Left Coast Sports Babe

Coach K, as emotional as I have ever seen him as a Duke coach, is going to his final Final Four. And all snark aside, this is a moment, and whether it’s love, coaching, bonding, whatever, this team seems to have come together and grasped it.

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Most of even this year’s Duke team’s PARENTS were too young to remember when Coach K started coaching the Blue Devils. But sure seems like the 75 year old guy has seriously inspired the kids. And more power to him.

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Meanwhile, Tara Vanderveer, who is NOT retiring, is one win away from another Final Four herself.

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Charles Barkley on Houston, down 20 to 27 at halftime to Villanova “They’re going to have to find a way to score or they’re not going to win this game.” When he’s right, he’s right.

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Herschel Walker says he’s sick and tired of CTR in schools. Herschel Walker might be a walking ad for those of us increasingly worried about CTE in football.

Some of MAGA’s clutching their pearls as whether Biden actually literally meant “Putin cannot remain in power,” had no problem when Velveeta Voldemort suggested in speech USA “put the Chinese flag” on military planes & “bomb the shit” out of Russia. “Then we say, China did it…”

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I guess some conservatives would have been happier if President Biden had said “Putin cannot remain in power, person, woman, man, camera, TV

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If Velveeta Voldemort had said Putin cannot remain in power GOP would be saying he belonged on Mount Rushmore.

So has Fox News attacked President Biden for visiting Ukrainian refugees without throwing paper towels yet?

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Florida just reported 1,167 more COVID fatalities, for total of 73,027 Florida resident deaths. (State doesn’t count tourists & visitors & have been accused of undercounting.) California, with almost double the population, has had 88,689 COVID deaths. No wonder GOP hates math.

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The GSA has approved sale of Trump’s DC hotel lease to a Miami investment group which will turn it into a Waldorf Astoria. So we’ll get the “Trump” name off the building before they get it off the Republican party.

Okay, how many people had North Carolina against Saint Peter’s in the Elite 8? Now all of you liars put your hands down?

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Only person I feel sorry for at Saint Peter’s University is whoever has the job of maintaining their website. It’s up now but crashed again earlier. I do hope she/he gets a raise.

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Deshaun Watson, accused by 22 women, asked if he would be open to counseling “It’s hard for me to say the counseling part because I don’t have a problem. I don’t have an issue & that’s what I’ve been saying from the beginning.” Almost expected him to add “I like beer.”

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So did Tom Brady leak a story about him possibly being traded to Miami because he can’t bear being out of the headlines? Asking for a tired friend.

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Even in tough times, we’ll always have Darwin Awards. In Honololu police said a man fell to his death at Sheraton Waikiki trying to climb from the balcony of his hotel room to the one next to his room where a friend was staying. At 4am. What are the odds alcohol was involved?

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So if January 6 committee had found Ginni Thomas’s messages on a laptop left in a repair shop would GOP take them more seriously?

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Are we shocked that Bob Woodward tried to “both sides” Ginni Thomas allegations this morning? This is a man who heard from Velveeta Voldemort that COVID was airborne. And sat on the news until he wanted to sell a book.

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Soft-spoken Ben Sasse is exhibit A if you need to counter the narrative that most Republican Senators are reasonable people.

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Why aren’t Republicans brave enough to say that when they talk about “judicial philosophy” they mean they only want judges who espouse the radical right-wing activist philosophy of the Federalist society?

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Ketanji Brown Jackson WILL be confirmed. But a reminder to those complaining Democratic Senators didn’t use their time to attack GOP lies: With a limited amount of time, why waste it on douchebags? So much better to praise an exceptional nominee!

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Moscow Mitch McConnell, who has said he will vote against Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation, just put out a statement praising Clarence Thomas, saying he is an “outstanding justice, & Mitch has “total confidence in his brilliance and impartiality.” Well of course he did.

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Clarence Thomas was just fine with Velveeta Voldemort ignoring every White House ethicial rule and also appointing his daughter and son-in-law senior advisors. Editor’s note – he’s NOT gonna recuse just because his wife tried to overthrow democracy.

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Let’s be honest, some of these GOP Senate clowns would have been a “no” vote for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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Reading the insanity coming from Ronny Jackson right now I suppose we should all thank God President Obama survived having him as the White House physician.