March 17, 2023 News and Notes

• In today's "Fuck Florida" Department:  A 19-year-old idiot lay in wait behind a pole and, seeing a 59-year-old man coming out of a Fort Lauderdale hotel, charged him at full speed yesterday, knocking him down and causing head injuries.  
• What makes this newsworthy:  The 59-year-old is Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen.  The band did a double-headliner on Sunday with Motley Crue.
• Seven counts against a person (he attacked a second person as well), and who knows how many more counts after the damage he waylaid on a parking garage where he was eventually arrested.
• With all that, the shithead made bail on Tuesday.
• One long national nightmare is over:  Michael Jordan is in negotiations to sell his stake in the Charlotte Hornets.
• New Mexico State is rewriting the book on athletics to try to save the program.  New curfews and other rules are being written across the board.
• It already looks like the next NBA game Lonzo Ball may play might be in the 2024-25 season.  Two knee surgeries have apparently failed.
• Keith Olbermann is getting eviscerated in some circles for calling for the abolishment of the World Baseball Classic after the Edwin Diaz and Freddie Freeman injuries -- saying the whole point is gone when players can play for where their grandparents had sex.  OK, Keith...  THAT is a little bit far.