Left Coast Sports Babe

Lonzo says he is one-and-done at UCLA. In related news, Trumpcare never had a realistic chance and water is wet.

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Meanwhile, the only exciting game out of Friday night’s Sweet Sixteen matchups – Wisconsin vs Florida – finished after midnight on the east coast.  So maybe NCAA with basketball really is considering themselves a major professional sport.

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Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang may miss the 2017 MLB season due to his being denied a US visa, possibly due to a DUI arrest. Yep, if you want to be a star athlete who drinks and drives, you better be born here in the USA.

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Today is #NationalCheesesteakDay To be followed tomorrow by National EKG day?

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USA Today reports that Baywatch’s David Hasselhoff now has his own cruise will host a five-night “fan cruise” this Fall on Costa Cruises. Think someone could manage to push him into a lifeboat?

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Former Penn State president Graham Spanier was convicted today of one count of child endangerment. He had chosen not to report Sandusky to the state Department of Public Welfare, despite the report from Mike McQueary about seeing him in the showers with a young boy. Apparently Spanier plans to appeal. On what grounds? That he thought he was running a Catholic university?

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CNN reports Trump aide says President “agitated” by Trumpcare bill process which he thinks is all “political.”   Hello…it’s politics.

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GOP just changed their Trumpcare Facebook status to “It’s complicated.”

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If GOP willing to eliminate all gender based healthcare from coverage with Trumpcare we could talk. Prostrate exams & ED drugs to start.

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Curiously enough, pulling out is also the GOP’s new birth control strategy. #KilltheBill

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Sean Spicer  “If you’re an older man, you can generally say you’re not going to need maternity care.” So how old was Trump when Barron was born?

Right about now, Obama might be forgiven a small smirk.

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Paul Ryan “We’re going to be living w/ Obamacare for the foreseeable future.” Well, better than dying w/ Trumpcare in the foreseeable future.

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While Dems celebrate, if some party leaders or wannabe leaders have ideas to tweak Obamacare, it  would be excellent time to put them forward.

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Amazing that Trump just didn’t rename #Obamacare & take the credit. Though no doubt that’s his plan B.

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Thinking Ryan had a lot more fun when he could blame all the GOP failures on Obama.

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Latest leak #fakenews CNN reports Trump is upset that his son-in-law and senior adviser was not around during this crucial week.” (Jared and family were skiing in Aspen.)
Actually this one has the ring of truth, if Trump is angry, it wouldn’t be at himself, or heaven forbid his perfect daughter.

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Now that #TeamUSA is in the Word Baseball Classic final will Americans actually start caring? USA ! USA! USA! #WBC

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Wonder if the #WorldBaseballClassic would be more popular if there was a way to put teams into brackets and bet on them in office pools?

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Gregg Popovich on the NBA rest debate “Luckily all the participants are sane people and care about the same thing and want to get it right.”
Right, $ane people and the $ame thing. Anyone heard a complaint yet when a “rest” game wasn’t being televised.

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CKE Restaurants, owners of Carl’s Jr, said today that CEO Andrew Puzder. Trump’s first pick for Labor Secretary. who withdrew after negative publicity, will be replaced by Jason Marker in April. Well, that’s one job Trump can take credit for creating.

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Supreme Court hearings seem to have devolved into situations where nominees won’t opine on what color they think the sky is.

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Barry Bonds is back with the #SFGiants as a special assistant to the CEO. Let’s hope he doesn’t get a swelled head about it.

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In a memo to team owners Adam Silver called the practice of teams resting star players “a extremely significant issue for our league.” Lakers fans are going “What star players?”

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Trump’s latest “It was reported that NFL owners don’t want to pick (your San Francisco quarterback) him up because they don’t want to get a nasty tweet from Donald Trump.”
Kind of makes you want some team to sign Kap.

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Trump of all people should know that saying outrageous things wouldn’t stop you getting a job if people think you are competent.

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Headline “Republicans change health care bill in search for votes.” Maybe they could just change the name and keep Obamacare?

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British PM Theresa May will be featured in US Vogue magazine. Waiting for Trump to claim in a tweet that Vogue asked him first.

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Dow fell by about 238 points today. Waiting for the Trump tweet saying this is Obama’s fault.

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For years, smart travel agents have warned travelers NOT to put laptops and iPads in checked luggage. New rule may be good for security but also open season for thieves. #unintendedconsequences

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Remember all those people worried that Hillary’s election would make Bill a top WH advisor? Somehow I’m missing the outrage on Ivanka.

