Random Thoughts…

I can’t tell whether the Patriots are throwing Brady under the bus by not fighting back, whether a backroom deal was made with all parties involved, or some other scenario that hasn’t yet come to mind. What I am sure of is that I don’t trust a single person involved in Deflategate. And of course Deflategate has its own Wikipedia page.

Deflategate

Speaking of Tom Brady, how is the court of public opinion okay with Roger Goodell conducting the appeal? It took me an hour to come up with a comparison for this and the best I could come up with was Warden Norton conducting Andy Dufresne’s eventual parole hearing were it to have happened.

I miss A-Rod doing A-Rod things. Can’t he do a photo shoot like this again?

What is with the cranky media complaining about Steph Curry’s adorable daughter accompanying him to the podium for a post-game press conference? I’m so sorry Mr. Reporter, but you’re going to have to wait through two minutes of utter delightfulness to get to your auto response from the athlete up there. Kudos to Steph and the NBA for doubling down on being okay with amazingly cute children.

Are any of you former baseball pitchers and still have some juice in the old pitching arm? The Dodgers might be giving you a call. In reading that article, any guesses as to what constitutes “repeated failures to comply with his contract” leading to Arruebarrena’s season long suspension?

Are we all ignoring that the reason Thabo Sefolosha is not playing in the Eastern Conference Finals might be because a police officer broke his leg without cause?

Can we stop talking about the murderer named Aaron Hernandez. I don’t care that he got into a gang-related prison fight. I don’t care that he got a new tattoo. Let him fade miserably out of our collective stream of consciousness please. I’m writing this to beg you all to stop clicking on anything Aaron Hernandez related.

I shared the following on Facebook but I’ll let you all in on my new dilemma as well: I just realized after, oh, eight months, that the lawyer down the hall whom I talk to about UCLA sports has been calling me “Derek.” Any way to fix this without saying, “by the way, my name’s Eric and you’ve been getting it wrong for eight months only I didn’t catch it”? I’ve received some good suggestions thus far but could use some more.

The winner for headline of the day comes from TheLead with “Josh Hamilton Looks Good in Rehab – Too Good.”

Josh Hamilton Rehad

Anybody catch what Messi did to Boateng the other day? This was soccer’s version of the killer crossover only 100x better. You know who did catch it? The Internet. It never disappoints.

Okay, sometimes the Internet does disappoint. I can’t unsee that and I’m not sure whether I’m supposed to have laughed when I saw it or not. Moving on.

Twitter

I’m pretty pro Kiss Cam at ballgames and for those who aren’t, just know that the debate is over because Kiss Cam gave us this unbelievably great moment. The look on the guy’s face when he realizes his girlfriend just spilled the beer on the couple in front of them is priceless. I also love that he points to his girlfriend at the very end of the clip. Good luck explaining that one when you get home buddy.

I went to the Gennady Golovkin fight this past weekend and for all of you who say boxing is dead, you might want to get ready to bite your collective tongues in a couple of years. This guy is the real deal and while he does pander to crowds, he’s just so likable in the process that it doesn’t even matter. Look at these T-shirts that the Mexican fans made and wore to the fight!

Mexicans-for-Golovkin

Why is it that every time I see a fight in the NBA I think of this scene from Napoleon Dynamite? Unless, of course, Stephen Jackson is involved. Stephen Jackson was always my first pick in a “which NBA player will be the first to draw a gun on another player during a game?” contest.

Happy Memorial Day everybody. Please remember why we are celebrating the holiday on Monday while you enjoy your hot dog and beer.

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