Noted: this commentary from the Kansas City Star about the Chiefs and growing fan resentment:
The Washington Wizards are at 0-9, and remain the only NBA team with a shot at going 0-82.
Archive for the ‘Loser’ Category
Updates on the loser front.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012NBA loser update.
Thursday, November 15th, 2012We’re down to Washington (0-7) as the last team that has a chance to go 0-82.
Not much else going on. Sorry.
Sampler platter.
Monday, November 12th, 2012Think of this as sort of like a fruit basket, without the fruit. Or the basket.
This is a headline as it currently appears on the LAT website:
Here is the actual story. Some things that are worth noting:
- Dr. Gyaami is 71. He graduated from dental school in 1983, according to the article. So he was 42 years old when he graduated. I can’t throw stones at anyone for going back to school and following their dream, but:
- Dr. Gyaami didn’t pay back his loans. “When late notices started to arrive, Gyaami ignored them. ‘There was nothing I could do about it,’ he said. ‘I was behind with my business.'”
- He ignored notices that he was being sued by the Justice Department. At that time, he owed $195,000 on a $50,000 loan.
- “He continued to discard the collection notices. He said he couldn’t afford to pay. By June 2010, the $195,000 debt had jumped to $522,214.”
- “Since 2008, Gyaami has fallen behind about $120,000 in federal taxes and pays $6,000 a month to the Internal Revenue Service on top of the $3,000 to the Justice Department.”
- Dr. Gyaami works as a dentist in the state prison system. “As an experienced dentist, Gyaami is among the highest-paid state employees in California, making about $275,000 per year.”
- “One year ago they took a two-week cruise in the Caribbean that cost about $4,000, said Gyaami, who called it the most luxurious vacation they had ever taken.”
- “They live in a 4,000-square-foot home in Vacaville, which Elizabeth purchased new in 2001 for $429,500, according to property records. In 2010, she took efforts to make the home more difficult for creditors to seize by transferring its deed to a corporation she started, Eternal Enterprise Corp.”
There are so many things I could say about this next story, but (with one exception) I am going to avoid saying them:
The one exception (and this isn’t snark, just a statement of fact): this was the same thing that destroyed Jeff “Frugal Gourmet” Smith’s career.
Detroit and Washington still have a shot at going 0-82 this NBA season (0-7 and 0-5 respectively).
Yet another election result that amuses us: Cynthia Brim was re-elected to her seat as a judge in the Cook County Circuit Court. Why does this amuse us?
Because Judge Brim is batshit crazy. Really. As in, “can’t be prosecuted because she was legally insane at the time” crazy. Even better:
63.5 percent of the vote, folks. (Hattip on this to Overlawyered.)
This next story pushes a couple of my better hidden hot buttons. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is located in San Francisco; the church is “the oldest black pulpit in the city”. Bethel’s previous minister, who had been there for twenty years, left to take over the First AME church. First AME is kind of a big deal among AME churches: “It became a regular stop for Democratic political candidates over the years, including Bill Clinton, Al Gore and President Obama.” First AME’s minister, Rev. John J. Hunter, was transferred over to Bethel AME.
And why doesn’t Bethel AME want Hunter? Are they just upset at losing their pastor and throwing a temper tantrum?
More:
The LAT also alludes to, but does not detail, a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Hunter during his tenure at First AME. Sounds like something more than a tantrum, doesn’t it?
What can Brown do for you?
Friday, November 9th, 2012Apparently, coaching the Lakers is not one of those things.
The team is 1-4 so far this season. (And, BTW, Washington and Detroit still have a shot at going 0-82.)
Losers.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012I’ve been trying to avoid thinking, talking, or writing about the election for now. I have other things on my mind, and I want to let my thoughts settle. So nothing Romney or Obama related. Just NBA teams that still have a chance to go 0-82:
Detroit Pistons
Washington Wizards
And even more losers.
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012NBA teams that still have a chance to go 0-82:
Detroit Pistons
Washington Wizards
Denver Nuggets
In other news:
I still think Andy Reid and Michael Vick are out, and I don’t think the team is going to wait for the end of the season.
More losers.
