Patrick J. Sauer Online

Last night, most of you basketball fans out there probably tuned into the Cavs/Lakers showdown to try and decide, once and for all, whether LeBron James or Kobe Bryant is the current king of the NBA.

Not me. While you were "bugging out" over the undisciplined streetball, I was watching old Indiana Hoosiers clips from the days when basketball was basketball. 

To paraphrase Lt. Aldo Raine, "I ain't in the hotel reviewin' bizness, I'm in the makin' Tiger Woods jokes bizness. And cuzin', bizness is a-boomin'." 

Happy Hanukkah.

Happy HuffPo.  

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Here's a new profanity-laced tale about a Brooklyn softball team that melted down in front of my eyes.

It was originally posted at Mr. Beller's Neighborhood. They were nice enough to include me in the new anthology Lost and Found. It's 800+ pages of NYC essay goodness. You should buy it. It stops doors and literary critics alike. Thanks, Tom. 

From my blacktop to yours... 

How do you spell comic relief? H-U-F-F-P-O!

A recent Baton Rouge Advocate article detailed the 14 trips taken by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in a taxpayer-funded helicopter to Protestant evangelical churches. Jindal, a Catholic, spent an estimated $45,000 to attend Sunday services. Some religious leaders believe this to be a violation of the separation of church and state.