NFL: Getting tougher on roughing

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”

How much is not enough?

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?”

DeSantis: feeling sheepish

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”

There’s “Special,” then there’s this

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”

Giuliani: Serena and Venus were victims of “massive fraud”

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””

DeSantis offers Trump a way out (of prison)

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)”

Seek and ye shall find – but all this?

By BRUCE LOWITT As a result of the discoveries, the FBI expanded its search to include Trump Tower in New York, where the source said it found dozens of photographs and papers “apparently used to blackmail the former president’s friends and foes.” The FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home has turned up an autographedContinue reading “Seek and ye shall find – but all this?”

Trump to LIV: Show me the money

By BRUCE LOWITT Donald Trump claimed victory Sunday in the LIV Golf event played at his New Jersey course and demanded immediate payment of the $4-million winner’s share “plus a few other incidental amounts.” The former president said he shot a 17-under-par 54 Sunday to finish at 40-under-par 173, which he insisted included five holes-in-oneContinue reading “Trump to LIV: Show me the money”

What’s hiding in that galaxy?

By BRUCE LOWITT The latest images received Friday from deepest space by NASA’s James Webb Telescope provide clear pictures of hidden things never before seen or even imagined, including the black hole that used to be Mitch McConnell’s conscience. “We always hoped that we could trace the history of the universe virtually back to theContinue reading “What’s hiding in that galaxy?”

College sports: Moving right along

By BRUCE LOWITT With a swipe of a pen that would make a Sharpie-wielding Donald Trump proud, college sports has rewritten the map, with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame moving from Indiana to Ireland and St. Peter’s University leaving Jersey City for Vatican City.“I didn’t expect quite as many changes and I certainly didn’tContinue reading “College sports: Moving right along”