San Francisco ‘49ers controversial QB Colin Kaepernick says he watched a little of the presidential debate and he didn’t come away impressed with either. And he doesn’t believe any change in racial inequality will come in the USA. “It was embarrassing to watch that these are our two candidates. Both are proven liars, and it almost seems like they’re trying to debate who’s the less racist.” I’ve changed my mind, you Kaepernick! Yes! Yes! Yes!
The L.A. Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike has become the team’s third MVP winner as she registered as the leagues scoring and rebounding leader. The other two MVP winners as Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker. The Sparks defeated Chicago in the best of five series, They now face the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA Finals
Two of the best black QBs in college football are Louisville’s Lamar Jackson and Clemson’s Deshaun Watson. The pair battled each other Saturday. Going in their duel, Jackson had passed for 1,330 yards, 13 TDs and rushed for 526-yards and 12 TDs. Watson hadn’t put up those kind of numbers this season but his 2015 numbers were better than that.
Sports Illustrated writes; “Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer and Clemson’s DeShaun Watson are to be the two top QB picks in the 2017 NFL draft or linebacker Jabrill Peppers or Texas A&M’s defensive lineman Myers Garrett will be the two top picks in the draft.” I go along with SI’s two top QB picks.
Check This! Ex-Dodgers star Dusty Baker and Dave Roberts, the Dodgers current pilot and the team’s first black manager, will face off in the first round of the NL West playoffs. Baker is in his first year in the Playoffs with the Washington Nationals. The winner of this series could go on and win the World Series. Will Dusty Baker and his Washington Nationals do for the city what Lebron James, Coach Tyronn Lue and their Cavaliers did for the city of Cleveland? Baker and company have a herculean task before them.
Current L.A. Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts and ex-Dodgers star Dusty Baker are vying for Manager of the Year honors. Baker was let go two years ago and no one would hire him. Roberts old San Diego Padres former GM didn’t bother to promote Roberts. The Dodgers did! Whose is happy now? You can bet Roberts and are the happy ones!
What’s important to the Golden State Warriors? Not boos. Just basketball!
Movie and TV actor Bill Nunn was the son Bill Nunn Jr. of the sports editor of New Pittsburgh Courier and the grandson of the late William (Bill) Nunn, Sr. the former editor of the Pittsburgh Courier. Jr. passed away at 63. . And the beat continues.
After spending 21 winters in northern climes, Kevin Garnett will retire at his home in Malibu to limitless nights and a 21 inch smile of joy, happiness, and sunshine all around. As he roamed the NBA from “prep to pros, 7-footer Kevin Garnett left an oversized mark on the NBA. No athlete has ever ridden off into a more superlative sunset.”
Yes they will long remember and not soon forget Hall of Fame bound David “Big Papi” Ortiz. The Massachusetts House of Representatives has rendered Ortiz in Boston by renaming Brookline Avenue Bridge in his honor. The bridge near the freeway spans the Massachusetts Turnpike. And the beat continues!
Hall of Fame Coach Tony Dungy has high praise on New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick. Dungy declared: “They’ll lose a couple of games, it’s never because they self-destruct or they don’t know what they’re doing or they don’t play situations right.” As this is written, Belichick is 3-1 with two substitutes playing instead of his star QB Tom Brady, who was suspended for first four games of the season.
Those Washington Huskies are the big dogs in the Pac-12 today after knocking off Coach David Shaw’s Stanford Cardinals 44-6. Is this Coach Shaw’s worst defeat in his career up on The Farm? It is since losing to Arizona, 41- 3 in 2007. The Huskies really put the clamps on Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey, He was held to 49-yards rushing in 12 carries, five catches for 30-yards and continued his streak of never scoring a TD in a road game.
The L.A. Dodgers new outfielder Andrew Toles would make his family, especially his sister, happy by sending his jaw covering beard out of town. So does his aunt Morgan Toles, she says; “He looks like a Black hipster dude, or like a logger. Like a Paul Bunyan, a lumber jack. My Mom hates it. I’m certainly glad that he shaved it down, because he had been growing that thing for a minute. We’re like, “You’ve got to figure it out. You look homeless.” Toles’ stats (.320 and a .900) on base, plus slugging percentage and can play three outfield positions and solid pinch hitter according to Dave Roberts, the Manager of the Year candidate.
That old gang of mine continues to fade away to that big sports land up in the sky. I was a member of John B. Kilroy, Sr.’s 1976 Olympic Games Committee which landed the 1984 Games for Gilbert W. Lindsay, L.A. County Supervisor Kenny Hahn were members of Kilroy’s committee among others. Kilroy was born on May 1, 1922. He died on Sept. 29, 2016. And the beat continues!
Sports and movie stars look-a-likes! What about actor…. Morgan Freeman and Hall of Fame basketball great Bill Russell. Both have matching grey beards.
Denver Bronco second year man Trevor Siemian and Eagles’ rookie Carson Wentz is 3-0. Warren Moon, the former Hamilton High, West L.A. College and Houston Oilers super star, Seattle and several other NFL Clubs is the all-time leader without an interception with 103 passes is the leader.
USC hosted Arizona State and UCLA played Arizona on Saturday. The Bruins were dumped by Stanford 13-22 the week before. UCLA played Arizona Saturday at the Rose Bowl. At this moment, the Bruins are 3-2 and Trojans are 2-3, for their worst start in recent history. And the beat continues!
. Who was Vin Scully’s favorite player? In his final broadcast from San Francisco’s AT&T Stadium, Vin told the world ex-Giant great Willie Mays was his favorite player. This was the final 67th year as the man calling balls and strikes for the Dodgers. The Giants beat the Dodgers in their final 2016 visit. Goodbye again Vin! You will truly be missed. One more farewell word from Vin Scully: “You and I have been friends for a long time, but I know in my heart I’ve always needed you more than you’ve ever needed me. And I’ll miss our time together more than I can say.” “Bye Vin, and a very pleasant retirement, wherever you may be.”
