Day 712

• From the "Things That Make You Go 'Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...'" File:  A St. Louis law student has, in a blog post last week, laid out a case that he believes evidence exists that E. Stan Kroenke wanted the Rams to throw games their last few years in St. Louis to precipitate a move to Los Angeles.  Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...  
• Keith Olbermann said last week that, with his experience with the 1980's sports work stoppages and labor talks, he believes the 2022 baseball season is, at best, at risk -- and, at worst, forget it!
• He also has sources in the news industry who says Putin has given the go command for the Ukraine.  Just as I'm thinking:  He just has to get his propaganda instruments home from Beijing first.  
• Bob Baffert's Medina Spirit has become the third horse disqualified from winning the Kentucky Derby today, this one for the long-running drug saga of the horse, and the second in three races.  1968's first across the line also got banged for drugs, and Maximum Security was thrown out two years ago for interference which could've felled half the field.
• Mandaloun is the official winner, and since the purse was withheld, Mandaloun's ownership will receive the $1.8 million in question.  I think the fact that two of the last three Kentucky Derby horses to finish the race first have been tossed should not be lost on anyone.   
• Mandaloun raced neither the Preakness nor the Belmont.
• The Big Ten punishments are in for the Juwan Howard incident.  Three players suspended one game, two for Michigan, for visible punches.  Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard fined.  And Howard?  Suspended for the rest of the regular season and a heavy fine.  *sigh*