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By Joe Torosian

Kick it!

Regarding Brendan Sorsby… I’m glad the Rams drafted Ty Simpson.

The greatest universal, international spectacle in sports plays four matches on Monday, and all four end in a tie.

What Geraldo found in Al Capone’s vaults was more interesting.

I could go to any Amway symposium and sit there for days with a big smile on my face, and people would ask, “How can you stand it?”

I’d answer, “I watched the World Cup on Monday, I can take anything!”

And they’d say, ”I know exactly what you mean. Four games, four ties, ugh!”

I believe in the standard that you take your friend’s keys if they are about to drive drunk. But I also think friends should turn off a friend’s mic when they’re about to say something equivalent to the results of gastrointestinal distress.

Colin Cowherd needs a friend to turn off his mic when he tries to talk about Magic Johnson. An otherwise talented, well-prepared sports talk personality like Cowherd demonstrates every time he speaks about Magic that he never saw or studied his play.

Probably because he was having World Cup fantasies.

The Dallas Wings crushed the Las Vegas Aces last night 96-66. People talk about A’ja Wilson, Paige Bueckers, and Azzi Fudd, but Dallas center/forward Jessica Shepard (15 points, 15 boards, 9 assists) is The Joker of the WNBA. In a league full of bad basketball, she stands out like a porterhouse in a vegan restaurant.

The NBA season ended on Saturday, and in seven days, it will hold its draft. On June 30th, free agents can start negotiating and officially sign on July 6th.

And that’s it (outside of some summer scrimmages featuring G-Leaguers) until roughly the third week of October.

By contrast, starting in February, the NFL has the Super Bowl and ends the month with the Combine.
March: Free agency & Salary Cap.
April: Draft (3 Days)
May/June: Schedule release & OTAs
July: Camps open
August: Preseason
September: And it’s on with the show, this is it!

This isn’t a knock on the NBA, but just an illustration of the NFL’s gargantuan imprint on the calendar. So much so that while owning Thanksgiving, the NFL decided to take Christmas from the NBA—just because they blanking felt like it!

…And the beat goes on.

So the MLB puts its players in a position to make a political statement, and some players decide to make a different statement.
Talk about picking a fight when you didn’t have to pick a fight.

Pride Night’s a political statement, and three San Francisco Giants pitchers decided not to be aligned with it. They signed contracts to play baseball, not to be coerced into something they don’t believe in.

How this will play out is after enough pressure is applied, the players will go full Charles Barkley and apologize, the MLB will look bad, and the Texas Rangers will gain more fans.

…And the beat goes on.

#67—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth…

The Dude abides…

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