Love that the Sox play the Cards, don’t love so many Cards fans in town. How many of them does it take to ride the subway? Try 20. One to pay and 19 to stare in awe at an “underground train.”
2. Button it
So the NBA fines Mark Cuban $250,000 for his outbursts, but there’s no fine for wearing a Mavs jersey ON TOP OF a collared shirt? Oh, the hypocrisy.
3. Who goes there?
Cuban isn’t paranoid; the NBA is indeed out to get him. OK, not really, just kidding. … No, really, the NBA is out to get him. … Naaaw, just kidding again, that’s not true. Or … is it?
4. Forward thinking
Dear Mr. Cuban: Just buy the Cubs, and let’s get this party started.
5. Going south
Carolina wins the Stanley Cup, which means 12 months from now, we’ll find the thing rusted out and up on blocks in someone’s overgrown front yard.
6. See you next year
According to The Associated Press, about 30 hockey fans greeted the Oilers at the Edmonton airport. There would have been more fans except, well, you guys lost.
7. Holiday woes
The country of Ghana gets half of Thursday off so the 22 million citizens can watch their boys play the U.S. See what kind of time off Americans could get if more of you followed soccer?
8. Spilling over
Paraguay 2, Trinidad & Tobago 0, although Cuban thinks the refs handed this one to the Paraguayans.
9. On a related note
Friday is “Take Your Dog to Work Day” but if the U.S. advances Thursday, I’ll be home Friday with a hangover.
FIVE MORE …
… places to take this dog:
– The Arlington Park racetrack.
– Spa day!
– If your name is Mandy Moore, then “home with you” works.
– Dinner at Gibson’s. You buy.
– Box seats at U.S. vs. Ghana.
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