This laptop ban really makes airlines like Turkish, Emirates & Ethiad less attractive to US fliers. Add UAE & Turkey to Trump insult bingo

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Major budget cuts for the DOJ and a “Memorandum for all Federal Prosecutors” from new AG Jeff Sessions, directing prosecutors to focus not on corporate crime, but on violent crime.
But hey, I am sure under Trump now all potential white-collar crooks are now on their very best behavior.

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Trump’s company, now managed by his sons, is starting a new hotel change, Scion,  and talking to about 20 developers around the country, with 50-100 hotels planned within the next three years.

Move along, nothing to see here. No one I am sure would mind if Chelsea Clinton and her husband had done the same thing if Hillary were elected.

Really sad about Dwight Clark having ALS. And the ties to traumatic brain injury and CTE are getting more and more obvious. A little-known fact about Lou Gehrig is that he went to Columbia on a football scholarship. It’s getting harder and harder to watch football, seriously.

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Tom Brady’s quarterback’s game-worn jersey from Super Bowl LI  has apparently been found in Mexico.

Deflate that wall?

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Actually a shame  for Duke being out of the tournament.  Until the  Yankees start playing baseball for real there’s no one for most Americans to united against as a diversion frojm politics.

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And Allen was one of the few recognizable players in a 1 and one NCAA.

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That moment when you actually sympathize for Tomi Lahren for getting fired when she says ‘You know what, I’m for limited government, so stay out of my guns, and you can stay out of my body as well.'”
#comeovertothedarksideTomiwehavecookiesandchoice

-RIP, David Rockefeller, 101. So Trump finally killed him?

Sean Spicer said today that Trump’s $3 million a week Mar-a-Lago trips are just “part of being president.” Uh, but what about money for museums and the arts being “part of being Americans.

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So anyone get that sense if that if the House actually voted to impeach Trump he’d just decry it as “Fake News?”

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That moment when you haven’t been following NCAA basketball but saw 10 min of Mich-Wisc & thought “darn they look good”. #GoBlue #brackets

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The NCAA seeding committee did such a good job with Wisconsin and Wichita State they’ve been named honorary Presidential pollsters.

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Now Germany on the Trump insult list. How many more people have Bingo?

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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast made $170 million at the box office this weekend. With this much success wonder if someone will suggest a cartoon sequel.

Uber President Jeff Jones is quitting, less than a year after joining the company, after multiple controversies. An example to those in the Trump cabinet??

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Trump today said North Korea’s Kim Jong-un was ‘acting very, very badly’ “Back at ya” said most of the Western World.

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A California waiter was fired after he refused to serve several Latina women until they showed him “proof of residency.” Well, no doubt if he wants to move he might be offered a position at a Trump Hotel.

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Fox + Friends’ Brian Kilmeade “We keep marrying other species + other ethnics…” What punchline could possibly top this?

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George Conway, Kellyanne’s husband, will reportedly be chosen as head of the Justice Dept’s civil division, the office that will handle legal challenges to Trump’s policies. For all those who were worried that the only nepotism in DC now benefited the Trump family.

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Paul  Ryan tweeted “Another one heads to President Trump’s desk. This legislation allows states to have drug testing to receive federal unemployment benefits.”

So can we have the same bill apply to members of Congress?

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Former U.S. NATO representative Ivo Daalde responded to Trump’s tweets about Germany needing to pay more money “Sorry, Mr President, that’s not how NATO works. Adding “The US decides for itself how much it contributes to defending NATO. This is not a financial transaction, where NATO countries pay the US to defend them. It is part of our treaty commitment.”
“Sorry, Mr. President, that’s not how NATO works.” Substitute any other word for NATO and you’ve basically got a description of the last two months.

Normally when #FloridaState‘s athletic program is this embarrassed, the police are involved.

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California teams doing surprisingly well in NCAA tournament.  Will Trump accuse refs of fake scoring?

NCAA admits missing goaltending against Gonzaga, leading to Northwestern technical. 4 pt swing in 79-32 game. What about electoral college?

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But of course, with calls against Northwestern, figure the NCAA may pay for it in future decisions involving alumni law school graduates.

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rrassed, the police are involved. #marchmadness

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Ah for the days when the worst embarassment Americans had with their President and Angela Merkel was a quick back rub.

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Dorothy Parker used to open door and ask “What fresh hell could this be?” Now millions of Americans feel the same about Trump’s twitter feed

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Sad. #ChuckBerry, 90, has passed away. Can we blame Trump?

