Left Coast Sports Babe

So it’s now about 6 more days until College Football Playoff Championship. By the time this game rolls around, will anyone remember who’s playing?

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Patriots are awaiting discipline for illegal videotaping, Red Sox now being investigated for using their video room to steal signs. So should NBA check out the Celtics?

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So how is Trump going to blame Puerto Rico for their earthquake?

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Got it, Iran reportedly kills a US contractor in an air strike and we kill one of their top generals. Saudi Arabia deliberately murders a journalist who’s a legal US resident and we invite their leaders to the White House.

Duncan Hunter has resigned. Is it too soon to start the pool – will his next job be at Fox News or in Trump White House?

So if you believe in ghosts who do you hope John McCain is haunting tonight? Donald Trump or Lindsey Graham?

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I  miss the days when a US President dealt with stress by having an inappropriate relationship with an intern.

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Btw, Trump’s tweet tonight contained no misspellings and no all caps. Does anyone really believe he wrote it?

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If Trump HAD written the tweet himself, “All is well” definitely would have been “ALL IS WELL.” For starters. All Caps

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Curiously enough “All is well” is what a man might think if after falling off the Empire State Building he was still 50 floors from the ground.

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Actually if Iran wanted to retaliate at Trump in a way that really hurt him without costing lives, could they just find a way to delete his Twitter account?

Did Sir Thomas More in the 1530s foresee the GOP and the cult of Trump “I think that when statesmen forsake their own private consciences for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.”

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Meanwhile, back at the impeachment hearings?  Can ANYONE cite a case where an innocent defendant wanted all the actual witnesses NOT to testify?

Can point to at least a dozen New Orleans mistakes in Saints-Vikings game that would have changed the game.  But even so, it still has to come down to a questionable call?

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Driving home tonight I heard Tom Tolbert on KNBR ask former 49er Brent Jones about the last play of the Saints -Vikings game. Brent says, “Well, I’m a homer and I played offense so means I’m always biased, And it was absolutely OPI and I have no idea why they didn’t review it.”
And then Jones went on to explain exactly how Rudolph did it and why it was a penalty.
Yeah, New Orleans made a lot mistakes so it shouldn’t have been that close. But still… Not that I won’t get over this, eventually.

Damn. But  Amy Klobuchar is a big Vikings fan.   And I did tell someone at a fall event for her that as much as I love Saints I’d choose her Vikings to beat them IF meant winning the White House in November.  And I meant it.  Okay, universe, your move.

Figured after New Orleans Saints loss yesterday that it wasn’t going to get any more fun with “my’ NBA team – the struggling in 2019 San Antonio Spurs tonight since they were playing the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA’s best team.  And WTF? This is why sports IS the best reality TV.

(124 Spurs- 106 Bucks,  Milwaukee’s worst loss of year.)

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Mike McCarthy reportedly signed a 5-year deal with Jerry Jones and the Cowboys, the same as Ron Rivera signed with Dan Snyder and the Redskins. Too soon to start a pool on whether which of them gets fired first?

So did Judge Judy endorse Bloomberg because Mike promised if elected to put her on the Supreme Court?

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30 women tonight competing to win the heart (or something) of the man who is best known in American for having sex in a windmill. Their parents must be so proud. #TheBachelor.

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I suppose it was too much to ask that Trump speak out offering sympathy and help to Australia with their bush fires.  Maybe if we tell him there will be fewer animals for his sons to shoot. 

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So George Lopez made a joke about assassinating Trump & MAGAts are losing it.  (Lopez referenced the $80 million bounty on Trump, and said he’d do it for half that.)

I missed the outrage over Ted Nugent’s 2012 “We need to chop their heads off.. If Barack Obama becomes president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”

Asked postgame about retirement, Tom Brady, age 42,  – “It’s pretty unlikely….hopefully unlikely.” Translation, depends how much Gisele wants him out of the house.

So if Tom Brady really wants to prove he’s GOAT why not sign a free agent contract with Washington? If he can make Redskins a Super Bowl team someone will make billions on edible hats.

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And who had a pick 6 as the possible last play of Tom Brady’s career?

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Note to Pete Carroll.  For future first and goals inside the two-yard line, this is how it’s done, giving the ball to your superstar running back is how it’s done. #DerrickHenry

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NFL told ESPN New England Patriots will be disciplined for acknowledged game-day video violations against Cleveland Browns. So the league will slap Bill Belichick’s hand REALLY hard?

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Vince Carter, 42, tonight became the first NBA player to appear in 4 decades. And somewhere NHL legend Gordie Howe is thinking “Nice job, young man, if you can keep it up.”

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In an interview, Meat Loaf said he didn’t believe in climate change & called Greta Thunberg “‘brainwashed.” Well, guessing Meatloaf figured why should Kid Rock and Ted Nugent be only washed-up rockers invited to the White House.

Trump told evangelicals at his rally “God is on our side.” Because so many people watch Donald’s insanity in action and REALLY start praying?

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Your reminder that Jill Stein said “On the issue of war it is actually Hillary’s policies which are much scarier than Donald Trump.”

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As required within 48 hours of introducing military powers into armed conflict abroad,  the White House has formally notified Congress of the Soleimani strike.  Like notifying your parents that you borrowed the car after they see pictures of the accident on the news.

