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The man loves his mother.
“More than once they insulted my mother and I never responded, but there … and it happened. And to apologise for this – if it was Kaka, a regular guy, a good guy, of course I would have apologised, but to this one…
“If I ask him forgiveness, I lack respect to [...]

I am an NHL fan, and when my wife and I caved in last April — after 9 months without cable — we got the channel package that included Versus. Versus is virtually the only network that carries NHL regular season and playoff games in the United States. NBC shows like a half dozen or [...]

Flashes of brilliance followed by habitual disappointment.
I have come to accept that neither are elite teams, nor will be in the near future.

Hit tip to Paul.

Both teams were missing star players. BYU’s star running back, Harvey Unga, did not play at all because of a hamstring injury. OU’s Sam Bradford did not play in the second half due to a shoulder injury.
To me, the real story of this game was BYU’s defense stopping OU a half-dozen times from inside [...]

1. May 22, 2009. Olbermann’s hypocrisy on the Gitmo recidivism rate exposed by John Gibson:

2. May 22, 2009. Privatizing education would provide real stimulus.
3. May 22, 2009. Obama’s defense of his national security policies is rife with hypocrisy:

[O]n one hand, the president claims that the Bush administration and the post-9/11 Congress went “off course,” making [...]

A comment on the Rick Pitino story at kentuckysportsradio.com:

Pitino admitted to Louisville police that he did have consensual sex with Sypher in Porcini’s Restaurant and then afterwards gave her the money necessary to get an abortion. Sypher’s allegations were that the sex was not consensual, although both agree on the location of their first encounter [...]

US Soccer looks to be back. Or at least they did their best imitation of the 2002 team for the past three games, beating Egypt, Spain and then playing a great first half against Brazil. I’m cautiously optimistic.
The Kirchners lost pretty much everywhere in Argentina’s legislative elections. Even in their home province [...]

I haven’t blogged in a while. Here are some random thoughts from the past couple weeks:
I don’t get the hubbub about Obama talking about his Muslim roots. It’s great that Obama can reference his Muslim roots to impress the Middle East, gain cred in region. This is a positive for America. Right? [...]

Do you think the NBA can survive a Denver Nuggets-Orlando Magic showdown in the Finals? Would anybody watch? Of course not. But don’t worry. It will be Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The officials will make sure of it.
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Officiating is yet another reason why [...]

In one of the more remarkable upsets in the history of collegiate rugby, the Cougars scored 13 unanswered points in the final 18 minutes Saturday night to stun top-seeded Cal 25-22 in the Division I national championship game at Steuber Stadium.
BYU stuns Cal to end five-year reign in rugby
BYU scored three tries and held the [...]

[This is another old post that somehow never got published. It is long, but worth reading. You will find some righteous indignation on my part, because I am definitely right and Eugene Volokh is wrong.]
Sometimes, I wonder how we can trust law professors to give us decent guidance on anything. They are supposed to be [...]

To Digger Phelps, Dick Vitale, and Pat Forde, and other clueless ESPN analysts and anchors:
Update: add Dashiell Bennett (who might be a man or a woman, not sure) to the list of haters.

They also have some of the most ungrateful fans in North America. Winning a national championship (which Calipari has yet to do, by [...]

The Arena Football League has canceled its 2009 season, but will resume play the following year, [according to] the Cleveland Plain Dealer and The New York Times.
League officials could not be reached to comment, but have previously denied the indoor football league would cancel the 2009 season. The AFL, founded in 1987, has 16 teams [...]