Not saying Los Angeles doesn’t deserve a good hockey team, but….NBC Los Angeles did a story about the Clippers, Lakers, and Kings all being in the playoffs…. and they used the logo for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings instead of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings.
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Meanwhile down in Anaheim, the disappointing Angels rank 12th in the American League in runs this season. Fans are shocked, there are two teams scoring less runs than the Angels?
(answer, yes, Seattle and Oakland. as of today.)
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Thomas Williams, Catholic priest, author and television personality, has admits fathering a child “several” years ago. The Vatican’s reaction, embarrassment, but relief that at least his transgression involved an adult woman.
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Husband grumpily reading resumes tonight. Open note to job seekers: If you really want an interview, it’s a good idea at least to use spell check on your cover letter. (Really.)
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As the second Roger Clemens trial drags on, and on, a juror was removed for falling asleep. Sounds like they lost the smartest guy in the jury pool.
Then later ANOTHER Roger Clemens juror fell asleep during the trial and was removed today. (Yes, two of them.) The remaining jurors are adding to their resumes “Ability to watch paint dry.”
(as my comedy-writing friend Jerry Perisho says “Note to self, falling asleep will get you out of jury duty.”
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U.S. stocks fell again on worries about the Greek debt. So when is Romney going to call for an invasion of Greece?
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Derrick Rose had successful ACL surgery and will be out about 8-12 months. Which means he’ll just barely miss the last round of the playoffs.
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Manny Pacquiao said President Obama’s views on gay marriage are a “direct attack on the morals of society and the will of God, saying that “America should be the model of morality for other countries to emulate.” Right, and who in the U.S. are better to judge standards of morality than professional athletes?
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Mitt Romney is alleging a “personal beef” between the Clintons and President Obama. And Mitt should know about these things – he has such warm relationships with his fellow Republicans….
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Mitchell Guist,, star reality TV star from “Swamp People,” died yesterday in Louisiana. Many Americans responded with “That’s sad news.” Even more Americans responded “What the heck is Swamp People?””
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An AP/CNBC survey of 1000 Americans said 46% of respondents think Facebook will fade away, and 43% believe the site will be around for a long time. Of course, it took the pollsters over 5000 calls to get that many answers, as most people were too busy updating their Facebook accounts.
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Jerry Brown thought California was $9 billion in debt but says now the state is really $16 billion in debt. Is he running for election or for CEO of JPMorgan.
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Even after he apologized for the company’s $2 billion trading loss, shareholders just approved JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s $23 million pay package at the bank’s annual meeting. And just try being a week late with your Chase credit card payment.
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Pacers 78-Heat 75. Okay, it’s only game one. But might this be the first May in memory that we have a big sporting win in Indiana – that has nothing to do with lots of very fast left turns?
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Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie spiked his helmet after a bad 3rd strike call in the bottom of the 9th, and it hit the umpire. So he’ll probably be suspended. At least this probably won’t happen in San Francisco or Anaheim. These days in that situation those teams wouldn’t hit anything.
Left Coast Sports Babe 