- He never quite lived up to the hype, but that doesn’t mean
Chicago Bulls fans are any less devoted to broken-down point guard Derrick
Rose. Rose, a Chicago native, former No. 1 overall pick and current colossal
disappointment with the New York Knicks, is still beloved in his hometown. Just
as new Bulls guard Anthony Morrow, who arrived in town this week and made the
unfortunate decision to wear jersey No. 1, Rose's old jersey number. Rose left
Chicago for the Knicks last offseason and many fans were upset even though a
litany of injuries have turned him into a shell of the player he used to be.
Those fans went in on Morrow on Twitter for his choice of jersey number after
he suited up in the No. 1 and was on the bench for the Bulls' 128-121 win over
the Suns but did not play. Following the social media backlash, Morrow tweeted
out his regrets and promised to pick a new number to wear going forward. He could
have avoided all this trouble if he’d only chatted with new teammate Michael
Carter-Williams, who chose No. 1 after coming to Chicago from the Milwaukee
Bucks in October, only to have the same ugly experience and soon switch to No.
7. It’s clear Bulls fans remember the player Rose used to be and not the
ineffective, broken-down ex-star he’s been with the Knicks this season. He’s
going from being the youngest MVP in league history, during the 2010-11 season,
at age 22, to a guy with bad wheels who openly ruminates about worrying that
going hard on the court will hinder him from being able to sit comfortably
during business meetings and his children’s graduation ceremonies once he
retires………
- This is a you problem, Venezuela. Your dictator is running
your country into the ground, your government is the one that can't provide
basic dietary and hygiene staples for your citizens and you’re the ones who
sent arguably the worst skier in the world to compete at a prestigious event,
inviting shame on your troubled nation. The country with the world’s worst
economy (new tourism slogan?) is trying to do damage control after one of its
own, Adrian Solano, delivered a truly miserable performance in the qualifying
rounds of the Nordic World Ski Championships. Dude stumbled to - not out of, to
- the starting block and struggled to compete in a race that was, he admitted,
his first time skiing on snow. Another of Venezuela’s faults - one that can't
be blamed on dictator Nicolas Maduro - is that the balmy climates that exist
throughout the South American nation don’t really facilitate the snow. Solano’s
trip to a training camp in Sweden was another unfortunate element of his
troubles, as he was stopped by border agents during a layover in France and
interrogated as to whether he was actually a professional skier. Agents asked
him if there was even snow in Venezuela and accused of him of trying to
illegally immigrate to the European nation. The incident with French officials
prompted Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez, who launched a Twitter
war against France in which he explained that Maduro had instructed him to
“deliver a strong protest to the French government for the affront against the
Venezuelan athlete.” An enraged Rodríguez added that "the insult against
Venezuelans is absolutely unacceptable" and blamed domestic opposition
groups for allegedly bringing Venezuela into disrepute around the globe. Yes, because
filing to finish the qualifying round of a 10-kilometer race and finishing dead
freaking last in the 1.6 kilometer cross-country sprint makes the country look
amazing…….
- Pour one out for Professor Charles Xavier. Actor Patrick
Stewart has announced his retirement from the X-Men franchise, a run he wrapped
when production on the superhero spin-off film “Logan” wrapped up a few months
ago. Xavier is of course the leader of the ragtag band of mutants and he’s been
a part of seven movies in the franchise, but after he, co-star Hugh Jackman and
director James Mangold watched the film together last week in Berlin, he was
ready to let the world know that the ride was over. “I was so moved by it, much
more moved than I had been the first time of seeing it,” Stewart said. “At one
point [Hugh] reached out, and he took my hand in those last few minutes, and I
saw him go [wipes tear from eye] like this, and then I realized I had just done
the same thing. Then, the movie ended… and we were going to be taken up on
stage, but not until the credits were over. So, we had some time to sit there
and, as I sat there I realized there will never be a better, a more perfect, a
more sensitive, emotional, and beautiful way of saying au revoir to Charles
Xavier than this movie.” Later, that evening, he told Jackman that like his
muscled co-star, he would not reprise his X-Men role ever again. Sometimes that’s
code for, “Pay me a lot more money and I’ll come back as long as you want,” but
in the case of a veteran actor such as Stewart, it could be true. He’s getting
to the end of his career and probably wants to be choosy about the roles he
takes, so surrendering the Charles Xavier mantle to someone else might sound
like a wise idea……..
- That’s one way to afford a new Maserati if the exclusive
Italian auto brand happens to be out of your price range. A Boca Raton, Florida
luxury car dealership is currently down one $150,000 Maserati GranTurismo after
a man allegedly managed to deke a salesman during a test drive. Michael
McGilvary II (there has to be a proud Michael McGilvary Sr. out there
somewhere) went to the dealership ostensibly to test drive the pricey sports
car, but his real plan was to steal the car using a scheme that really shouldn’t
have worked on a salesman with an IQ over 70. According to police, McGilvary and
the salesman drove to a marina so McGilvary could supposedly show his
girlfriend the car. The piece de resistance in the scam was a walk down to the
dock, at the end of which McGilvary told the salesman he would get his
girlfriend. Much to the clueless salesman’s shock, McGilvary didn’t return and
when he searched for his prospective buyer, the valet told him McGilvary had
driven off. Amazingly, for a man with such a flawless plan, McGilvary was
arrested the next on auto theft charges….but without the missing car. He was
held by federal authorities on a probation violation, while the salesman he
fleeced might want to start looking for a new gig, one where the products
customers could steal from under his nose have significantly lower value,
perhaps his local home improvement store…….
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