Left Coast Sports Babe

Usain Bolt won another gold medal for Jamaica. Pretty sure Bolt won’t be accused of recent marijuana use, imagine by much more he’d have won. #Rio2016

US men were DQ’ed in 4 by 100 relay. Thanks to  Ryan Lochte for  making sure this isn’t most embarrassing American men’s team story of these Olympic games.

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Only US Olympian who might be happy about #LochteGate? #HopeSolo. #Rio2016

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Nothing against Team USA men’s basketball in Rio. But rooting for them seems about as anticlimatic as rooting for Joey Chestnut in a county fair eating contest.

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Ryan Lochte took to Instagram to apologize for not being more “candid.” He’s either trying to salvage his endorsements or laying the groundwork for a long career in politics.

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Gold medalist Jimmy Feigen left Brazil, after he “donated” over $10,000 to a charity in exchange for his passport. And the USOC has indicated they may sanction the swimmers. Ryan Lochte also stands to lose endorsements. That bathroom is ending up being a very expensive pay toilet.

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James Harrison, named in the Al Jazeera PED report, says he welcomed an “open” investigation, but (again) called Roger Goodell a “crook.” Wonder how much Harrison will get fined for that.

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Donald Trump last night acknowledged that “I sometimes say the wrong thing.”
Many in the GOP are thinking, yeah, like “Today I announce my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States.”

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Paul #Manafort is out of @realDonaldTrump’s campaign. So congrats to all those who had Aug 19 in the pool

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#Uber is launching a test fleet of robot taxis. So yet another step closer to getting through days without talking to another human.

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Who says I never say anything nice about Catholic schools? But well-played: A Catholic high school for boys in Arkansas posted this sign on their door “”If you are dropping off your son’s forgotten lunch, books, homework, equipment etc., please TURN AROUND and exit the building. Your son will learn to problem-solve in your absence.”
Wonder how many parents asked if it meant they could have these things shipped by Amazon Same-Day?

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In 2011, the Texas legislature slashed funding to family planning clinics in the state by 66 percent and many clinics closed. From 2011 to 2015 almost twice is many women died in pregnancy or soon after childbirth as the preceding four years. (537 from 296). Once again four words. “Pro Life My Ass.”

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Colin Powell today in a statement said he told Hillary in a memo once that using personal email “vastly improved” communications within the State department.
Just another commie-pinko Clinton apologist….

Donald Trump today to black voters “”You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58% of your youth is unemployed — what the hell do you have to lose?” Well, at least he didn’t reminisce about the good old days of slavery.

But really, this swimming incident would never happen with the U.S. women’s team. If the bathroom was locked they’d take turns peeing in the bushes while someone acted as lookout. ‪#‎womenaresmarter‬

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Forget transgenders, clearly the most dangerous people near bathrooms are male Olympic swimmers. ‪#‎LochteGate‬ ‪#‎Rio2016‬

#‎RyanLochte‬ motto “Winning a gold medal means never having to say you’re sorry.” ‪#‎Rio2016‬

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Next up from @NBCOlympics, an exclusive ‪#‎RyanLochte‬ interview by Brian Williams?

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Oops, another Olympic lying scandal? 
Michelle Obama tweeted congrats to Aly Raisman and asked “what healthy foods keep you fueled as you go for gold. Raisman tweeted back “Salmon, avocado, whole wheat bread, almonds, pineapples & Greek yogurt.” Then, oops, Aly remembered…. “@FLOTUS Ignore our recent tweet about eating fries & ice cream. Sometimes u gotta splurge. Moderation, right?😂🙈🙈😂 ”

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Tonight was ‪#‎JerryGarcia‬ tribute night at ‪#‎ATTPark‬. ‪#‎SFGiants‬ fans were  grateful  the team didn’t play like they were dead.

(Jake Peavy, btw, had a tie-dye shirt under his uniform.)

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Pastor Darrell Scott, a rare African-American Trump supporter, thinks the Donald’s problem is “Black people believe satire, black people believe parody. ”
And black people, like white people, also believe their ears. ‪#‎SMH‬

#‎LochteGate‬ getting so much attention @realDonaldTrump will need to say something truly outrageous to knock US swimming out of headlines.

Tom Brady missed tonight’s Patriots Bears game after he sliced his right thumb getting dirt out of a cleat. Gisele: “my husband cannot throw the football and clean his shoes at the same time.”.

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In eight years, Mylan has raised the price of EpiPens from about $100 to $500, and up. Is the pharmaceutical company now partially owned by Martin Shkreli?

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Some criticism of Obama for not cutting his vacation short to visit flooded areas in Louisiana, even though the state’s governor said “Quite frankly that is not something that I want to go through right now. While the president is welcome to visit, I would just as soon he give us another a week or two, get back to a greater sense of normalcy here.”
And of course if Obama did go he’d be criticized for wasting police time that could be better spent helping flood victims.