The new USFL: Useful or Useless?

The latest incarnation of the United States Football League debuts next month and USFL Executive Vice President Daryl Johnson predicts it “has a chance to succeed if we can keep Orangeman’s tiny hands off us or don’t screw it up ourselves.” Johnson, a fullback with the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys from 1989-99 and aContinue reading “The new USFL: Useful or Useless?”

KBJ vs. GOP: We have a winner

Ketanji Brown Jackson, facing strong and sometimes blatantly noxious questioning by Republican senators at her Supreme Court nomination hearings, thanked her antagonists for their occasional pursuit of truth “and a most entertaining dog-and-pony show.” “I have watched previous hearings as senators have questioned nominees,” a smiling Jackson told GOP senators, “and most often they haveContinue reading “KBJ vs. GOP: We have a winner”

Tucker Carlson: Rossiyane

Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted FOX television host and resident quisling Tucker Carlson full Russian citizenship. “Comrade Carlson has done at least as much for Mother Russia in the past month as Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen did in their decades as Soviet spies while in the American government,” Putin said in a statement.Continue reading “Tucker Carlson: Rossiyane”

How and why the Deshaun Watson grand jury voted

As quarterback Deshaun Watson weighs contract offers from the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers, a majority of the grand jury that voted against charging him with sexual misconduct also voted that he should remain with the Houston Texans. “I don’t think we – excuse me, they – can’t get anyone as good as Deshaun,”Continue reading “How and why the Deshaun Watson grand jury voted”

Trump outraged again … and again

Riots broke out at Churchill Downs and off-track betting venues around the country as gamblers who had bet on Mandaloun to win the 2021 Kentucky Derby demanded to be paid after Medina Spirit was disqualified. “This is an outrage,” former president Donald Trump said. “I personally placed a $700,000 bet on Mandaloun’s nose and atContinue reading “Trump outraged again … and again”

Rodgers: Back to the Pack to extend his Super Bowl streak

Aaron Rodgers says he plans to quarterback the Green Bay Packers in 2022 in order to continue his current 12-season streak of failing to win a Super Bowl.“I’ve talked at length various times about being comfortable walking away and just not playing,” Rodgers said. “I’m very proud of what I’ve accomplished in Green Bay theContinue reading “Rodgers: Back to the Pack to extend his Super Bowl streak”

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”