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Reports are that when he was fired, after being first asked to stay on by Trump, Preet Bharara was investigating Tom Price’s trading of health care stocks while he was involved in health care legislation in the House – a total of over $300,000 in shares.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.

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Yeah, we’re  definitely in an alternative universe. China now urging United States to remain “coolheaded” over North Korea

Donna Brazile just admitted that she tipped off the Clinton campaign on potential questions about the death penalty at one debate and the Flint, Michigan water crisis. And how would Hillary have ever thunk otherwise that those questions might come up?

29-38 Mavericks vs 24-43 76ers tonight. Talk about ratings disaster. Fans of amateur basketball have so many other #marchmadness options.

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SMU blew a 10 point lead with 11 minutes to play to lose to USC, who had already survived a play-in game. Normally for this much embarrassment, SMU relies on their football team.

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Michigan not making friends in Las Vegas. They won 92-91 over Oklahoma State. But the Cowboys’ buzzer beater 3 point shot meant the Wolverines didn’t cover the 2.5 point spread. The horror.

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Pregnant client landing in London was asked by customs both when she was due, and if the baby was insured. Expecting US Trumpcare refugees?

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So in honor of #StPatricksDay wonder why Trump didn’t order ICE to round up and deport some Irish illegals?

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We weren’t supposed to vote for Hillary Clinton since she didn’t have enough stamina for the job? She never came home early as Secretary of State.

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So now Trump is tweeting against North Korea, and Tillerson is saying a pre-emptive strike is possible. What could possibly go wrong?

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So who had England in Trump insult bingo?

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Sean Spicer “We are sorry.” You can say that again.

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The Hill reports GOP-led House today passed a bill allowing VA employees to be fired more quickly “if they are found to be incompetent or engaging in wrongdoing.”
Damn, can we have legislation like that for members of Congress? And the executive branch? #wecandream

Trump ignored Angela Merkel’s request today for handshake during White House photo op. Assuming because she has bigger hands than he does.

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Rick Santorum, on Trumps wire tap allegations “We’re not in an election anymore, who he’s hurting is not a rival, he’s hurting himself.”
Another incredible Trump accomplishment.- turning Rick Santorum into a voice of reason.

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After Britain demanded an apology for Sean Spicer’s claim they had colluded with Obama to wiretap Trump Tower, Trump today responded “You shouldn’t be talking to me, you should be talking to Fox,.” Uh, is there any difference?

From T.C.  “The new Disney film Beauty and the Beast has been banned in places like Alabama and Malaysia due to one of its characters being gay. But Donald Duck can run around  “commando”, and also not wear any pants at all; without controversy. “

A woman was arrested in Florida for trespassing and claiming a relationship with Tim Tebow. The other Mets aren’t too concerned, at least she doesn’t seem to be interested in stalking professional athletes.

So with  Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant both out maybe Kerr & Popovich should just  have fun & make @Spurs @Warriors an all bench game.

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At time of posting, Kerr just announced he will sit most of his starters. Maybe Pop should take the night off and let Becky Hammon coach. Not that she needs the help, but could be fun.

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Not sure how long Duke will be in NCAA tournament but Grayson Allen is perfect player to watch for those missing NFL violence. #MarchMadness

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Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, 70, who founded the idea of anti-gay conversion therapy, has died. Or maybe we should say God permanently converted him.

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Nancy Pelosi said today if Hillary Clinton had won she would have retired. NOW she tells us. Might have been a great Midwest campaign ad.

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Apparently Jim Mattis is battling with the White House over his choice to be undersecretary of defense for policy, which is apparently the 4th most powerful position in the Pentagon. Anne Patterson, a former ambassador to Egypt was a supporter of President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Waiting to see how this is somehow Obama’s fault.

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A Florida judge denied a retired police captain’s motion to use the “Stand Your Ground” defense after he fatally shot another man in a movie theater, allegedly in an argument over texting. So the case will now go to trial. Wonder if the decision had anything to do with the victim being a married young white father?

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Tomorrow morning will Trump tweet that Obama was responsible for Sean Spicer’s flag pin being upside down?

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Tomorrow morning will Trump tweet that Obama was responsible for Sean Spicer’s flag pin being upside down?

Trump canceled multiple open press events this week, citing “limited space.” Can we add that phrase to #TrumpDictionary #alternativefacts

Wait, we are losing an hour’s sleep this weekend? I blame Trump.

