NBA commissioner David Stern, on allegations of “flopping” by the Miami Heat. “I think it’s time to look at (it) in a more serious way. We should give out Oscars rather than MVP trophies.” Unless of course our MVP’s are doing the acting.
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On a more serious note, for those worried about signs of the apocalypse, the headline “Clippers win playoff series” has to be right up there.
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Metta says he won’t shake hands with James Harden. So once again we have the disappointment of no handshake for World Peace.
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Milwaukee Brewers closer John Axford says said his blown save this week put his wife into labor. If true, there should be a lot of new baby Mets fans born today on Mother’s Day.
(for those who missed the train wreck, New York took a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth in Miami, and lost 8-4.)
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A dancing dog won “Britain’s Got Talent.” I guess a “Dancing With the Stars” Nancy Grace joke would be inappropriate….
(or as Augie says, “if were a dancing bitch, a Bristol Palin joke would have been inappropriate.”)
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Man City won the EPL title in a major upset on a goal difference today. And most Americans responded “I have no idea what that sentence means.”
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The CEO of JPMorgan Chase said his bank made a “terrible, egregious mistake” in losing $2 billion trading credit derivatives in the last six weeks. But says the bank is still very strong. Well, yeah $2 billion is only a fraction of the $25 billion they received in TARP money.
And on the subject of mistakes, egregious and otherwise, of course many Americans know how wonderfully understanding Chase is when a mistake makes a customer late with a credit card bill.
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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson apparently has resigned. What next? Well, it ought to be interesting when he sits down with a recruiter and his resume.
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The Los Angeles Kings took a 1-0 lead tonight in the NHL Western Conference Final. “That’s awesome” was the second most common response in Los Angeles. “We have a hockey team?” was the first.
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