OK, America: Knock it the fuck off, and knock it the fuck off right now.

Three stories this weekend which intersect a bit with sports which are indicating the continuing fraying nature of things:

• Hawaii, for about a half hour Saturday, thought it was in the crosshairs of an ICBM.

This only tangentially impacts sports (the PGA's Ericson Open was in Hawaii this weekend), but if this doesn't give you an idea of how things going on in today's America can make people snap, I don't know what to tell you.

The fact that it took 30-40 minutes to "All Clear" the mess really raises questions.  Scenarios on the table include the official story of an official error, a psy-op/exercise to measure responses,  an actual missile WAS shot off and it's kept quiet after it's shot down (especially from Trump), or even one that has crossed the transom in which one blogger has the idea someone wanted Trump to throw the nuclear football...

• West Virginia basketball is in some trouble.  Probably quite a bit of it, for at least one person. (Yahoo!)

In a scene which appears to be happening more and more lately, a college basketball player is under investigation for throwing a punch at a celebrating fan after a shock loss.

Wesley Harris of West Virginia is now investigated for a punch on a Texas Tech fan yesterday, and several other players may join him for pushing and shoving their way through the court-storm:

A West Virginia player threw a punch at a fan after the Texas Tech crowd stormed the court pic.twitter.com/rVfA0J2uRv

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 14, 2018

Lower-rightish part of the picture. Yeah, son, you're in trouble.

• But both of those may cower in comparison to an idiot in San Antonio this morning...  (Deadspin)

There was a mass-shooting threat against the AFC divisional game today in Pittsburgh.

Yuttana Choochongkol is reported to have sent THIS to the stadium and to a local Pittsburgh television station (taken from the above-linked Deadspin article, courtesy of KSAT in San Antonio):

"“This Sunday’s playoff game in Pittsburgh is going to be like no other. Why? Because it’s going to be my last day on this pathetic planet. So why not take some innocent lives with me? The Steelers game will be packed, and that’s when I plan on killing Steelers football players and fans before taking my own pitiful life. After all, what does a person that is going to commit suicide have to lose? Absolutely nothing. So why not take out some million dollar Steelers players before me? Sounds like a good idea. Hahahahahah”"

For God's sake...

As a person who has had more than his share of that kind of moments (at least the "pathetic planet" part...)...

Oh boy... If this is 2018, no wonder I am thinking this is uncharted territory now...