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Last week a wire service carried the woeful story of free-agent Seattle defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. Having made $51 million his first four years in the NFL, his next deal could be for a few million less. Depressing? I’m still disconsolate. But misery loves company. Since the coronavirus outbreak, Seattle has suffered the largest leap …
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“I’m speechless,” he began. I sense the day is coming when Mr. Met will be pinched at JFK attempting to board a flight to the Cayman Islands. His head will be cut open to reveal purloined cash and stock certificates that he’ll claim he never knew he was carrying — someone must’ve switched heads on …
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As Homer Simpson shouted when stuck in the bottom of a deep hole, “Dig up!” Throughout his NBA career, 1997-2014, Stephen Jackson was a load to endure. Fines, suspensions, criminal recklessness in a strip-club hassle, Twitter-issued physical threats. He played a leading role, and not as a peacemaker, in that infamous brawl with fans during …
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Dan Fouts, who was sentenced by CBS to call many Jets telecasts, never failed the 1 p.m. NFL Sunday Wince Test. You know the Wince Test? That’s when you find out who the announcers will be on the CBS and Fox early games. Too often the likes of Daryl “Moose” Johnston, “Hollerin’ ” Kevin Harlan and …
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When prices change, how that impacts people depends crucially on which prices increase and what goods and services people are consuming. Across the western world, price inflation–the rate at which prices increase–has been relatively slow for over a decade. Central bankers have consistently undershot their inflation targets despite their careful implentation of complex monetary policy. …
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Tale of Two Networks. On Monday, Hall of Famer Al Kaline, among the most graceful and gracious to have played baseball, died at 85. The folks at MLB Network, as per their growing reputation, knew exactly what to do on Wednesday night. They scheduled Games 6 and 7 of Tigers vs. Cardinals in the 1968 …
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Megan Thee Stallion admits there is still a double standard for women in the rap industry. “A man can be as mediocre as he wants to be but still be praised,” she recently told Marie Claire. “A man can talk about how he’s about to do all of these drugs and then come and shoot …
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Where do you want to start? Wednesday? On Wednesday, Alex Rodriguez and his fiancée, Jennifer Lopez, were photographed defying a Florida stay-at-home order to work out in a closed gym that appeared open to only them. The sign on the gym read that it was closed. Their limo driver disinfected the car’s entrance handles. Some …
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Discretion — the act of being discreet — isn’t tough to grasp. In simple terms, it’s the art and act of looking around to weigh circumstances before you open your big mouth, lest you needlessly hurt someone’s feelings and/or get punched in your big mouth. Personally, I’ve long been in the habit of perusing the …
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In a “Dobie Gillis” sitcom, circa 1960, Dobie, the son of a grocer, has a rival for the attention of his love interests. His name is Milton Armitage — the drop-dead handsome, fabulously wealthy, vain, selfish classmate played by Warren Beatty. At the malt shop, Milton declares he’s prepared to run against Dobie in the …
Last week a wire service carried the woeful story of free-agent Seattle defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. Having made $51 million his first four years in the NFL, his next deal could be for a few million less. Depressing? I’m still disconsolate. But misery loves company. Since the coronavirus outbreak, Seattle has suffered the largest leap …
