, it’s going to cost them a lot more. “That banging-on-a-garbage-pail to steal signs, that was ancient compared withContinue reading “Houston, we have another problem”

By BRUCE LOWITT In the wake of strong criticism and widespread confusion, the National Football League has changed its concussion protocol in order to avoid any liability by laying blame solely on medical personnel who make the calls. Additionally, the controversial roughing-the-passer penalty has been revised to further protect starting quarterbacks over the age ofContinue reading “NFL: Getting tougher on roughing”

By BRUCE LOWITT Dustin Johnson and dozens of other players who abandoned the PGA for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour are insisting that just because they’re making tons of money they shouldn’t be prevented from making tons more. “I’ve finished in the top ten in all five LIV invitationals I’ve played including tying for secondContinue reading “How much is not enough?”

By BRUCE LOWITT Gov. Ron DeSantis is furious over China’s new migration policy in which the Beijing government shipped 50,000 sheep to Florida. Prime Minister Xi Jinping said the increase of nearly 10-million sheep in China, to a world-record 173-million, was straining his country’s economy. “They’re overrunning some of our cities and are most unwelcome,”Continue reading “DeSantis: feeling sheepish”

By BRUCE LOWITT Donald Trump has submitted a list of 12 candidates, including his sons, plus Michael DeSantis and Viktor Orban, to be the Special Master to review documents seized by the FBI from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home. “I can think of no more qualified people to decide that everything the government stole fromContinue reading “There’s “Special,” then there’s this”

By BRUCE LOWITT Rudy Giuliani, the disgraced former lawyer for disgraced former president Donald Trump, claimed today that the loss by Serena and Venus Williams at the U.S. Open “was rigged, and I’ve got the balls to prove it.” The Williams sisters, winners together of 14 doubles titles and three Olympic gold medals, were defeatedContinue reading “Giuliani: Serena and Venus were victims of “massive fraud””

By BRUCE LOWITT If he is elected president in 2024, Ron DeSantis said, he will grant Donald Trump “a full, free and absolute pardon” for any crimes committed by the former president before, during or after his term in office. The announcement by the autocratic and anti-democratic Republican governor of Florida is seen by manyContinue reading “DeSantis offers Trump a way out (of prison)”