Rizzo’s heart, Federer’s brilliance & gutless Congress . . .
If you have not yet seen, or heard, or read about
remarks at the vigil held the other night in Coral Springs, Fla., for the dead of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, do that today. Rizzo attended that school. Rizzo flew across the country after Wednesday’s shooting because he felt as if he needed to be there.
So if you don’t yet know about how beautifully and emotionally he spoke to the crowd, you need to know.
I wrote this the other day and I write it here today in the Daily News:
There are all kinds of important ways to be an activist in sports.
Anthony Rizzo showed you his way in Coral Springs.
who turns 37 in August, is now officially the oldest man to ever hold the No. 1 ranking in professional tennis.
He is No. 1 five years after last being No. 1 in men’s tennis, fourteen years after first being No. 1.
And whether you like tennis or not, you have to know that there is nothing more cool going on in sports right now than the way Fed is still playing tennis.
He got to 18 majors 13 months ago when he beat Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final, and that tied him with the great
18 majors in golf. But Fed wasn’t done. He hauled off and won another Wimbledon in July.
Now he’s won another Australian Open, and become the first male player in history to ever get to 20 majors. And still ain’t done yet. I was watching him on Friday in a tournament in Rotterdam, and had the same feeling I’ve had since he did get to 18:
If you didn’t know what year it was with Roger Federer, it could be any year. The most shameful phonies in our Congress are the ones who take NRA money and then send out prayers and condolences after there is another school shooting like the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
These guys always make me remember an old line from my pal
when he was coaching PHOTO BY AP the Suns.
He called in one of his players and told the guy that if he didn’t start playing harder, he was going to have to go to the media and tell them about the player’s stomach problem.
“I don’t have a stomach problem, Coach,” the guy said.
“Yeah, you do,” Paul told him. “No guts.”
Okay, who shrunk the basket on Tim Hardaway, Jr.?
The Rangers need to pick up the pace a little, so the Garden doesn’t go dark for hockey in the postseason the way it will be going dark for our Knicks. I don’t know if this good play is going to last for the but the sides sure do look a lot more even in the Eastern Conference than they did about a week ago.
I’ve always liked who happens to be a perfect point guard to play with LeBron because Hill will D up on the other team’s point guard, and doesn’t need the ball. And I’ve loved watching
play ball since college. And while we’re on the subject of the NBA?
There is no one doing a better job coaching his team than is in Utah, in his first season in Salt Lake City without
Oh yeah, and memo to the rest of the league:
If you’re going to honor a former star, the way the Celtics did with
last Sunday, schedule it at a time when LeBron isn’t coming to visit. We talk about the Warriors, and properly so, the way we did about the Patriots throughout the NFL season. But the Eagles, with or without
turned out to be the best team in the league from the start of the season until the end, both sides of the ball.
And maybe it’s going to be the same with the Houston Rockets.
The Raptors came into the break three games worse in the standings than the Rockets, by the way, and if you can name their starting five, you’re looking at winning valuable prizes. So says that LeBron James should keep his political opinions to himself, and shut up and dribble. Right. Got it. Ingraham is the only one truly and uniquely qualified to think real deep thoughts and talk about the important issues of the day, even hosting a show that makes “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” look more serious than church.
I will believe the Yankees are going to start the season with kids at second and third when the Yankees actually start the season with kids at second and third.
Do people still think the Mets haven’t brought in enough reinforcements? It is pretty clear by now that
and bless their hearts, have embraced the concept of the Winter Olympics as being a more emotional experience than freshman year of college. Or “Grey’s Anatomy.” Now that some of the Mets and
ran into each other shark fishing, I think they’re next making plans to go to the zoo.