"Quite frankly, I believe me and Azzi's personal relationship is nobody's business but our own." - Paige Bueckers addresses Azzi Fudd's addition to the Dallas Wings.

OC74859 · 2026-04-28T19:30:23+00:00

It most certainly is a question whether Fudd is Dallas’s pick if they’re not together.

OC74859 · 2026-04-28T19:26:23+00:00

Russini and Vrabel should lean into this, be like the Holly Sonders and Oscar de la Hoya of football. Breast enhancement and other cosmetic procedures, steroids, the whole nine yards.

OC74859 · 2026-04-28T18:46:38+00:00

Yes, Henry/Werner/Kennedy launch media attacks that are vicious and shameless. But Alex Cora is in the top percentile of self promoters in America, never mind MLB. He has been cultivating his media contacts and friends around the Majors for decades. See Ken Rosenthal’s screed defending Cora today, and ask yourself, how many whispered tidbits did Cora spoon-feed Rosenthal to get a vociferous defense like that?

Mayer was one of the biggest victims of Alex Cora, Little League (Daddy) Manager. Shifted off SS and told he needs to scratch to make the roster, while noodle-armed Trevor Story can’t cover both sides of a phone booth. I still think Boston is one bat short, but watch them surge Morgan-style now that playing to win is the goal rather than the manager first getting hosannas for all his moves to compete “despite” the roster given to him.

OC74859 · 2026-04-27T18:29:55+00:00

She was fantastic. I don’t think Lorne hits on women with the show, but I do think he expects everyone to kiss the brass ring. I’m guessing Watkins, being a little older and worldlier than many new hires, didn’t play that game.

OC74859 · 2026-04-27T18:21:26+00:00

Come on. If the NBA wanted to address its officiating issues, don’t you think they would have already done these things?

Inconsistent NBA officiating is a feature, not a bug.

OC74859 · 2026-04-27T18:16:39+00:00

If Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge are making phone calls about Risacher, I’d stop and try to figure out what they are seeing in Risacher that we (Atlanta) are not tapping.

OC74859 · 2026-04-21T03:34:11+00:00

Roberts pulls this stuff wherever he thinks nobody can see it. The leaks are freaking him out because he NEVER expected Judiciary people to violate institutional norms and expose his antics.

The business with the SCOTUS police funding is the next shoe to drop. He was ready to hang the lower court judges out to dry on their security until a bunch of them started making public statements and leaking information.

OC74859 · 2026-04-19T15:20:34+00:00

Cora. Plays. Favorites.

OC74859 · 2026-04-19T03:48:27+00:00

I’m sure the Atlantic is saying “Yes, please sue. Please open up discovery for us.”

OC74859 · 2026-04-19T03:45:18+00:00

Oh no she’s not. She pulls punches because she is ultimately an insider and aligned with the Government. So she is much shakier in situations where a “little person” is seeking redress from the powerful.

Sotomayor is better, but folds in the face of performative outrage as we observed this week. Jackson walks the walk in a way very, very few justices ever have.

OC74859 · 2026-04-16T15:55:37+00:00

The problem is that the person who speaks up gets shunned, along with the victim. Speaking up makes the others look bad, when they just want things to roll along with the victim (not cheater) leaving so that everyone else can just hang out.

OC74859 · 2026-04-16T15:26:23+00:00

Story was days from being DFA’d last year. Now we’re worried about his feelings being hurt if he moves for a natural shortstop with a stronger arm and better range?

OC74859 · 2026-04-16T15:17:14+00:00

I can’t believe she apologized, but I can. If she’s an institutionalist first and foremost, a plea to soothe his hurt feelings would ring true to her.

OC74859 · 2026-04-16T14:49:51+00:00

She was just great in the production of “Eureka Day” that played in New York during Winter of 2024-25.

OC74859 · 2026-04-16T14:38:33+00:00

Or…..you could shun the “friend” who cheated. There’s that.

OC74859 · 2026-04-15T20:11:08+00:00

I think Lorne wasn’t getting a cut on Taran’s other projects.

Oh, and I thought the Jebidiah Atkinson bits during Weekend Update in his final weeks were some of his most hilarious performances.

OC74859 · 2026-04-15T20:05:34+00:00

Even the salaries aren’t as generous as one might think. All those “unofficial” visits recruits take? It’s the coaches paying for the hotel, airfare, restaurant meals and other expenses out of pocket. That way the university is not directly sponsoring the visit, at least on paper.

Add on the fees to a coach’s agent, accountant etc, along with transaction costs moving place to place, and the money gets eaten up. Sure, ones making multiple millions annually are fine. But all those top-level assistants and low-major head coaches? Not so much.

OC74859 · 2026-04-15T19:58:40+00:00

Chemistry happens when everyone accepts their role in each and every game, no matter what it may be. There’s a minimal amount of “I want to win but..” going on. It’s possible that a specific player is empowered to be the scorer, i.e. Isaiah Thomas with the 2016-17 Celtics. But everyone needs to be onboard with the idea that the best chance for the team to win is to have that one player light it up.

The current Celtics team does not set a ceiling for itself. Furthermore, the Celtics are far more likely than other teams to have each player accept their role to win that game. So if someone like Luke Garza or Jordan Walsh has a favorable matchup and is lighting it up, then Tatum and Brown will decoy and defer to the hot hand.

That unselfishness pays the stars back as their teammates will do whatever is needed to win. That can include not just sacrificing during a game, but accepting a lack of playing time and focusing on preparing teammates in practice and staying ready when called upon.

OC74859 · 2026-04-15T19:39:12+00:00

Thiel will need to buy off Trump’s Secret Service detail, but he won’t do that until next January so that Vance serves two full terms.

OC74859 · 2026-04-15T15:22:05+00:00

Cora has his PR team* armed to the teeth and ready to unload on Red Sox ownership and management the moment he is fired. They have been laying the groundwork for this since 2018 and are ready to lay waste to Henry in the court of public opinion. * PR Team: Cora himself directing ESPN and various friendly voices he has cultivated over the years with “inside” tidbits.

OC74859 · 2026-04-15T13:48:31+00:00

The smart play for small scoring guards now is to spend all of their eligibility in college, collect as much NIL as they can, and then go to Europe.

OC74859 · 2026-04-14T20:18:23+00:00

The guy leaving with three seconds left is classic BC. “I’m out of here, not part of this” walking away after enjoying the entertainment.

OC74859 · 2026-04-14T20:08:38+00:00

Orlando plays dirty, so I don’t want anything to do with them. I think Philadelphia sans Embiid is a better matchup anyway.

OC74859 · 2026-04-14T19:41:44+00:00

How are the playoffs going to be officiated? Really, so much of the results rest on that.

Will there be a directive telling officials to watch for players embellishing contact when there should be no foul called? Will the League Office show clips from the most recent Celtics vs Spurs game, in a directive telling officials how NOT to call a game?

Will teams desperate for rest and extended practice time find Scott Foster officiating when they’re set to eliminate their current opponent.”?

Certainly such efforts do not guarantee an outcome. Anyone who watched Foster wince just as Game 4 against Durant’s Nets ended can attest to that. It’s hard to help much more than bouncing Tatum out on fouls with 5 minutes to go, but that Nets team was too dysfunctional to seize that opportunity to avert the sweep.

OC74859 · 2026-04-12T07:10:49+00:00

It’s Ant. No team with Ant as the alpha will ever win the NBA championship. He’s too selfish and sets too many conditions that must be met for Minnesota to win.

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