Several miscellaneous stories

1) Floyd Mayerweather's solitary-confinement status may end his career, say his lawyers.  (From ESPN)

To wit I say:  Good.  My understanding is that this is not the first time he got caught in violence against his significant other (Michigan, I believe, also has had several incidents record, with none charged.)

I have ZERO PATIENCE for Floyd Mayerweather Jr., especially after the fiasco judging in both his fight with Cotto and Pacquiao's fight with Bradley last weekend.  I truly believe, though, that the motion to get him put in GP (are you really sure you want that high-profile a Black prisoner in General Population in any jail at all?  I know he's Floyd Mayerweather and can handle himself, but his opponents won't fight bare-knuckled inside -- I know from experience.) will be approved, especially because it's now clear that Mr. Kizer and the Nevada State Athletic Commission are protecting their boy.

Let me make this clear:  YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE A LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY.

You don't.  So let's just stop the insanity otherwise.  Mayerweather is a thug, and if this is the best boxing has to offer us, it's no wonder Dana White is doing so well.

2) More racism claims in more matches, even as the tournament director openly lies and said:

"Nobody made any comments to us regarding racism -- no players, no teams, no fans," tournament director Markiyan Lubkivskyi said at a briefing in Kiev.

(From ESPN)

About 200 fans were noted as sending "monkey" chants at Mario Balotelli (who has made himself the centerpiece of such claims, as he said he would walk off the pitch if he heard them -- so he obviously did not hear them in this case) during Spain's draw with Italy in round 1.

This, in addition to the claims that a Czech player was abused by Russian fans in the Czech Republic's first match.

3) Rangers Football Club, one of only two relevant clubs in the Scottish Premier League, appears headed for liquidation after years of malfeasance.

(From the BBC)

This, in my own opinion, probably ends the Scottish Premier League.  You can bet your bottom dollar/pound/etc. that the TV deals will be immediately renegotiated on demand.  A one-team league won't survive in this day and age.

IMHO, one season, maybe two, before a merger of some kind is proposed between the Scottish FA and the English FA to save Scottish soccer.

4) As I was looking for articles on the effects of Rangers effectively being folded on the SPL, I came across this little ditty from Yahoo! Sport UK and Ireland:

Nine players from a Bulgarian team have been sacked for, and the national association has been asked to investigate, charges of match-fixing in a junior-league match.

In addition, the match was abandoned after three men, at least one armed, stormed the pitch and attacked the referee, a linesman, and one of the coaches.

Another day in the office, sadly...