I was naive enough to believe that the country’s most important leaders were surrounded by the best and brightest to serve them, and hopefully us. But if they can’t just fix them right from wrong… In 1990 the first President Bush appointed Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose fame and fortune was based on steroids to achieve international bodybuilding fame, Chairman of the President’s Council on Fitness and Sports. This was an irrational choice, contrary to both fitness and sport. Surely there would be an outcry, a widespread ridicule to reverse this ill-advised decision. But nothing. Everyone loved “Ahh-nold”, adventure movie hero script. Yesterday, the Biden White House, which has blindly endorsed former men who unfairly compete in sports as women as champions of gender equality — a strange explanation for the glaring, undeniable disparity — pulled another rock as it ignored what was impossible to lose for to try to score more political points. Megan RapinoeEPA President Biden praised soccer star and gay and women’s rights activist Megan Rapinoe — so disgusting in her disgusting, self-destructive, classless behavior throughout the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France that completely open-minded Americans moved to root against her our team – the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest political honor. The medal represents “exemplary contributions to the welfare, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other important social, public, or private endeavors.” However, Rapinoe, during and after that World Cup, established herself as a paragon of unmitigated ego and mischief, starting with her kneeling expeditions during the US anthem, eagerly showing her disdain for her country on an international stage. , under her nationality. In a senseless 13-0 humiliation of Thailand, Rapinoe made sure to stand out as the biggest bully. Her easy goal to make it 9-0 was followed by her abandoning her assistant teammates to run the length of the field in self-deprecating nausea. Hey, without that goal it would only be 8-0, long time for more! On Fox, host Rob Stone, who was ostensibly tasked with waving the American flag, was disgusted by Rapinoe’s behavior and the senseless brutality of Team USA’s bully girls. After all, the easiest thing you can do in a one-sided game is not to score, not to kill the clock, to protect your dignity, to spare yourself further humiliation to your defeated opponents, not to show them and the show your cute side. But as Fox analyst Alexis Lalas spouted hollow rationalizations — “What did you want them to do?” — as if he didn’t know, Stone said, “But 13-0? I see your point, but this game is done. It became humiliating. It just became an exercise in target practice.” And beaten by her own, defenseless devices, Rapinoe, the captain of Team USA who made a mess of the game and the country — even taunting later opponents and their fans after she scored — became the World Cup’s worthy villain. Even here. However, en route to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Rapinoe wasn’t done. In her speech at New York City Hall after the parade to salute the world champions, Rapinoe couldn’t address a crowd full of children without yelling “motherf–r!” Pure class. Did no one on Biden’s nominating staff know any of this? Nobody did 10 minutes of research? Or were they all cool with it, approved of it? So, according to the White House, steroid-addicted Arnold Schwarzenegger was the national symbol of fitness, and swimmer Lia Thomas, ex-William Thomas, competes fairly with biological women. But Rapinoe on Thursday was awarded America’s highest political honor by Biden for “exemplary contributions to the welfare, values or security of the United States, world peace, or other important social, public or private endeavors.” He met all the qualifications.
Oh no! The show was ruined by YES
Since there is no shame in the underdogs running MLB, the Yankees and YES, it will stay that way. This week, Yankees fans were once again sentenced to hard labor (for which they have to pay) as YES fed us Ryan “Rah Rah” Ruocco and Carlos Beltran in the non-musical remake of “Help!” We don’t yet know the name of the YES executive who added Beltran, but he’s likely considered a flight risk — if it’s not too late. There is nothing more to write about the matter except that Beltran was the worst choice since the Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen. Ruocco continues to be easily excited by common occurrences like the Yanks turning a double play – as if we’ve never seen such a thing before. We just want to watch the race, not attend a rally. Ryan RuoccoNBAE via Getty Images There was no sound, no graphic to indicate if the game was still on, nothing, including DVR capabilities for those who might choose to watch something else that isn’t happening. This was the paywall version of Ch. 11 Yule Log. Also on Friday, Rangers-Mets was hidden from best view as it appeared on Apple+, where play-by-player and indefatigable weekly yakker Melanie Newman inadvertently allowed Howie Rose the rest of the oxygen. Local radio saved the night from Manfred’s additional prescient-barren disaster. Obviously, Manfred’s Ready! Fire! Purpose! the flow plan was unprepared to succeed. Unless the neglect and rotten productions were the bait to buy streaming services partnering with MLB. In other words, even if you can’t see it or hear it, take it or leave it!
SNY makes the right call
In this age of blind capitulation to pitching and batting analytics and optional running to first base, good fundamental baseball still shines like a beacon in the darkest storm. So on deck, Brandon Nimmo’s on-deck signal to Dom Smith to slide — and to the inside of the plate — when Smith scored in the 10th against the Reds on Wednesday was instantly recognized and admired. OK, it wasn’t a Manfred MLB Network-certified bat-flip, but still… Brandon Nimmo’s signal to Dominic Smith to slide inside the plate was a heads up play that SNY rightfully praised during the Mets’ comeback win over the Reds.Getty Images Not that we’re surprised, but the voice of the Islanders and NHL TV, Brendan Burke, backed up John Sterling during the Yanks at Pirates. He’s a listener-first pro, even graciously putting up with Suzyn Waldman’s pointless intrusions to identify “a twin” from a “four-door.” Let the record show that under Manfred the Yankees didn’t play on the Fourth of July for the first time since 1915. Not that anything has happened before, unless you count Lou Gehrig’s 1939 valedictorian speech and Dave Righetti’s no-hitter in 1983 against Boston. Chris Broussard, Fox’s NBA “expert” who this week strongly suggested, despite anecdotal evidence and evidence to the contrary, that Toronto is a racist city, had low credibility when he worked for ESPN, where at least twice he took credit first. mentioned by others. Professional tennis is now as loaded with insufferable creeps—male and female—as the rest of modern sports trash. Root interests now rely on the smaller of the two weasels. If Nicos Kyrgios hit a ball against a wall, I’d put the wall up. Reader Kelly Feniger wonders what Ralph Kiner would do to Garrett Cooper of the Marlins, given that Kiner regularly called Gary Carter Gary Cooper. I think she would split the difference and call him Marlin Brando.
