FanView: 5/8/2026

By Joe Torosian

Kick it!

Are you telling me I missed the Skip & Stephen A. reunion this morning? 

Thank you! Best news I've had since my electrician charged me $150 an hour.

No one will ever accuse me of being a LeBron apologist, but the dude got hosed by the refs last night.

The Lakers weren't going to win, but they were within five in the fourth. No team in the NBA plays defense like OKC, but they could be—could, I say--be prime for a serious nose-punch. 

The Thunder might be having too much fun with work still left to do.

To be clear, the Lakers won't deliver that punch, but they're exposing the vulnerability.

Is James Harden the Clayton Kershaw of the NBA? A great regular season performer, every accolade under the sun, who becomes a dog during the postseason.

The 76ers need Joel Embid, but they do not need, nor should they, run their offense through Embid. With or without their center, Philly has a shot tonight.

To see Game Three, the worst seat at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia will cost you only $205.

So not only does the NFL screw over its fans by putting the season opener on a streaming service, but they also proceed to royally screw over their fans by putting the game on that disaster of a platform called Netflix.

The ear of an experienced sports fan can only handle so much Mina Kimes. 

(Next Add Healy: "She's a lovely lady, and my apologies to her.”)

The game (in Australia) will be broadcast to the LA and Fog City markets, but everywhere else, they'll struggle to log in to Netflix.

…And miss Terrance Ferguson's breakout performance.

Football needs the BFL—Billionaires Football League—because the NFL's billionaires, with no competition, are abusing their fanbase. 

Next Add Stadium Ticket Costs: At UNIQLO Field (formerly known as Dodger Stadium), two season tickets in the loge level will run you over $10,000 (possibly up to $13,000). Conservatively, add another $3,500 for parking, and you're talking $15,000—before concessions.

And those tight-wads are only paying World Series hero Justin Wrobleski $790,000 this season. The Bums should be more like the Mets, pay everybody, and be unconcerned about production.

I appreciated the deep dive Google ad last night that explained why traveling is legal in the NBA.

The Cubs beat Cincinnati, 8-3, on Thursday to win their ninth straight. Why do I care? Someone has to stop the Dodgers.

#41—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth…

I'm beginning to think Craig Kimbrel retired a long time ago, but had his identity stolen. This version of Kimbrel is a bigger gas can than Terry Mulholland at the end of his career.

If I only had a straight as a string 55-mph fastball...I'd be having lobster every night.

Last Add Tickets: It will cost you 34-zops to get into the Barclays Center in Brooklyn tonight to see the Connecticut Sun play the New York Liberty in the WNBA opener.

The Dude abides…

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Proverbs 19:21

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