SATURDAY CIRCUS

lesson on easy money. … Did you see where USA Today called Super Bowl halftime show a “wimpy joke?” This is an insult to all you wimpy jokes out there. I’m not saying Timberlake was the worst halftime entertainment of all time, but he certainly pales in comparison to Frisbee-catching dogs and the woman on the tall unicycle flipping bowls on her head. …

After the Eagles beat Darth Hoodie’s Dark Dynasty in the Super Bowl, am I the only one who jumped up and down on my couch and exclaimed, “Let the joyous news be spread, the wicked old witch at last is dead!!” … Is it just coincidence that the Cleveland LeBrons were blown out by the Magic earlier this week and two days later were remaking their entire roster at the trade deadline? I think not. But, hey, give the LeBrons credit. They’ve gone from having a roster that was old and dysfunctional to having a roster that is young and dysfunctional. … Three greatest flip-flops in history: (3)

reneging on the Magic and returning to the Gators; (2) reneging on the Indianapolis Colts and staying with the Patriots; (1) The suede Quiksilvers at Ron Jon. … It’s great that the Tampa Bay Rays are saying the preferred site of their proposed new stadium is in the trendy Ybor City section of Tampa, but isn’t this sort of like the saying the preferred name of his proposed new girlfriend is ?… home was robbed while he was at the Super Bowl and reportedly multiple guns were stolen. Full disclosure: I own a gun and I am not against others owning guns; I’m just against Gronk owning guns.

Remember those bygone days when NBA reporters busily worked the phones to break stories during the trade deadline? Now, sadly, the phones are silent except for when they are used to check Twitter feed.