Tom Brady is partnering with boxed meal delivery company Purple Carrot:.”Eating meals just like the ones we’ll send out to our customers has really helped me stay at the top of my game.”
For $78 a week, customers will get six meals that are high-protein, gluten-free and limited in soy and refined sugar. The meals will also contain no dairy, eggs, seafood, meat or processed foods.
Wonder how many NFL fans will order the meals, and then supplement them with Papa John’s pizza?

Kirk Cousins is once again rumored to be going from the Redskins to the 49ers. Same dysfunction, better weather.

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Joe Mixon was not invited to the NFL combine this year over his having punched a female student in the face in 2014,  and the league has instituted a new rule this year that bars players from participating in the combine if they have misdemeanor or felony convictions involving domestic violence.
Meanwhile, the Ezekiel Elliott domestic violence investigation will no doubt be completed about the same time the Cowboys rookie star RB retires.

Hawaii says their attorneys will file a motion for a temporary restraining order on Trump’s new travel ban. Waiting for someone in the GOP to say that it’s ridiculous for such a motion to be filed from outside of the United States.

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British Airways is cutting legroom on their Airbus planes from 30 to 29 inches. They figure this will be no problem as passengers can just start emulating Kellyanne Conway and sit on their knees.

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Asked why Trump keeps tweeting about him Arnold Schwarzenegger today responded “I think he’s in love with me.” Pass the large-size popcorn.

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Jason Chaffetz ,who as a Congressman will have insurance benefits for life, said that on the proposed GOP Obamacare replacement plan “Americans have choices, and they’ve got to make a choice. So rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love maybe they should invest in their own health care.”
And millions of Americans want to know where they can buy health insurance for the cost of an iPhone.

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#Trumpcare will be the best healthcare plan like #TrumpGrill makes the best taco bowls.

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We could have great healthcare plan if Congress was REQUIRED to use same plan they come up with tor rest of country. #Trumpcare

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Homeland Security wants to separate parents from children at border. So what do they do w/ pregnant women?

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Trump tweet this morning “122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision.”
Except that 113 of the 122 former Guantanamo detainees Trump is talking about were released by W. Only 9 by Obama. #alternativefacts #alternativenumbers

#ChaffetzMath compares buying healthcare to buying new iPhone. Not a gun. Because no GOP politician would ever say not to buy a new gun

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Sean Spicer to CNN Trump has no regrets about wiretap claims. As if we expected anyone w/ NarcissisticPersonalityDisorder to regret anything

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The proposed GOP plan to “repeal and replace” Obamacare removes a provision that required insurance companies to deduct NO MORE THAN $500,000 of executives’ pay as a business expense.
Well, good to know those poor executives won’t have to choose between just scraping by on half a million a year, and hurting their company’s bottom line. #populistmyass

Trump today said the GOP healthcare proposal is “wonderful” and says “we’re going to get it done.” Anyone want to lay odds he has any idea what’s actually in the bill?

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#BenCarsonAltDictionary Flight delays and cancellations = Involuntary extended vacations

From Marc Ragovin “Ben Carson, now starring in: Twelve Years An Involuntary Immigrant”

Boston Celtics were up two with six seconds to go  against Phoenix and ended up losing by 6.    Are we sure PriceWaterhouseCooper wasn’t somehow involved?

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Need any more illustration why baseball is the best sport? Draymond Green is unhappy with the Knicks, because they didn’t play music for the 1st half of todays game against the Warriors. He thought “it changed everything.” And it “was completely disrespectful to… all these people who’ve done these things to change the game from an entertainment perspective.”

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Redskins owner Dan Snyder gave coach Jay Gruden a two-year contact extension. Because Snyder figured he couldn’t get anyone else to take on the mess?

Wondering if about now FBI director Comey is regretting making Trump President?

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The long Bay Area nightmare is over: Warriors two game losing streak ends thanks to the Knicks.

Trump doubling down on his Obama #wiretap accusations. Did no one tell him the term #MarchMadness was already taken?

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Time to send every Republican in Congress a copy of “The Emperor has no Clothes?”

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Press Secretary Spicer on Twitter -“Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling.”

Did he type that with a straight face?

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Trump didn’t attend the Gridiron Dinner last night, but VP Pence did. And Senator Jodi Ernst said that Pence was “one heartbeat away from being the second most-powerful person in the country’ – behind Steve Bannon.
So will Trump now condemn Ernst for the leak?

If #BreitbartNews wrote that moon was made of green cheese, Trump would tweet accusations that Obama stole the cheese for his omelet

#MarcoRubio on Trump’s wiretap claims “I have no insight into what exactly he’s referring to…” You had me at “I have no insight..

So will there be a future comedy movie about Trump administration – “Moscow on the Potomac?”