Sunday’s race made clear that any hope Lewis Hamilton had of winning his eighth Formula One title this year is already up in smoke. The Daily Mail reported on his ongoing frustrations and epic falling from grace on Sunday as follows: ________ Lewis Hamilton has given up on his hopes of winning the 2022 Formula… Read more.
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South Carolina Defeats UConn to Win Women’s Championship…
The South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the UConn Huskies last night to win the NCAA women’s national championship. And South Carolina did so with relative ease, winning 64-49. Organizers hype the annual NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament as “March Madness.” They do so to exploit “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” inherent in low-seeded… Read more.
Another Baseball Lockout as Pecan Pie Dethrones Apple Pie
Baseball might be as American as apple pie. But greed is as deep as a bottomless pit. That is the only explanation for subjecting fans to another baseball lockout. Baseball is already the least popular among America’s major professional sports. Not least because it is so intrinsically boring that Tiger Woods made even golf more… Read more.
Medina Spirit Stripped of Kentucky Derby Win
Findings of doping finally moved Kentucky racing officials to strip Medina Spirit of last year’s win in the Kentucky Derby and suspend its famous trainer Bob Baffert. Unfortunately, the only news is that the punishment was so lenient. Because here in part is what I wrote in “Baffert ‘Baffled’ as Doping Dogs Derby Winner. Ha!”… Read more.
With 23-20 Super Bowl Win, Rams Spoil Bengals Fairytale Ending
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday. The suspenseful game ended with a fourth down stop by the Rams to win it all. The Rams controlled much of the first half, with receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Cooper Kupp scoring the first two touchdowns of the day. The Bengals answered back… Read more.
Russian Skater Kamila Valieva Caught Doping. So Putin Threatens to Invade Ukraine?
Russia state-sanctioned doping That Russia runs a state-sanctioned doping program to enhance the performance of its athletes is an open secret. I decried this phenomenon in the blog post “In Putin’s Russia Even Athletics Is a Criminal (Doping) Enterprise” on November 9, 2015. Therefore, nobody should be surprised that Kamila Valieva has the women’s figure skating competition embroiled… Read more.
Eileen Gu, China’s Golden Girl, Champions Dual Loyalties Chinese Authorities Hate…
China has spent much of the past five years jailing Hong Kongers for demanding democratic freedoms. The government considers such demands seditious challenges to its authoritarian rule. Mind you, those Hong Kongers were merely demanding freedoms China promised. This, as part of the infamous “one country, two systems policy” colonial Britain negotiated as a condition… Read more.
Mikaela Shiffrin Having Simone Biles Winter Olympics of Discontent…
In a stunning result, Michaela Shiffrin failed to successfully navigate more than a handful of turns in Wednesday’s women’s slalom and was disqualified from her second race this week at the Beijing Olympics. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who was expected to contend for multiple gold medals at Beijing, had trouble in her run almost… Read more.
Beijing Olympics Open Like an Internment Camp with Authoritarian Censorship…
The Opening Ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Olympics gets underway today. But count me among those who will be jeering, not cheering. In fact, I was in the vanguard of those who called for a conventional boycott. Notably, The New York Times published an Op-Ed on March 15, 2021 by Sen. Mitt Romney titled “The… Read more.
Emma Raducanu Fires Coach. That’s a Red Flag
Raducanu Fires her coach 18-year-old Emma Raducanu shocked the world two weeks ago by winning her first Grand Slam at the US Open. Everyone probably thought her coach, Andrew Richardson, had much to do with her feat. That’s why Raducanu shocked the world again this week when she fired him. Perhaps, now that she’s a big celebrity, she needs a celebrity coach… Read more.