I have so many notes to share. As Recycling Day approaches, we are reminded of the antebellum flag, the flag from when George Washington worked for the British, which proclaimed, “Don’t Tear It Up!” years before Independence Day.
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One of the hard-won benefits this fucked-up country has taken from its people is a no-doubt attitude. Even in our sports circles, cynicism is now rampant.
Consider that Draymond Green, one of the most persistent proponents of team-undermining lies aimed at eliminating the NBA as a civilized sport, now hosts a podcast where he dispenses advice on how to play winning teams at basketball.
In a recent speech, Green berated the Knicks for acquiring Mikal Bridges from the Nets as an incompetent addition.
Late last season, Professor Green was ejected just four minutes into the Warriors’ must-win 21st NBA game, but his thoughts and comments, in contrast to his actions, have garnered significant media attention and scrutiny.
In their relentless pursuit to destroy MLB, MLB first destroyed what was once the only game worth noting: the All-Star Game, and seems focused on “fixing” the sideshow gimmick within the All-Star break.
Now, even today’s strikeout sluggers are no longer keen to take part in the ESPN-friendly song-and-dance routine that is MLB’s version of the tired dunk contest.
Changing the “rules” of the Home Run Derby is going to interest anyone other than Chris Berman?
The only rule worth changing is clearing the outfield of dozens of kids vying to catch or avoid liners hit at breakneck speed. Or did Rob Manfred think it was a good idea for kids to play with M-80s on the Fourth of July, let alone a game?
Howie Rose’s Mets Radio partner, Keith Ladd, continues to fascinate us with his informative and understated observations.
After Brandon Nimmo hit a game-tying home run in the seventh inning on Sunday, Astros pitching coach Bill Murphy headed to the mound. But after Laird noticed Murphy walking quickly, he suggested reliever Bryan Abreu was unlikely to be replaced before facing the fifth batter.
Abreu stayed.
Pete Alonso made a great diving catch on Sunday, and afterwards Gary Cohen said, “Pete does a great job of making plays off his feet. He was first in the league in that area last year.”
It is now CategoriesDoes anyone actually go through every game and tally up how many times a fielder leaves their foot and what the LTF percentages are?
Keith Hernandez, well, lies too often.
A week ago Tuesday, after Harrison Bader hit a line drive over second base in a game against the Yankees, Hernandez said Mets second-base runner Jeff McNeil had to stop at third base because “I didn’t know where the center fielder was, so I hesitated.”
But before and after the play, Ch. 11/SNY showed the center fielder making a play near second base and McNeil looking over his shoulder to see it, which is why he hesitated. Plus, the ball was hit hard and to the right by the center fielder, so it would have been foolish to even think about scoring.
During Saturday’s telecast, Hernandez praised McNeil, saying he’s “always focused on the game.”
Ryan Ruocco — Michael Kay’s loud, annoying Yankees TV backup — never stops talking. Every hitter and pitcher has a bio. No matter what he says.
But on Saturday, when Spencer Horowitz came in to pinch-hit for the Blue Jays, Ruocco kept us quiet.
Wouldn’t the New York audience have been intrigued by the fact that Horowitz is not only Jewish, but was also the 24th round draft pick, 717th overall, and graduated from an Episcopal high school in Maryland?
Fox’s coverage of the UEFA Championship is framed by signs reading “Visiting Qatar.”
That’s right, when visiting the Islamic extremist haven of Qatar, be sure to stop by the “Women’s Rights Gift Shop” and the port where dozens of imported Fourth World workers were shipped back to their home countries after they collapsed and died while building infrastructure in the desert following the highly questionable decision to award Qatar the 2022 World Cup.
ESPN’s ESPY Awards, originally conceived as a “look who’s here!” self-promotional show that could have been created, sustained and valued as a proper version of the Academy Awards, still caters to a more accessible demographic.
Aside from Harry’s unparalleled popularity gracing magazine covers in supermarket checkout lines, why did ESPN choose the man formerly known as Prince to receive the Pat Tillman Award for extraordinary courage?
Courage Award? How about Doug Adler? He’s the ESPN tennis commentator who lost his career, reputation and health in 2017 due to a fabrication by an attention-hungry New York Times tennis reporter who has been away from the Times since 2022. Adler was then fired by ESPN for being a coward and scared because the fool accused Adler of calling Venus Williams a “gorilla.” Fired as a racist! Adler had praised her “guerilla style” of fighting for the net.
But Serena Williams, this year’s ESPYs host and career-long rotten winner and loser celebrated by ESPN, might admit onstage that she and her sister, along with ESPN’s Chris Evert and John McEnroe, allowed an innocent man to get a life sentence.
That too takes courage and conscience, a genuine conscience no matter how long justice may be delayed.
“It’s high, it’s wide and it’s not a particularly good look,” Fox Soccer announcer Derek Rae, a Scotsman who needs no translation, said after the Slovenian forward smashed a chance into Sandusky against Portugal.
I remember Marinho, the blond, Brazilian party animal who played for the Cosmos in 1979 and who would send shots well over the crossbar from anywhere, as if he was auditioning for the Giants at Giants Stadium, and fellow beat writers Hank Gola and Jack Bell gave him the nickname “Mezzaninho.”
This winter, an online gag that was quickly exposed as an antisocial media hoax claimed that Marquette University guard Tyler Kollek, who had just been drafted by the Knicks, was illiterate and had nearly flatlined on an IQ test.
Kollek enjoyed it too.
But last week, as could be seen and heard on the X fraud-exposing @BackAfterThis account (named in honor of the countless dishonest claims made by Mike “Let’s Be Honest” Francesa), Michael Kay and fellow ESPN NY radio personalities Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg debated that fleeting, false rumor as if it were true.
After repeating her fabrications, Kay said: “It’s terrible that this got leaked. He can’t read!”
Yes, it’s horrible. They repeated rumors that were long ago dismissed as a bad joke, and yet they repeated them on air as if they were true.
Life is complicated: On Sunday, while Channel 7 was broadcasting a Pride parade filled with dancing drag queens, Channel 5, two channels above Fox, was showing an NHRA drag race.
