Left Coast Sports Babe

Since this is the day we in America give thanks, surely this would be the day to thank those without whom this blog could not be written….

In no particular order, from the NFL – Brett Favre, the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins. (The Oakland Raiders and SF 49ers on occasion too.) And commissioner Roger Goddell, for overseeing a system of fines that no would-be comedy writer could make up.

From college football, the USC Trojans and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Alas, it looks like we may not have Charlie Weis to kick around anymore. Though Rich Rodriguez looks to be keeping his job at Michigan. Not to mention the ageless Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno. And of course, the BCS.
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From the NBA, the New Jersey Nets for being on a record pace for awfulness, and as always the New York Knicks, the Clippers, Shaquille O”Neal and Kobe Bryant.

For College Basketball, well, without Bobby Knight there are no sure things. Except March Madness.
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From Major League Baseball, the Yankees, Mets and Dodgers. Along with the Giants offense. And now that Julio Franco has retired, Jamie Moyer. And Bud Selig, one of the most unintentionally funny straight men of all time.

Golf, well, Tiger Woods may be the greatest golfer of all time, but he’s no Lee Trevino.

And perhaps this is jumping the gun, or rather the scores, but the Winter Olympics are coming up in a few months. What would we do without French judges? And curling.

Then there’s the world of politics….and the list is longer than a Joe Biden Speech.

But nonetheless, in rapid-fire progression (and a bi-partisan list) – Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Mark Sanford, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Larry Craig, Robert Ensign, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani, Joe Lieberman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state of Louisiana, the state of New York, and the state of California. (Hard to believe, Texas may have fallen out of the top three for joke material. Molly Ivins would never believe it.)

And because she has thrown herself into the political arena, Carrie Prejean. And here we thought we’d miss Joe the Plumber.

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On a more serious note, a special thank you to some of my brilliant friends who also make the effort to bring some smiles (we hope) into the world. And who sometimes share ideas and help inspire me to keep at it. Especially when they frequently come up with jokes that I wish I had written –

Again in no particular order, and I am going to leave out somebody….

Alex Kaseberg, Jerry Perisho, Scott Ostler, Will Durst, Neil Berliner, Jim Barach, Hartley Miller, Cam Hutchinson, Bill Littlejohn, Marc Ragovin, Paul Seaburn,….

If any reader doesn’t know any of the above writers, I recommend them all highly.

And finally, thanks to everyone who makes the time to read this blog. (If you’ve found it by accident, that’s okay too.)

Janice Hough

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