Quick Sports Hit

Hola, my peeps! Here's a quick visit to the sports page. Those of you-mostly women(at least the ones I hear from)-that don't like it when I do sports are forewarned and can go elsewhere for more suitable entertainment.

Name your poison: In his latest autobiography, John Daly says that he has lost between 50 and 60 million dollars on gambling. Whoa! Even with endorsements and exhibitions and the the extra income derived from a drug dealing wife this would have to represent a serious hit. Further, I'm sure that that his numerous ex-wives will find this amusing if they didn't know about this already. You can buy a lot of children's clothes with 50 million bucks. The good news is that at the rate he is pissing it away he will never have a prostate problem.

In the book Daly says, " I don't drink JD (Jack Daniels) anymore.......Only gambling remains a problem"

I would suggest that he go back to drinkin'. It's cheaper. Ain't no way you can piss away 50 million on booze.

And he couldn't play much worse than he is now.

Just a suggestion.

How to write good: There's a lot going on in the world of sports nowadays. The NBA playoffs, MLB baseball cranking up, the NFL draft, high school sports winding down, lots of stuff. You might think that Wally Hall would turn his attention to any of these topical subjects.

But no.

Wally wrote yesterday about Golden State Warrior and UALR alum Derek Fisher-a great guy by all accounts- who addressed the men's and women's basketball teams at Fisher's Alma Mater the other day. Let's just cut to the chase...

Wally describes him as "wearing an expensive tailor-made suit and his diamond-encrusted ring..would have made a down payment on a large home, but in many ways he is still the quiet, shy person he was the night he was drafted."

And here is the next paragraph: " Although he is much more eloquent and polished as a speaker now."

And here is the graf after that: " Yet, his message was simple, sincere and from the heart."

Forget for a moment that yesterday's piece was poorly written and that it was mainly calculated to kiss up to the subjects. Hey, it's Wally. The second coming of Rick Reilly he is not.

Maybe it's me but isn't this semi-racist? Re-read the above. After depicting Fisher as being dressed expensively and adorned with a certain amount of bling, Wally goes on to reassure us that Derek is "eloquent"..."polished"...and bearing a message that is "simple" and "sincere."

In other words, Derek Fisher is one of the "good ones."

Well, from what I can tell, Derek Fisher is indeed one of the good ones. He's one of the good humans. And Wally does a fine man and positive role model a disservice by taking pains to reassure his readers that he is also "safe."

What the hell. Maybe it's me.

What do you think?