And now for the sporting news. In the beautiful game, God's Team of Righteous Angels in Blue won the "Capital One Cup," which sounds like a college tackle football bowl game...My God, it is a bowl game...by defeating the Sunderland "Black Cats," who nonetheless wear red and white vertical-striped sweaters that make them look like barber poles, 3-1. The bird hit the air pump when Captain Vincent Kompany raised the "Capital One Cup Trophy," as the thing fell apart. Vinnie, always an able defender, recovered quickly and secured the bottom to the rest of the trophy.