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By Joe Torosian

Kick it!

Call me crazy,  but when you give up three goals in less than twenty minutes, it doesn’t mean you got robbed. It means you choked.

If we want to get into conspiracies, since he’s tight with Argentina’s Javier Milei, Trump probably called FIFA to make sure the fix was in for Messi & Friends.

Since everyone is ascribing so much power to Trump, I figure I might as well cash in.

Speaking of milking something, Egypt’s collapse yesterday was its biggest fold since the ’73 “Yom Kippur War.”

I’m not a Lakers fan, but I really like what they’re doing this off-season: the trades, the signings, the draft picks. I have a feeling the LeBron Era will soon be relegated to the Cedric Ceballos section of franchise history.

I hated to see Marcus Smart move on, but given his age and what he might want at this point in his career, I can see why they didn’t bring him back.

Kevon Looney is a good addition, and Jonathan Kuminga, if they can swing it, would knock it out of the park.

Also, given that Dodger ownership is calling the shots at Crypto, I wouldn’t expect them to suffer for too long with Luka Doncic going forward if he doesn’t produce. No one player will ever be bigger than this management team.

Last Add Lakers: I think there is a lot of untapped upside to Walker Kessler.

Good News For The Rams Department: Alaric Jackson won’t face criminal charges. It looks like Jackson’s got community service in his future.

At some point, the NFL will chime in with a two-game suspension to virtue-signal a message of some kind. 

I thought Jackson could be looking at a six-game benching, but without criminal charges, that’s a little harder sell for the league. So, I expect it to be two games.

With a 38-54 record, there are worse things in life than being a Mets fan…I mean, you could be an Angels fan. An Angel fan, who saw Shohei Ohtani hit his 300th home run last night–for the Dodgers.

#78—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth.

Is it just me, or does it feel like Wimbledon hasn’t happened this year?

Thoughts on the Final Eight:
France—Thank goodness the Napoleon is richer, creamier than most desserts—and has no raisins! But it’s not enough to overcome Dien Bien Phu.
Morocco—I actually have a student rooting for them, but have they recovered from losing to the French at the Battle of Isly?
Spain—Had a friend get yelled at for showering twice in one day during a visit to Valencia.
Belgium—The King Leopold II redemption tour won’t be enough.
Norway—How long did they last during WW2? Three hours?
England—The whole King/Royal family thing bugs me. Maybe if Cromwell was still employed as the Lord Protector.
Argentina—Blanking around and could be about to find out. Cruisin’ for a bruisin.
Switzerland—What language do they speak in their locker room? I hear it’s High German… You’d think, after all these centuries, they’d come up with something of their own.

Note: I am fully committed emotionally to Argentina, but I’ll let Norway hold the clipboard because I liked the 633 Squadron.

Really Last Add Lakers: Walker Kessler? Have the Lakers pinned their hopes and millions of rocks to a whiskey brand?

The Dude abides…

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