NEW YORK, NY – To start off this week’s column, I just wanted to say that I had no friggin’ idea that this coming weekend was Memorial Day Weekend. WTF??? I better get crackin’ on some sort of plans other than do the laundry, hit Target, and nap. Not that those aren’t all solid fun, but I do have others to think about. Well, as we close out May, the Mets are 12.5 games out of first, ahead of schedule for the abandoning of all hope, so there’s that. What else?
The Knicks. I’m not going to dwell on the Knicks’ Game 7 loss to the Pacers this past Sunday. This team put up one hell of a fight this year, being worn down by both their opponents and their head coach. I’m not a big Julius Randle fan, so I kinda pulled for them a little extra when he was no longer able to play. To me, the Knicks weren’t this lovable since the days of Marvin “The Human Eraser” Webster. You could walk up and just buy a ticket on game night back then. Brunson is amazing, but Josh Hart is the guy I wish was on my team. (Is this tampering?) Whatever the case, if they can somehow stay healthy next year (use your bench, Coach!) they’re a bonafide threat. It’s been a long time since you could say that.
Scottie Scheffler Arrested. Any time you can handcuff a golfer and haul him off to the clink, that’s a win right there. So, I really don’t care who won the PGA Championship last week. Schlafen? Snuffles? Whatever. If you ask me, a grown man still going by “Scottie” is just cause for a little hoosegow r&r.
Viking Funeral, Anyone? Welp, Vegas has my Minnesota Vikings 2004 under/over win total at 6.5 and, after the schedules were released, I saw at least one prediction that had their final record this year at 3-14. If that happens, it will only be the second time in the long history of me rooting for this team that they will have been that horrifically bad. I’m not even gonna mention the name of the one-and-done coach who was so bad, Bud Grant had to come out of retirement for a year to right the ship again. Let’s move on.
NHL Conference Finals. It’s as simple as this, the Rangers and Oilers need to win and go to the Stanley Cup. Enough of this Florida/Dallas nonsense. Finish the job, New York and Edmonton!
Tennis, Anyone? No? OK.
I honestly have nothing else to add today except, three cheers to our Hibernian of the Year, Tall Matt. Long may you reign. Like at least until New Year’s Eve. Come back tomorrow for MTM royalty, Buddy Diaz (who never comments on his fellow staff writers’ stuff and still doesn’t know Jackson Sternberg follows him on Fridays).
