Category Archives: Sports
Immigration for Millionaires
While Congress debated how to keep out illegal immigrants, Phil Mickelson had the temerity to suggest he might immigrate the other way. The reason – his 60% total tax bill. In the ensuing uproar over his greedy desire to keep more of his money, he caved, and also apologized for having kept his opinions.
Stan the Man
Stan the Man Musial died a week after no one was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame, due to performance enhancing drug suspicions. Here’s a nice essay by Paul Greenberg on “A Gentleman and a Ballplayer”.
Lance and Manti
In the Weird Weird World of sports, Lance Armstrong’s doping confession to Oprah Winfrey was upstaged by news of Notre Dame star Manti Te’o’s cyber girlfriend. The fake girlfriend didn’t make Manti run faster but she played the media sob story machine like a fiddle. Lesson: trust somebody you can touch without a keyboard.
Here’s a good piece by John Kass reminding ESPN, Sports Illustrated, etc. that “if you mother tells you she loves you, check it out”.
12 Days of Urban
In case any Buckeye football players are saving up to jump the plantation, Time reports that Ohio State is monitoring their checking accounts.
The last time indentured buckeyes got the fee market itch, they traded trinkets for tattoos. This led to the dismissal of Coach Tressel, and the ascension of Coach Urban. Urban, named for one or another of the popular Urban family of popes, immediately produced an infallible season: 12-0.
The almighty NCAA accepted this perfect offering and, after Coach Urban performs his penance of no Bowl Games this year, he and his team will be absolved of the sins of others.
Sportsman of the Year
Sports Illustrated has named LeBron James its sportsman of the year. He did win an NBA Title and Most Valuable Player award to go along with his Olympic Gold Medal. I think he’s the best player I ever saw. But I never felt that the way he quit on his team in the 2010 playoffs, and then colluded with Dwayne Wade to take his talents to South Beach, was very sporting.
(Full disclosure: disgtruntled ticket holder.)