Monday, November 5th, 2012NBA teams that still have a chance to go 0-82:
Detroit Pistons
Washington Wizards
Denver Nuggets
Sacramento Kings
Continuing the NBA loser update…
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012Still inspired by Lawrence, NBA teams that have a chance to go 0-82:
Toronto Raptors
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Detroit Pistons
Washington Wizards
Atlanta Hawks
Denver Nuggets
Los Angeles Lakers
Sacramento Kings
Your (NBA) loser update.
Thursday, November 1st, 2012Inspired by Lawrence, I thought I’d do a quick roundup of NBA teams that still have a chance to go 0-82:
Toronto Raptors
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
New York Knicks
(Please note that the Knicks-Nets game was postponed due to the weather.)
Detroit Pistons
Milwaukee Bucks
Washington Wizards
Atlanta Hawks
Charlotte Bobcats
Orlando Magic
Denver Nuggets
Minnesota Timberwolves
Oklahoma City Thunder
Phoenix Suns
Los Angeles Lakers
Sacramento Kings
New Orleans Hornets
Memphis Grizzlies
Your loser update: week 6, 2012.
Monday, October 15th, 2012Sorry for the late update, folks. I was away for computers most of the day yesterday.
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
None.
Cleveland’s long nightmare is over. My relatives are happy. And thus endeth the loser update for 2012. (I need to go back through my records, but I don’t recall there being no teams without a win this early in the season.)
Your loser update: week 5, 2012.
Monday, October 8th, 2012NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Cleveland
I had the Cleveland game going on the background while I puttered around the kitchen and read FARK and Briarpatch
Speaking of playing smarter, I think I’m going to have to add the Chargers to my list of “most consistently overrated teams in the NFL”. Seriously, how do you lose to the Saints, even with the whole Brees record thing?
Your loser update: End of the baseball season.
Thursday, October 4th, 2012The Houston Astros played their last game of the baseball season yesterday.
As you may recall, in 2011, the Astros finished 56-106, for a .346 winning percentage.
This year…it came right down to the wire, but the Astros finished 55-107, losing their last game to the Chicago Cubs, finishing with a .340 winning percentage, and setting a new record for losses in a single season.
Oh, well. There’s always next year; and with the team changing leagues, maybe the 120 loss mark is within reach.
Your loser update: week 4, 2012.
Sunday, September 30th, 2012NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Cleveland
New Orleans
Houston The Houston Astros is are at 53-106, for a .333 winning percentage. With three games left, they’re not going to lose 110, but they have tied last year’s record number of losses, and it looks like they’re on track to break that record.
Edited to add: Since I am editing this post anyway (thanks, Lawrence) I’ll mention this HouChron article pointing out that you can get tickets for tonight’s game against the Cubs for “as low as 75 cents”. I haven’t checked to see what tickets for other MLB teams are going for on StubHub, which is why I hesitated to do a post.
Edited to add 2: And Lawrence sent me a link to that HouChron article as well, so he gets a hattip, even though I didn’t see his email before I added the ETA.
Your loser update: week 3, 2012.
Monday, September 24th, 2012I really hate to say this, but I’m starting to think Cleveland has a good shot at going 0-16 this year. And they lost to the Bills, which makes it even more painful…
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Cleveland
New Orleans
The Astros are at 50-103, for a .327 winning percentage. This is projecting out to 109 losses. Put another way, they’d have to win three out of the last nine games, or go .333, to avoid 110 losses.
Some random stuff for the morning of September 20, 2012.
Thursday, September 20th, 2012There hasn’t been much in the news the past couple of days, and I’ve been depressed and upset for various reasons that the readers of this blog won’t care about.
I don’t have a lot to say about the DOJ report on “Fast and Furious”. I haven’t had time to go through the report myself, and I’m expecting that a lot of people who are smarter than I am will have smarter things to say than I do, once they’ve had a chance to go through it.
The Astros have crossed the 100 loss barrier, and are still on track for 110 losses. Woot.
Today’s NYT has two articles I found kind of interesting. One is about problems with the United Network for Organ Sharing and kidney allocation:
Story number two is about the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in North Dakota:
And:
And the mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island, resigned yesterday. He’s also agreed to plead guilty on federal charges that “he took illegal gratuities from a friend and political supporter who received lucrative work from the city boarding up abandoned buildings”.
“Some homes were boarded up even though people were still living there.” In completely unrelated news: gee, I really miss Buddy Cianci.