Saturday, January 17, 2015

Sporting News.

It is the half way point in the professional basketball season in North America. The hideously-named Golden State "Warriors," Oakland, Californ-eye-a based have played sublime basketball all (half) season and are best in the league having won 83.8% of their games. Close behind are the Peach State "Hawks," 80%. Those teams will finish at or near the top of the league although surely not at that pace.

Then there's the other end. The State of Phil Jackson "Knickerbockers:" 12.2%. 12.2%. They have won five games and lost thirty-six and have said they are really not going to try too hard the rest of the way which means they really were trying hard en route to 5-36. Phil Jackson could ruin an orgasm. The Land of 10,000 Lakes "Timberwolves," 15.8%. Quaker State "76ers" are at 20.5% but are not that good.

Also running:

 -The favorite to win the championship, City of Also Rans "Cavaliers" have the quintessentially mediocre record of 21 wins and 20 losses with the incomparable LeBron James, the excellent Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving and the execrable Dan Gilbert. C.A.R. has gone fifty years without any championship in any sport unless "rivers catching fire" or "polluted lakes" are competions with, like, competitors. Which I don't think they are. The "Cavaliers" surely will win more than 51.2% of their games in the second half and C.A.R.'s 0-50 championship record will become 0-51.

-The Asshole of America State "Heat," championship runner-upper last season are at an even 45%, which is low even without the incomparable LeBron James but the "Tepids" aren't going to do better than about 50% "at the end of the day."

Tackle football:

-Scholars division. THE Ohio State University "Buckeyes" are champions.
-Professional division. The final four teams are the Dairy State meat "Packers," Portlandia "Seahawks," New England Region "Patriots," and Hoosier State "Colts." What's a hoosier? A "Colt" fan.

No hands football:

In Merry Old, they are just past the half-way mark and it is a two club race between leaders Chelsea and God's Righteous Angels.

At the other end, Lester is odds-on favorite to be playing in the ludicrously-named "Championship" division next season along with two from: Everton, the Villains, West Brom, Child Porn, the red-and-white-striped Black Cats, Burnley, Hull, and QPR.