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The enormous goodwill shown to blacks is not returned one iota. A grand slam and a spectacular Touchdown by Donald Jeffries. There may be a plea bargain in which the killer will probably get eight years or so, 10 at most.

Trump has also been raving about a third term while claiming he hadn't thought much about it! A friend of mine says Trump acts like a big baby. Instead of doing popular things, which got him elected again, he may trigger a world-wide depression. Phrases like "patience" and "give it time" are...

Austin Metcalf's father made a big thing of "forgiving" his son's killer. This will probably be plea-bargained with the perp getting out after 7-8 years.

Bigunreal, Glad to hear from you. I've missed you. You claimed every game was choreographed and fixed. Peyton Manning was throwing playoff games.

I can't tell you how many times I would read in my younger days, "The Heavyweight Champion is the symbol of physical supremacy." This was stressed about Johnson, Louis, and Ali. Funny thing, when White fighters started dominating the heavyweight division, this trope was never heard again.

It would be nice if Trump controlled the border and took care of the economy but he goes wild about tariffs and picks fights everywhere. Trump being Trump. Saying and doing stupid things.

I was a regular reader of Sports Illustrated in 1967, not a subscriber but I read library copies every week. It was the fall of 1968 when blacks started appearing in TV commercials. Nowadays they are featured in almost every commercial. Their numbers significantly increased that year in episodes...

Pete Rose will go into the Hall of Fame posthumously, which is appropriate. I told previously why betting on your own team is not harmless. Rose will have a HOF plaque with an asterisk.

It looks like Tomlin is going to coach the Steelers as long as George Halas coached the Bears.

Doing something spectacular in a Super Bowl, as Cooper Dejean did, has always been a way to become famous. I'm glad he scored the TD standing up.

I remember Tom Woodeshick. I looked him up at Wikipedia. The Eagles were a poor team in his best years 1968-69. Woodeshick gained 947 yards rushing in 1968, average 4.4 per carry, made the Pro Bowl. He had 831 yards, 4.5 per carry in 1969, tore up an ankle in week 10, never was the same after...

Is Will still appearing on ABC? He was on their Sunday morning show for decades. Will was always telling the three or four liberals on with him, "I agree with you."

It was Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He threw a copy on the floor and stomped on it, calling the FBI report, "Filth." These still are not to be released until 2027, apparently. The ones out today refer to the assassination.

That has been one of the remarkable things about Trump from when he came down the escalator--The energy Trump has for a man his age. But it won't last forever. A friend of mine notes that Trump is looking his age.

I didn't want Trump to be the nominee in 2024. The Left DID want Trump, thinking he would be easy to beat, so they hit him with lawfare which riled the GOP base into supporting him. But the joke was on the Left as Trump won anyway. Trump is a 78-year old lame duck.