Still waiting for Trump to tell us why this contractor killed in December was so much more important than Otto Warmbier and Jamal Khashoggi?

Florida prosecutors have decided to charge Robert Kraft only with misdemeanors and not felony prostitution offenses last year. Makes sense, Patriots never get punished too harshly for anything involving balls.

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Saints wanted to wear alternate “Color Rush” uniforms, white with black and gold, for this weekend’s wildcard game, but the No Fun League said no. Well, at least the NFL didn’t punish New Orleans for asking.

Having been to games at the Superdome, can tell you security is tight under most game situations, let alone a national championship. Now add the additional measures, and street closures etc, needed for a Presidential visit.
New Orleans already voted for Hillary 80 to 14% But at this point Trump will be as popular in town as last year’s NFL Championship refs.

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But imagine if Obama started a war while golfing and the next day announced he’d be spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to bring his Congressional buddies to a sporting event.

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An Ohio sheriff escaped serious injury when he was sitting in his patrol car just after midnight on January 1 and struck by a falling celebratory bullet.   He and his colleague were parked to record a PSA video to warn against the “celebratory” gunshots being fired on New Year’s Eve. You cannot make this “stuff” up.

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I miss the times when this would be the day’s most outrageous story: Lori Loughlin has reportedly hired a coach to prepare her for possible jail time. Wonder if Loughlin tried first to bribe the judge or fake her sentence with a picture of her in a prison jumpsuit?

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WTF?, Trump at his evangelical rally tonight in Florida promised to put prayer in schools. Got news for him. With all the mass shooting and scares recently there’s already a lot of prayer in schools.

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Okay, just for fun can someone ask Donald Trump what his favorite bible verse is? 

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So I’m somehow missing news coverage of the stampede by MAGAts to enlist for this new war dear leader has started.

“To start a war in order to get re-elected, and I believe that’s going to happen, would be an outrage.” Donald J. Trump, November 2011.

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So is “plotting imminent and sinister attacks” Trumpspeak for having WMDs?”

On a lighter note ESPN breaking news says the Cowboys have parted ways with coach Jason Garrett.
Wouldn’t it be bigger news if Jerry Jones kept him?

Redskins owner Dan Snyder introduced new coach Ron Rivera as, “someone that can bring a winning culture to our organization.”

“A winning culture?!  In Washington under Snyder?  Is Rivera showing up with blue ribbon yogurt?

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Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán suspended 81 games for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy. So will NY trade him to a contender after the All-Star Break and then resign him in 2021?

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RIP Don Larson. Had to look it up, but it was 25 years between his perfect game in 1956 and the last time Yankees and Dodgers met in World Series. (1981) It’s been 39 years since then.

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He wasn’t my candidate, but saw Julian Castro trending and learned he’d dropped out of race and felt a bit wistful.  Saw Marianne Williamson trending and learned she HADN’T dropped out of race and felt more than a bit sad.

Trump bragged on Twitter that unlike Benghazi there were “no dead Americans” in the attack on our Embassy in Iraq.
How many are going to die in the war he just started?

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Was on a flight when the strike happened, or was announced, and in the movie list “Dr. Strangelove” is listed as a comedy. Maybe it was before we started living through the documentary.

So far not feeling good at all about this “Wag the Dog” remake.

Ignorance or apathy? Trump didn’t know that assassinating a foreign general would start a war? Or he doesn’t care?
(Or both?)

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Antonio Brown says he now thinks Saints workout was just a “publicity stunt.” You mean Sean Payton might think he has reason to troll Roger Goodell and NFL? I am shocked, shocked. 

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I’m taking this as a good sign. At Union Station on way back to DC hotel, saw 2 people w/ suitcases looking very frustrated with phones. Asked if they were lost, they were, & trying to find MY hotel. So walked with them. Tourists from New Orleans. Saints fans! #WhoDatNation

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NFL says they have found no evidence linking Bill Belichick and the New England football operations department to a member of the team’s video crew videotaping the Bengals sideline this December. Because of course the Patriots never EVER would do anything illegal.

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So if Michigan had won in spite of everything including refs assume SEC apologists will say it’s just because Alabama didn’t care about the game. #CitrusBowl

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Bristol Palin, who has children by two different men, has broken up with her latest boyfriend.  Not that I care who Bristol dates or if she dates, but at this point where are the “Christian” pharmacists saying religious scruples about marriage would keep them from filling fill any birth control prescription she might have? 

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Imagine if a US Embassy was under attack on New Year’s Eve 2011, and President Obama’s response was to go golfing after attacking a GOP Presidential candidate.

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This time of year almost tempted to promise to donate to the first politician who says “Don’t worry about sending money on New Year’s Eve, enjoy time with your friends and family.”

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If it’s the #SouthernWhiteHouse where do you sign up for the free tours?

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$650 a person on top of dues for Mar-A-Lago New Year’s Eve party. Not to mention costs for Trump family transportation, security. Secret Service and their expenses. Our tax dollars at work.

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Pete Buttigieg announced he raised over $24 million in the 4th quarter. Which is about what Michael Bloomberg spends on ads in a week.

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My New Year’s toast to all: May your troubles last as long as your resolutions!