Left Coast Sports Babe

The Falcons beat the Eagles in the NFL first weekend of MNF. Over-under on how long it will take Philadelphia fans to scream for Tebow?

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Wow. In Maryland, as part of a dare, a 13-year-old middle-school boy allegedly grabbed a 14-year-old girl’s shirt and kissed her last week. He has been charged as a juvenile with second-degree assault. ‪#‎ifonlyshewasarmed‬

If “Spin the Bottle” is outlawed, will only outlaws play “Spin the Bottle?”

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Kim Davis is back at work in Kentucky, not issuing gay marriage licenses, but allowing her deputy clerk to issue them. She said “I don’t want to have this conflict. I don’t want to be in the spotlight….”

Uh, if true, Ms. Davis, you could have had a clerk issue them for you weeks ago.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger will apparently take over for Donald Trump with “Celebrity Apprentice.” Well, at least if ratings plummet again we know THIS host won’t run for President.

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Now Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is thinking about running for President,saying in an email to CNBC “If I ran as a Dem, I know I could beat Hillary Clinton. And if it was me vs. Trump, I would crush him. No doubt about it.”

If this keeps up, the 2016 race could put the Onion out of business. ‪#‎whythereisnosatire‬

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So are the ‪#‎SF49ers‬ better than expected? Or does it just mean that mean bitch Karma was thinking the ‪#‎Vikings‬ shouldn’t have resigned Adrian Peterson?

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Sunday night against the Cowboys, apparently Eli Manning forgot how many time outs were left and told his team not to score. So the NY Giants QB could count his way up to $84 million on his contract but not up to three on the field?

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Miss Alabama, Meg McGuffin, was asked Sunday night about Donald Trump: “I think (he) is an entertainer. And I think he says what’s on a lot of people’s minds but I think that the Republican party should be absolutely terrified of all the attention that he is taking from incredible candidates like Jeb Bush and Chris Christie who could absolutely do the job of president of the United States. And if I were a Republican, I would absolutely be terrified of that. Thank you.”

Well, she didn’t win the pageant but maybe some candidate should hire Ms. McGuffin as a consultant.

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American Airlines is now apologizing for sending a plane to Hawaii that wasn’t certified to fly over water. But will they charge themselves a change fee?

Frontier Airlines has a “Fly For Only a Buck” sale, offering $1 flights. Now if you want to fly on the INSIDE of the plane….

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Live hens running around on the Bay Bridge snarled traffic Wednesday am.  Guess it was another day where people are late to work with chicken sh*t excuses.

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DWTS announced their latest lineup this morning. Guess it would be too cumbersome to title the show “Dancing with a Lot of People Who You Might Have Heard of or Who Used to be Famous?”

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Regarding all these conservatives trumping “religious freedom” for that clerk in Kentucky: How would they feel if a clerk who was Buddhist or Hindu or even Christian decided that killing animals for sport was against God’s law and refused to issue hunting licenses?

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The newly renamed ‪#‎Denali‬ mountain is apparently 10 feet shorter than previously measure. So clearly THIS is Obama’s fault.

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In many ways it really is a shame ‪#‎KimDavis‬ didn’t marry into the ‪#‎Duggar‬ family.

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Been a tough year for the SF Giants with injuries, but at least they didn’t spend $95 million on Pablo Sandoval. Who at .247 for the Boston Red Sox may not be hitting his weight. ‪#‎dodgedabullet

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Dean Jones, star of “The Love Bug, “That Darn Cat,” “The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit,” and other Disney movies, has passed away. Just for remembering those movies I feel old. And learning he was 84, I feel older

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Yes we are getting that stupid. Or litigious. Foster Farms sells a ready-to-cook turkey breast roast in its own oven tray.

Instructions say to pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Ok. Fine. And then “remove the plastic wrap on the package” and place in oven. (italics mine.)

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So here’s a compromise thought on the idea of robo-umps versus the current system: Why not try making balls and strikes reviewable? With a limited number of challenges per game.

It doesn’t seem fair that a game-changing missed call at first can be overturned, while a missed call resulting in a game-changing walk or strikeout cannot be.

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Dwight Howard, who was caught with a gun in his carry-on bag at Houston airport, apparently won’t face charges. So maybe we know now why as a free agent Howard chose the Rockets – a Texas team -over the Lakers or Warriors in California.

At a Colorado fundraiser, John Boehner reportedly called Ted Cruz a “jackass.” Prompting immediate calls for an apology. From donkeys.

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Illinois football coach Tim Beckman has been accused of mishandling injuries and pressuring pressuring players to play hurt. Today the AD announced Beckman was fired for “unsettling violations of University policy and practice” which “do not reflect the culture that we wish to create in athletic programs for our young people.”

Well, that and a 12-25 record.

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The University of Tennessee is suggesting that instead of “him” and “her,” etc., that students use gender neutral pronouns like “ze, hir, zir, xe, xem and xyr.”

Uh, what’s the problem with the perfectly gender-neutral “y’all?”

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Now some conservatives want the National Portrait Gallery to remove the bust of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. Right. But slave owners and killers of Native Americans are just fine.

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She’s back.  Sarah Palin is attacking ESPN for suspending Curt Schilling over his tweet comparing Muslims and Nazis, and accused the network of “liberal global politics.”

Right, ESPN and “liberal global politics.” Sounds like Sarah watches the network as much as she reads newspapers.

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A serious thought on the Palin-Schilling ESPN mess. Now, I know Curt Schilling is somewhere to the right of Atilla the Hun, but he’s generally honest about it. And Curt to his credit figured out pretty fast that his tweet was a bad idea, and apologized. Fine, I am okay with him coming back on air.

Sarah, on the other hand, is just doubling down on crazy. But I guess it’s been hard for her with some in the GOP 2016 field basically taking all her air time.

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The CEO of Ashley Madison is resigning after it came to light that despite his earlier avowals of being a faithful husband, he used the site himself for multiple affairs. ” I am shocked,” said nobody.

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RGIII has not been cleared for this weekend’s preseason game and because of concussion symptoms may not be ready for the season opener. Many Washington fans are thinking “Take your time… another four-five months of rest should do it…..”

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A woman who was hit by a foul ball last year at Fenway Park is suing Boston Red owner John Henry. Wonder if the team is considering a counter suit against her for not paying attention to the game?

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Florida has declared a state of emergency with the possible approach of Hurricane Erika. But no doubt Governor Rick Scott, who rails against the federal government under Obama, and has refused to accept the ACA, will do the consistent thing and reject any federal aid.

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Donald Trump is now decrying “carried interest,” which he said should be taxed as ordinary income. Trump has gone after most minorities and it hasn’t hurt him, now let’s see what happens when he goes after those poor hedge fund managers.

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Vin Scully has announced he will be back for his 67th season broadcasting in Los Angeles. Maybe Vin, 87, is hoping that at some point the Dodgers will treat him like a real member of the team and hand him millions of dollars for doing nothing.

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An Alaska company has plans to ship as many as 10 million gallons of water a month on a tanker to California. Maybe that will offset all the water that is being bottled and shipped out of state?