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Monday, June 3, 2019

What Did You Expect? 90% Of The Players Are Black

The NBA may be backing down from using the word "owner" due to racial insensitivity.After Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green argued against using the term on LeBron James' HBO show "The Shop" late last year, the issue gained steam, per TMZ Sports, and at least two teams have already stopped using it.
"You shouldn't say owner," Green said, saying it should be changed to CEO, chairman or majority shareholder.
The Sixers have since changed the title of their owners to managing partners, and Steve Ballmer of the Clippers is listed as chairman on the team's website.

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What The Heck!

It's That Time Of Year To Rob Our Condo

Every year since this blog began eight years ago I've given notice to potential thieves that the Queen and I are headed out to our lake condo in northern Minnesota. It's only fair the scum of the earth should get the word. So, go at it boys and girls. Warning: You won't much to purchase drugs. We put Her Majesty's jewelry in storage. I do have a lot of golf memorabilia in my man cave. It isn't worth much on the market but if you want to grab an autographed photo of Jack and Arnie be my guest.

As of this summer we've had the cabin for 25 years. Can it be true. We bought it in 1994 which was one of the most momentous years of my life; some good and some not so good. In June our beloved Dalmatian, Casey passed away. Also in June my dad died. The highlight was in December of '94. Our oldest child and daughter was married to a wonderful young man. The result is a wonderful marriage and three darling children.

I'll leave, sans wife, for the lake tomorrow with intermittent stops along the way. I'll go to Wrigley Field tomorrow night to watch my beloved Cubs try and score a run. It's been a long time since I've been there; maybe thirty years. The last time I attended a game I sat in the outfield bleachers with my good friend from Parker, Arizona. I only remember two things about the contest. One, my buddy was admiring the young high school boys sitting in front of us until they pulled out their little baggies and started smoking marijuana. After that we stopped admiring them. The second remembrance was that Lou Rawls sang the national anthem. That's all I can remember. The game is a blur.

Wednesday I'll hook up with three college fraternity brothers for dinner. One of them is a hot shot lawyer in Chicago. He was my first college hero because he used the word 'camaraderie' in a sentence. For a Boone, Iowa boy and the son of a railroad worker this was heady stuff.

Thursday sees me going to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin for dinner with my two beloved cousins. Oconomowoc is one of my favorite small towns anywhere in the United States. It's surrounded by lakes and was the location of summer homes for the rich and famous of Milwaukee during the Gilded Age. The homes still stand and one must see them when visiting.

Friday it's off to a golf course community fifteen miles south of Wisconsin Rapids for three days of embarrassing myself on the course. I met my buddy in '77 when I was teaching in Mukwonago, Wisconsin and we've been best friends since. He makes me laugh. Here's the thing about Keith, a state champion football coach, when it comes to paying a bill his pockets go all the way to his ankles but you don't care. He's that good of a person even though he's cheap.

Sunday I'll motor to the Twin Cities to be with my longest running best friend. We started becoming pals when we were 9 and have stayed the same. Kids in town called us Laurel and Hardy. If Muss was around you just knew MJH couldn't be far away.

On Wednesday, maybe, I'll head to the lake; no cable, no wifi, no fun. We'll be there two months. My goal this summer is to catch one fish. Hope springs eternal.

What A Great Football Gig

Is football off the radar for your son even though he loves the game. What to do. What to do. I know what will happen, though. The typical kid will whine until he gets his way then put his body and brain on the line to play a game.

Well, not to worry. All you have to do is put him in the right direction on the football playing field. In other words, make him a long snapper for extra points and field goals.

I took a blurb from the Iowa State Cyclone newsletter regarding a prospect:

One of the nation’s best long snappers is going to be a Cyclone. Koby Hathcock, considered the No. 2 long snapper in the country by Kohl’s Kicking, announced his pledge to Matt Campbell’s program late Sunday night.

The 5-foot-11, 198-pound Arizona native will have an opportunity to join the program and immediately battle for playing time with Steve Wirtel set to graduate after next season. Like Wirtel, Hathcock will be on scholarship in Ames.

Did you read it all? The lad is on scholarship. That's called free board, room and tuition for snapping a ball to a holder. It's a pretty good gig.

One of my former players, Adam Lingner, at Rock Island Alleman, went to the Univ. for Illinois on a FB scholarship. He played center and was their long snapper.

After graduation he signed with the Buffalo Bills and became their long snapper only. Wow! He was the guy who snapped the ball when Scott Norwood kicked one wide right to miss winning the Super Bowl. One more thing. Adam made tons of cash doing what he did.

Word to the wise: buy a football and have your son put his head down, look between his legs and let fly. You'll all be happy.

Why Does The Liberal Left And Politicians Ignore Chicago

At least 10 people were killed and 35 others were wounded in a tragic outburst of Chicago gun violence over the weekend, according to police. Officers with the Chicago Police Department attributed the shootings to rash of gang-related incidents.

More than half of the shootings occurred between 6 p.m. and early Saturday morning, police said. One incident left four people wounded near Northwestern University's Chicago campus early Saturday morning, according to ABC Chicago station WLS.