SPORTS OF ALL SORTS

Never thought I would type this in May but THE WHITE SOX STINK!  Inconsistent starters, an absolutely terrible bullpen and even worse defense...ranked 24th in the league. They can hit the ball but timely hitting is still missing LUIS ROBERT is a stud. I will give them thru the Memorial Day weekend .....and then the flag comes down, Nothing but central division foes thru Sunday the 28th.

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Now the CUBS have suddenly realized that they have a chance to climb the mountain with the central division having a very down year and win the damn thing, being only 4 games out. The Pirates will sink like a brick and then it's the just the Brewers in their way so IF MANAGEMENT IS SERIOUS and the cubs are still contending by the mid-June, look for them to pull off a trade for a starting pitcher. I can't believe i'm typing this but I think they have a real shot at the division.

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I'm heading to the poor house betting on the NBA so thank the good Lord they're down to just 4 teams. Doc Rivers couldn't win a game 7 if the other team played with blindfolds. TEN times his team has crashed and burned in a game 7, more than any other coach in NBA history but of course, that's who I had yesterday when they rolled over and played dead, losing by 24 points. And now I'm taking Denver over the Lakers..............

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I didn't forget about the beloved CHICAGO BEARS, who hauled in a bunch of decent players who will definitely help the team BUT A WORD OF CAUTION: they won 4 games last year. four. quattro. vier. quatre. cuatro. FOUR. And while the new guys will definitely upgrade the team, for the most part they aren't superstars, just a little better than the other guys from last year.

Las Vegas is not in the habit of giving away free money and they have the win total set at 7.5 and last year was 6.5 so the big boys see just a one game difference and the Bears didn't come close to last year's number.  This year, they open against the Packers and then go to Tampa and that's two very winnable games but the first true test will be 9/24 when they travel to Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes, the guy they passed on to draft Mitch Trubisky. (shivers just ran up my spine). Then you'll have a better idea.

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Explain the St. Louis Cardinals to me. They make big news by telling former Cub Willson Contreras that he's not going to catch anymore and banish him to left field and DH for the rest of the year, throwing shade on his catching abilities, or lack thereof. That demotion lasted a week and he'll be catching tonight in Milwaukee. And he's signed for three years for a bunch of money.

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Speaking of big contracts, Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has 193 million dollars coming to him over the next five years but on Sunday he was suspended for the second time in two months for flashing a handgun on Instagram. He was suspended for 8 games in March for the same violation in a nightclub in Denver and went into counseling before being reinstated but now he has been "suspended from all team activities and is not allowed on the premises" when the new video surfaced showing him with a gun and jiggywhoppin to rap/hip hop inside a car.  Morant is very talented and also very stupid. Teams can void contracts and he'll be bagging groceries very soon if he doesn't clean his act up. 

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And good riddance to aaron rodgers and his smarmy obnoxious attitude and it makes me smile when i read the green bay poll where 75% said they were happy to see him go and they were tired of his attitude. And now Mr Hypocrite shows up in New York with a new haircut and clean shaven and doesn't mention word one about doing drugs or sitting in the dark. "it's all about football with me" was his comment and I guarantee you that some media people sat down with him and warned him about that hippie act of his not playing well in the Big Apple. We'll see....and I wish him the worst on the football field.

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Only the Cubs.....they put in new lights and.........they're too bright, blinding the players in the outfield. See what happens when you try and improve a sow's ear?

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Welcome back soon to White Sox relief pitcher Liam Hendricks, who is returning from a battle with cancer. Please be patient as the fear is he's coming back before being fully recovered. We wish you well Big Guy!

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The Chicago Blackhawks are still at the clinic having the horseshoe removed from their ass after defying the odds and winning the #1 pick in the upcoming NHL draft when they only had an 11% chance of winning the top spot. CONNOR BEDARD is being heralded as the best player in the draft for the past 8 years and described by scouts as a 'generational player.'

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I ain't got nuttin else. ENJOY YOUR WEEK!

                                                             

just a bunch of stuff

 What an interesting few weeks for politicians! Donald Trump is indicted on 34 charges of falsifying business records which he referred to as a "political witch hunt" by a state (NY) that hates me......"  With no criminal record, Trump is unlikely to face jail time but it is fun to watch him squirm......

.....and then he was found guilty in civil court of sexual abuse and defamation of character and ordered to pay the victim 5 million dollars BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?? "It's a political witch hunt"..........sound familiar? 

