GET WELL, COOP!

Sending good thoughts and great health to my friend and colleague, Michael Cooper. 

The former Lakers' star and head coach of the L.A. Sparks is dealing with tongue cancer. 

He'll have surgery and miss a few weeks from his current job as head coach of the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA.

 Get better fast  and completely, Coop!

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ON THE AIR!!

I am handling sports updates this week

 on KFWB-am 980 from 3-11pm (pt). 

Tune in if you can or take me for a ride in your car!

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L.A. SPARKS REVISITED!

THANKS TO SUE FAVOR AND HOOPISM
 FOR THIS RECENT FLASHBACK ARTICLE.

http://hoopism.blogspot.com/2014/07/larry-burnett-sparks-life-well-lived.html

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BEWARE THE UNDERWEAR GODS!

While most of us are keeping our "eye on the ball" at sporting events, somebody is keeping a lookout somewhere else. It has been reported that several female tennis players, at Wimbledon, were forced to play bra-less because their sports bras were too colorful, showed through their tennis outfits and broke the Wimbledon "all white" rule for tennis attire.

Only a very slight hint of color is allowed at Wimbledon and referee, Andrew Jarrett wrote to the players: 
"Undergarments that either are or can be visible during play (including due to perspiration) must also be completely white and contain no more than 1 cm of colored trim."

So, if a colorful undergarment showed through at the All England Club, the player was sent back to the locker room to change it. If she did not have a white bra to replace it, she went bouncing back onto the court without. 

BTW! I pat myself on the back for showing great restraint in not posting a titillating photo to demonstrate the above. Your imagination will have to suffice unless, of course, you choose to Google "bra-less at Wimbledon", but who would do such a thing?
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Continuing with our "undergarments in sports" theme, Brazil's Neymar was spied wearing unsanctioned underwear during the FIFA World Cup Soccer (Futbol) Championships. That is a "No-no!" Players are only allowed to wear underpants manufactured by World Cup Sponsors.

Believe it or not, an investigation into Neymar's underwear was started and he was in danger of being fined for his under-handed crime of violating the "disciplinary code, which prohibits players from displaying religious or political messages as well as publicity slogans and non-FIFA sanctioned products."

My questions are:

1. Who are these "great and powerful" people whose job it is to be 
     on the lookout for heinous underwear transgressions at 
     Wimbledon and the World Cup and who knows where else?

2. What are their qualifications for the job?

3. Did they have to pass a test that allows them to spy on other 
    peoples' undergarments?

4. Do they have to report to local authorities every time they move 
    into a new neighborhood?

5. Doesn't the hierarchy of sports have anything better to do 
    than legislate the underwear of its male and female athletes?

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