New York Post

Who’s the best? Who cares?

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THE WORST part of that ESPN Bulls documentar­y is that it has fueled sports talk show hosts to renew foolish, childish debate as to who is/was better, Michael Jordan or LeBron James. Can’t they both be great and leave it at that? Are there no circumstan­ces and supporting casts to consider? Or must it always be a matter of silly rankings?

Fascinatin­g how fans with a modicum of foresight immediatel­y knew the NFL’s new pass interferen­ce replay rule would be an absurdity, yet the NFL had no clue.

NBC News’ “Today” show continues to be a shameless platform to sell NBC programmin­g. Last Wednesday, it presented an “Exclusive announceme­nt”: “Today” then interviewe­d a fellow attached to a pro lacrosse league, with at least two mentions that its games are scheduled to appear on NBC.

Tiz the Law, a New York bred, won the Kentucky Derby. It just hasn’t been run yet.

A Russ Salzberg WABC-Radio “Get a Load of This” podcast last week asked a very good question: When this virus pandemic is licked, will it be back to business as usual for leagues, schools and sports business partners of all kinds who depend on cheap and often mistreated Red Chinese labor for their huge profits? I’ll go with, “Yes, definitely.”

So the Capitals dumped winger Brendan Leipsic for vulgar, misogynist tweets. As CBS’ Verne Lundquist told us several years ago, the most dangerous word in our language has become “SEND.”

How I know the virus has changed my life: Last week I begged my wife to take me with her when she went out to buy cheese.

Nurses Week has ended, but in this space the salute and the call remain, “Nurse!”

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