COLUMN: THE WORLD IS UNLIVABLE IF STEPHEN A. SMITH, SPORTS GEEK, IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT https://t.co/swKtFrZ3ge Look, my ESPN show had higher ratings than Smith’s “First Take,” but does that mean I should be POTUS? Smith carries on, all but naming himself a candidate, as he

COLUMN: JORDAN WAITED 28 YEARS TO WIN HIS SEVENTH CHAMPIONSHIP, A JOY AT THE DAYTONA 500 https://t.co/7Bl1p8VW1M How did he survive when he described games as “life and death,” when he struggled as an NBA owner in Charlotte and Washington? But his thrill to own a NASCAR team

COLUMN IT’S OUR FAULT: THE NBA TURNED INTO A TANKFEST AFTER WE CALLED IT A GODSEND https://t.co/PWJiYsDu5e Adam Silver cannot be helpless when he says cheating by team executives is “worse” than he has seen, and after another curious All-Star attempt, he must show Wembanyama’s

COLUMN: DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT? THE U.S. STRUGGLES IN ITALY, WITH SNOOP DOGG IN A MESS https://t.co/FWYkmGiksB Shiffrin finished 11th Sunday, joining Malinin, Vonn and other disappointments in a Winter Olympics that also saw the Snoop Doggies — his security team — allegedly

COLUMN: NOTHING IS CERTAIN IN SPORTS: THE QUAD GOD FALLS (OFTEN) AND FINISHES EIGHTH https://t.co/Yu1NZdXCYz Rather than revolutionize figure skating, Malinin didn’t win a medal Friday, acknowledging that Winter Games pressure was “so overwhelming” — and he couldn’t keep his

COLUMN: OMAR VIZQUEL’S PENIS WAS BAD NEWS FOR CHRIS GETZ, WHO SOMEHOW BECAME A GM https://t.co/LqSv8aSCgY White Sox fans are irate that he mistakenly called Acuna a “switch-hitter” — four times — when they should recall how Getz ignored an autistic batboy’s charges against a

COLUMN: TANKING IS THE WATCHWORD OF THE NBA, WHEN FANS MUST SAVE MONEY AND SAY NO MORE https://t.co/0NG63Yv4Au Why have a league, which makes $77 billion via media, when too many teams are tanking and not caring about folks whose price ranges should be reduced — to nothing? —

COLUMN: THE SELF-PROCLAIMED QUAD GOD HAS TURNED THE MILAN OLYMPICS INTO HIS OWN https://t.co/Vd5hVkMCKE Anyone who ignored figure skating must see Ilia Malinin, who flips quadruple jumps in his sleep and leads the individual competition as he tries to revolutionize a sport with

COLUMN: IN THE GAMBLING AGE, DRAKE MAYE WASN’T HONEST ALL WEEK ABOUT HIS SHOULDER PAIN https://t.co/8s8C1gFapV How many losing bettors were startled when the New England quarterback said, “I shot it up, so not much feeling” — after an ugly Super Bowl loss when he played

COLUMN: SEATTLE BOASTS AN ALL-TIME DEFENSE … BUT TRUMP WENT BALLISTIC ON BAD BUNNY https://t.co/sCAupkDTNv Please realize the Seahawks blew out Drake Maye and New England while wondering — after a brilliant halftime performance from a man singing in Spanish — why the President

COLUMN: IT’S TIME TO END COURT STORMING WHEN NORTH CAROLINA IS FACE-PUNCHING DUKE https://t.co/HcQyVzlOiA An all-time rivalry is tilting into danger when Carolina wins on a three-pointer, followed by allegations of slugging Duke staffers and bothering Jon Scheyer’s family —

COLUMN: AFTER ANOTHER CRASH, VONN IS THE REGAL OLYMPIAN — AS U.S. WINDBAGS SHOULD LEARN https://t.co/hjRUEXG48J Without a serviceable ACL, she tried to make history at 41 and was hauled away in another helicopter, leaving a powerful lesson for Winter Games teammates complaining

COLUMN: ALL AMERICANS CAN CHEER IN ITALY — AND OUR SKI JUMPERS AREN’T INFLATING THEIR JUNK https://t.co/qZhajEKT2x Expect success from U.S. athletes at the Winter Olympics — watch Ilia turn Milan into Malinin — and feel good that our ski team isn’t injecting acid into penises

COLUMN: BAD BUNNY IS BIGGER THAN SUPER BOWL LX — AND WHAT EXACTLY IS THE NFL RISKING SUNDAY? https://t.co/NDieKCzxdA Roger Goodell thinks the singer will celebrate diversity at halftime, but after he declared “ICE is out," Mr. Bunny might slam President Trump once again and

COLUMN: IF SEATTLE IS THE NFL’S BEST FRANCHISE, WHY IS TOM BRADY DAMAGING THE PATRIOTS? https://t.co/GXLwOgJ0OS It’s bad form when Brady, he of the Foxborough statue, says he doesn’t “have a dog in the fight in this one” — which only angers former and current New England

COLUMN: GIANNIS IS STUCK IN MILWAUKEE, FOR NOW, IN A WEIRD WEEK FOR DAVIS AND HARDEN https://t.co/4ae2RW3KV2 The NBA’s trade deadline was a swirl and left us empty in the case of Antetokounmpo, who dearly wants another championship but must wait until July — while other stars

COLUMN: A TEAM LOADED WITH CONTROVERSY IS THRILLED TO HAVE GOD-FEARING DRAKE MAYE https://t.co/SJhOhwYhcO How wonderful that the Patriots — who saw Kraft rejected for the Hall of Fame, days after Belichick was booted — can boast a star quarterback who adores his baking wife and

COLUMN: WHEN NO BLACK COACHES ARE HIRED, WHY CARE ABOUT BELICHICK AND STEVE TISCH? https://t.co/YLcG1MkO2e White men dominated the latest round of 10 openings, leaving only three Blacks atop NFL franchises — which remains the biggest problem in Roger Goodell’s sphere and

COLUMN: THANK YOU TO FRANK THOMAS FOR REMINDING US THAT REINSDORF IS IDIOTIC OR SICK https://t.co/Ngz5XmliiT Even in the owner’s weird world, it’s stunning that one of baseball’s all-time great hitters is forgotten in Black History Month timelines by the White Sox, who use a