Monday Boxing: Immortal Wayne Simmonds Edition

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Steven Unite
waynesimmonds01292017

Triumphant return to La-La Land

Apologies for the blurry — well, even blurrier than usual — snap. Low-light plus 83x optical zoom equals balky autofocus. The tall guy in the snap had 3 goals on the afternoon, including the gamewinner in the 4-3 championship game, which found the Metropolitan Division edging the Pacific Division at the arena in DTLA yesterday. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, WMF | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

First Post: Sunday, January 29, 2017

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Steven Unite

Form is temporary, class is permanent. Witness the men’s and women’s finals at this year’s big lawn-tennis tournament in Melbourne. Age, injuries, autoimmune diseases could not stop the Williams Sisters, Rogerr Federr, Rafa ‘The Bull’ Nadal. ’grats to the Fed. Too good. Fair play to him. Rafa, always fighting, is willing to ‘suffer’ (his word) on the court. Form is temporary, any mope can get lucky for one or two tourneys or even a season; class is permanent, as evidenced by multiple majors and winning majors after age 30. Form is temporary, class is permanent. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, Stakes, WMF | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

First Post: Saturday, January 28, 2017

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Steven Unite
alextrebek01272017

Truth, Justice & The Canadian Way…

Mistah Alex Trebek, lover of nonalternative facts and ice hockey. What else is there? (Though he did have to bail out of the horse bidness, sadly.) On the whole, however, a Quality Canadian, a Quality Individual… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, Stakes, WMF | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

First Post: Friday, January 27, 2017

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Steven Unite

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves! Venus & Serena, making American Tennis Great Since 1994, when Don Trump Sr. was in the middle of a most miraculous business transaction: losing money operating a casino. Wonder if the caudillo (thanks for that one, Mistah Chas. P. Pierce!) will will have anything to say about the Williams, given that one of them will win the big lawn-tennis tournament in Melbourne early Saturday morning. Or maybe neither one of them sufficiently fits his idea of a tennis champion as suggested by central casting. Oh, well. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, Stakes, WMF | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

First Post: Thursday, January 26, 2017

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Steven Unite
jackiejohnson01252017

Normal service resumed…

Now this is more like it. Outdoor lawn-tennis in shirtsleeves on the public hardcourts of Studio City, Calif., today through at least Wednesday. So, shut-up and play! Or, as the fat White House fat mouthpieces say with tact, subtlety and nuance: KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. In case you missed it, the fat White House fat mouthpieces are saying with tact, subtlety and nuance: KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. Hear that? KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. This, however, does not apply to Faxe News, whitebarf.com or stormdrain.alt. To those three outstanding information resources, carry on. Otherwise,
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. Tact, subtlety and nuance. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, Stakes, WMF | Leave a comment

First Post: Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Steven Unite

Good evening now in most North American Time Zones. Time for some television, because we know it is what people do with their free time. And, you know, one of the biggest television-watchers out there is none other than Don Trump Sr. Let’s give him a lot of credit and undying praise and applause for engaging in such a commendable habit. Kudos! And, in case you were not aware, he is, like, smart, and intelligent, and maybe that is where we ourselves have gone wrong in both those departments: not enough TV-watching! Where should we begin? Clean Living with Rudy Duterte? Vlado Putin’s Plutocracy Now Sponsored by Gazprom? Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, Stakes, WMF | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Tuesday Sniping: Alternative-Facts Edition

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Steven Unite

Come on, you knew we would not resist that headline this week. Anyway, here’s a little sunny defiance to be played on a continuous loop for the next four to eight years. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

First Post: Sunday, January 22, 2017

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Steven Unite

No pictures today. Server in motion. Regrets. Too bad, too. It was a nice snap of the Arse scoreline over Burnley today, 2-1 in a real grandstand finish in which the 3 pts. were in doubt until the final kick of the game. Bonkers. Too bad you can’t see the picture. Oh, well. At least it’s not censorship, not yet, anyway. Too bad you can’t see the picture, since it’s a real doozie. Server in motion. Regrets. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, Stakes, WMF | Leave a comment

First Post: Saturday, January 21, 2017

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Steven Unite

Like another famous and frequently played Symphony No. 9, this never gets old. We will miss this sort of high-culture when funding to the Arts & Humanities in ’murrika goes bye-bye. The costs of commerce-commerce-commerce are high. Mammon is never satisfied with the sacrifices you bring Him. He always wants more. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, Stakes, WMF | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

First Post: Friday, January 20, 2017

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Steven Unite

All right, all right, ya Real ’murrikans! Take it easy! Your boy is in office now, and he is a REAL ’MURRIKAN, not one of these illegitimate Muslims or Kenyans or Hawaiians. No, sir. This is a Real ’murrikan, righ’chere. Yep. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Picks, Stakes, WMF | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment