Tim Sullivan

Semi-retired, semi-literate sportswriter. “If it’s the ultimate game, why are they playing it again next year?”—Duane Thomas

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RIP Raymond Berry, whose hands were sure enough to perform surgery. If he ever dropped a pass, the ball must have been greased.

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LinkedIn tells me “Stephen Curry, Point Guard, is popular in your network.” But he never calls.

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Saw “Pressure.” Andrew Scott is bound to win an Oscar one of these days, maybe for this.

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@LisamarieH5ywb That’s fair. However, the average Harvard student scored around 1540-1550 on the SAT. I suspect most of them can handle more rigorous coursework.

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Can’t work up much outrage about grade inflation at Harvard. If a university accepts less than 5% of applicants, does it not follow that its student body is likely populated by a disproportionate number of brainiacs?

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@cardsfaninky https://t.co/eby2ek7l55

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Landing the Olympic gymnastics trials is a terrific addition to the Louisville sports calendar. Next, how about a push for the 2032 boxing trials for Muhammad Ali’s 90th birthday?

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@Sarah_Hardy_c Grace Kelly

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@VinnysCorner1 Eddie Gaedel

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@BBGreatMoments Miller Huggins. Provided he could bring the Babe and Lou Gehrig.

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Resistance to adding more time between Triple Crown races is based primarily on the idea that sweeping three classics in a 5-week span should be difficult. But if more time between races means better fields and healthier horses, wouldn’t that be comparably difficult?

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Before a Yankees-Braves World Series game, an MLB PR person asked for suggestions for a pre-game interview session.
“George Steinbrenner and Ted Turner,” I said.
Didn’t happen. Pity. Perchance to dream.

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@d_yetter Enjoy. Can’t go Saturday. Friday was my chance.

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More than 100 years since the debut of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, it remains among the most magical pieces of American music. Had hoped to hear the Louisville Orchestra play it Friday, but that concert is sold out. Kudos, George.

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Rana Cash was a terrific boss as sports editor of the Courier-Journal, and clearly bound for bigger things. Her resignation as editor of the Charlotte Observer is a big blow to that paper, but unlikely to change her soaring trajectory.

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Sorry to learn of the death of the wonderfully quotable Brazilian basketball star Oscar Schmidt. “Some people, they play the piano. And some people, they move the piano.” RIP.

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Bank left me a voice mail that was transcribed as an effort at “frog prevention.” As plagues go, I’d prefer locusts.

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Giants shut out at home in first two games of the season. Willie Mays is not walking rhrough that door. Barry Bonds, however, is just 61.

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Sale (and move) of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to Houston’s Fertitta family reportedly cost $300 million. Would guess Caitlin Clark effect accounts for at least half of the sale price.

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This Pitino guy may have a future in coaching.