Hump Day...News & Views

In this small southern college town...it is post-card perfect...weather wise.

No humidity....no rain.

Soft, pleasing winds.  No flies or mosquitoes.

Mothers Day approaching....

The NFL draft tomorrow...The NBA Play-offs are in full bloom.

The Braves finally won a game...after losing 7 straight.

It doesn't get much better than this.

Unless...it's..."Hump Day"!

Let's see what we have worth following on a Wednesday.






After further review...she ain't that cute!
 

REPORTS: V. Stiviano Investigated Amid Blackmail Accusations

Are you kidding me?  How many Championships has Durant won?

DETHRONED

Durant Ends James' MVP Streak.. Landslide Voting

 

 Happy Trails...Mark Jackson

Fired!

This is really funny stuff from SNL:
  

'SNL' Takes On Donald Sterling

Hey...have a great Hump Day!

Just Another Stupid...Old White Man

By now, everyone ...everyone who does not live under a rock...or in the wilderness of Australia or Africa...has heard the latest fiasco in the sports world.

One old white dude...Donald Sterling...allegedly...made some quite unpopular comments relating to blacks...and more specifically...to one Magic Johnson.

Here is our take...and a few facts:

#1.   Is it really his voice.   TMZ.com?  Really

#2.  This was...a private conversation...between Sterling and his 1/2 Mexican, 1/2 Black girlfriend.

#3.  How does this sh*t...get out?

#4.  Donald Sterling is what he is.  A rich Jewish white man who may not hate Blacks... But he isn't inviting any over for dinner any time soon.

#5.  The NBA knows...and knew who Donald Sterling is and was.  

#6.  Before this year...after the Los Angeles Clippers started winning...nobody in the general public knew who this guy was.

#7.  As long as their paycheck never bounced....the Clippers players and coaches never complained before.

#8.  Mr. Sterling...this coming week will read a prepared statement...apologizing profusely...Bank on it.

#9.  If the NBA tries to take his team from him...Mr. Sterling will sue the hell out of the NBA...and win.

#10.  The Clippers were so motivated today...Right?   Lost 118-97.

From the front page of the Huffington Post:

CLIPPERS REVOLT

Jerseys Inside Out, Wearing Black Armbands... Owner's Racist Rant Exposed... Jordan 'Disgusted'... Obama: 'Incredibly Offensive'... Magic Johnson: NBA Should 'Come Down Hard'... LeBron: He Must Go... The Photo That Allegedly Inspired Rant... Full Audio... No Punishment – Yet...

 

 

A...."Feel Good" ...Story

Wow.......a "feel good" story from the NBA.

Finally!

Courtesy of Kelly Dwyer and the blog,  "Ball don't Lie":

Players chip in to save coach’s life after Clippers decline medical coverage

By Kelly Dwyer

Seven years ago, former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Kim Hughes was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and the ensuing aftermath will change the way you feel about several NBA types significantly.

Up until Tuesday afternoon, the only functional knowledge I had of former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Kim Hughes was that he was, in fact, a former Los Angeles Clippers head coach, and that he once touched his elbows on the rim in a lay-up line at a high school tournament in Illinois, which really impressed my father.

Beyond that, nothing. Until Tuesday afternoon, when Howard Beck brought this column to Trey Kerby's attention, and he brought it to our attention. And now we're passing the feel-good savings on to you, in the form of an anecdote that reveals that NBA players Corey Maggette(notes), Marko Jaric(notes), Chris Kaman(notes) and Elton Brand(notes) all chipped in to pay for expensive life-saving surgery for Hughes, after the Clippers organization (read: Donald Sterling, noted worst person in the world) declined to cover the costs.
Declined to cover the cost of a surgery that would save their employee's life. While playing rent-free in an often sold-out arena in America's second-biggest television market.

Unyieldingly evil.

Gary Woelfel has the original story:

"Those guys saved my life," Hughes said. "They paid the whole medical bill. It was like $70,000 or more. It wasn't cheap.

"It showed you what classy people they are. They didn't want me talking about it; they didn't want the recognition because they simply felt it was the right thing to do."
Hughes said he will be forever grateful to Brand, Jaric, Kaman and Maggette. In fact, Hughes said every time he runs into any of them, he thanks them from the bottom of his heart.
Maggette said that was indeed the case, laughing how he has repeatedly told Hughes over the years it wasn't necessary.
"Kim thanks me every time he sees me; he does that every single time," Maggette said smiling. "I've said to him, 'Kim, come on. You don't have to do that. You're good.'

No, you're good, Corey Maggette. You're pretty fantastically good. And so are you, Marko Jaric, Elton Brand, and Chris Kaman.

And Donald Sterling? You remain a terrible, terrible person.