MLBPA: Take me out to the 棒球比赛

The Major League Baseball Players Association, throwing a curveball at Commissioner Rob Manfred and team owners, announced they will hold spring training – and the regular season if necessary – in China. “We’re pushing to get our game back into the Olympics,” Tony Clark, executive director of the players union, told a news conference, “andContinue reading “MLBPA: Take me out to the 棒球比赛”

“It’s my party; he can cry if he wants to”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, apparently stepping up his as-yet-unannounced plan to run for president, has proposed wiping registered Democrats off voter rolls in his state and the 27 others whose Electoral College count sent Joe Biden to the White House in 2020. “There’s nothing in the Constitution that requires citizens to vote for one partyContinue reading ““It’s my party; he can cry if he wants to””

Packers coach LaFleur gone – but not for long

The Green Bay Packers have fired coach Matt LaFleur for, as team president and chief executive officer Mark Murphy said, “failing to reach the level of excellence we and all Packers fans have come to expect.” The decision comes just days after the National Football League team finished the 2021 regular season with a 13-4Continue reading “Packers coach LaFleur gone – but not for long”

MLB strikes out … at the players

Following the NFL’s, NBA’s and NHL’s schedule changes in light of recent COVID surges, Major League Baseball has temporarily postponed the first two months of the 2022 season “as a precautionary measure,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said.“I know it might seem a bit premature to make this decision now,” he said, “but based on the potentialContinue reading “MLB strikes out … at the players”

Urban Meyer: how it’s done and why he’s done

When you think about it, signing Tim Tebow to play tight end was among the least stupid things Urban Meyer did during his 336 days as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.On Jan. 14, when Meyer signed a five-year contract with the Jags worth at least $50-million, team owner Shahid Khan called him “a leader,Continue reading “Urban Meyer: how it’s done and why he’s done”

Say it ain’t so, Joe

In a stunning rebuke to Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III will be the Republican party’s nominee to run for president in 2024. “No one has done more this year than my pal Joe to advance the GOP’s agenda,” McCarthy, R-Weasel, told the Republican Committee to AdvanceContinue reading “Say it ain’t so, Joe”

Strike One? Two? Three? More?

The Major League Baseball Players Association is preparing to establish a new major league with new rules in new cities and other alternate plans for the 2022 season and beyond if the union and club owners can’t agree on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The current contract expires Dec. 1. “The union has gone throughContinue reading “Strike One? Two? Three? More?”

McCarthy’s new title: Loudspeaker

Kevin McCarthy has been hospitalized with dysphagia, tonsillitis, esophagitis and strep throat. The Republican leader in the House of Representatives also is undergoing treatment for stimulus independence. According to Dr. Dana Kornfeld, a Bethesda, Md., otolaryngologist who examined McCarthy at Walter Reed Hospital, “I’ve never seen a throat like this in all my years ofContinue reading “McCarthy’s new title: Loudspeaker”

Mr. Rodgers’ neighborhood? Not the Green Bay Packers’ huddle

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been suspended by National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell for the remainder of the season for taking substances banned by the league. Rodgers, who said he had taken homeopathic remedies including Ivermectin, a horse dewormer, when he said he was immunized against COVID, admitted he also had takenContinue reading “Mr. Rodgers’ neighborhood? Not the Green Bay Packers’ huddle”