Ok, let's move on to a serial liar, Representative George Santos was indicted on 13 counts ranging from wire fraud to money laundering and guess what?? LYING to the House of Representatives!  Santos' response to the charges? "It's a witch hunt" WAIT! DIDN'T I JUST TYPE THAT....TWICE??? Santos faces 20 years if convicted on the top counts but he says he won't resign and plans on running for re-election!  😳😳

And moving closer to home, Mike Madigan had to swallow hard when the Com-Ed 4 were found guilty of all charges which basically stated they did favors for the Speaker of the House in return for Madigan passing legislation to help com-ed. OOPS.

 Look for at least 1 of the 4 to make a deal with the feds to testify against Madigan when his trial begins next April. Madigan, 79, is toast and he knows it but at his age, he has nothing to lose by going to trial because any prison term amounts to a life sentence and him dying behind bars. Madigan's trial is scheduled to start April 1, 2024. 

Kim Foxx, the most disliked state's attorney in recent Illinois history has decided not to run for re-election and after the way she mishandled the highly publicized criminal case against actor Jussie Smollet, it is the absolute correct move to make. Foxx is indignant when challenged at any level and still whines about her handling of the case in which she let Smollett walk away and dropped the charges. Law enforcement were ecstatic over the news as they constantly fought with her office over obtaining arrest warrants and search warrants and her dismissing cases that she felt weren't worthy of taking up court time.  😵🙈🙉🙊

And speaking of 'not playing well with others,' Mayor Lori Lightfoot bid adieu last Friday as she finished her one and done term as the boss of Chicago. High hopes abounded for the formal federal prosecutor when she took office in a landslide election but the honeymoon quickly disappeared when everyone found out that the result of challenging her was being put on her 'enemies list' and removed from choice committees. She'll hate reading this but that's the same temperament that donald trump often displayed.

When will politicians learn that a disagreement is simply a difference of opinion and not a declaration of war?

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God speed to entertainer and civil right activist HARRY BELAFONTE who passed recently at the age of 96. I remembered Belafonte as the singer of the BANANA BOAT SONG (DAY-OH) when I was a kid and could always irritate my sister by singing DAYYYYYYYY-OHHHHHHHHHHHHH at the top of my lungs while she was trying to listen to American Bandstand. (She was sloth-like slow so she could chase me but had no chance of catching me!).

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NASCAR is coming to Chicago and being met with mixed reviews as the news leaked out that certain roads are going to be closed off for THREE WEEKS prior to allow the set-up and safety measures to be installed. Get used to it because I believe Mayor Lightfoot signed a 3 year contract.

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The white woman who caused the brutal death of 14 year old black EMMETT TILL in 1955 by falsely accusing him of whistling at her in Money, Mississippi died in hospice care recently and her death marked the last chance of anyone being held accountable for the brutal murder. 

21 year old Carol Bryant told her husband that Till had 'wolf whistled' her at the general store where she worked and a couple nights later her husband and brother in law kidnapped Till and he was kidnapped, tortured, hung and shot in the head before being thrown into the Tallahatchie River. The two men were arrested but acquitted by a local jury and years later, Bryant recanted the story. She was never arrested even though a warrant was initially issued but not found until 50 years later.

"Mississippi Burning" starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, who are spectacular as FBI agents investigating missing kids in a small town and the movie was based on Till's disappearance.

It should be noted that JUST LAST YEAR, lynching became a federal crime when the EMMITT TILL ANTI LYNCHING ACT was signed into law by Joe Biden and incredibly, three republican members of congress VOTED AGAINST the bill. (see if you can guess the three states--answer at the bottom)

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Another R.I.P. to Jerry Springer, the man who brought total garbage into our living rooms for 27 years.............and we loved it. Shows featuring:

I have a toe fetish

pregnant by a transvestite

slept with your son....and daughter

breeder for the klan

Well, I think you get the idea. He was the king of Chicago garbage and was just behind Oprah at the height of his ratings. God speed.

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Finally, my updated list of 5 people I would like to punch in the face.

donald trump

tucker carlson (i think i can find him at the unemployment office)

george santos

dr. sheldon cooper  (big bang theory)

christopher morel of the cubs (replacing javy baez)

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and the three states were  texas, georgia & kentucky. surprised? I didn't think so.

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We're a few weeks late but I think spring is finally here. ENJOY!