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Genuine question: Should I be concerned that I know nothing about “Connections,” play no word games on my phone and don’t engage friends in crossword puzzle contests? I mean, my life seems full but …

If you said to yourself, as I did: Self, "Will Farrell's starring in a golf comedy and it's got Molly Shannon and Luke Wilson, so it's gotta be kind of funny, right?" And then you actually watched the absolutely dreadful "Hawk," you then said to yourself: "I shouldn't have said that to myself."

Great piece by Dan, Chad. Thanks for posting. Nothing brings out the old softie in a writer like a Cooperstown weekend.

LeBron is apparently going to live in NYC, at least much of the time, and commute to Philly. Wilt Chamberlain did the same thing while running a Gotham blues club, Big Wilt's Smalls Paradise, in the early-60s. Now, if LBJ helos to Philly ... that would be new. Wilt drove. Usually at 100 mph.

By the way, Corghi racing is on now. Swear to God. And if you're wondering ... no I'm not watching. Just passed by is all.

On one of the ESPNs right now, You can watch Pillow Fight Championship. That is followed by BBA Bubbleball, which is itself followed by the National Dodgeball League Championship. And you tell me we're not on the Eve of Destruction? (Barry McGuire, 1965)

So why charge all-star prices? Give the game away if it's not a game. Same with the NBA, a worse offender.

The WNBA had a chance to distinguish itself by playing a legit All-All-Star game. But it followed the NBA model, and, like the men’s game, it sucked.

Yeah, I missed the downhill designation by a couple years. It used to be you just took it to the basket. It's like Lindsey Vonn has control of the chalkboard. Wait ... do they still use a chalkboard?

I may be watching too much WNBA commentary since I told my wife she’s gotta “get downhill” more.

The memorable thing about Rory's (deserved) torching of DeChambeau is that a pro athlete used the word "performative." Reminds me of the time I asked David Robinson, after his FIRST GAME, about his shot blocking and he said he couldn't let guys come into the lane "with impunity." bit.ly/4yA3Nsy

Trump is angry over the crazy haze that has been sent us by Canada, proving that where there's smoke there's ire. Thanks. Here all week. bit.ly/4yApIzN

Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs for Wildfire Smoke Over U.S.The president said on Friday in a social media post that Canada was failing to manage its wildfire response as smoke has blanketed U.S. cities including New York and Chicago.bit.ly

Old hoops fans will remember the surge of excitement when Pistol Pete had the ball in his hands. Same thing when Messi has it at his feet.

Patti LaBelle is 82 and just nailed the SSB. Philly treasure. The All-Star game pregame stuff is the only pregame stuff I can stand. (I usually give up on the game after an inning or so.) That's nostalgia at work. My dad and I would watch it and say profound stuff like, "Hey, there's Ernie Banks."

That’s more like extricating yourself from a cave

I was totally on the extreme left side of this photo and got cut off, next to the guy who went unidentified, who is probably somebody’s accountant

Guy must've buzz-killed some Norwegian parties in his day.

Oh, stop it. She will win again and we'll have another six years--and maybe more--of her hemming-and-hawing.

Herewith my careful compare-and-contrast analysis of tomorrow's two striking strikers. Norway's Erling Haaland would buy drinks for you and your girlfriend--buy them for the whole bar, in fact--and then steal her away when you're in the bathroom. England's Harry Kane would fix the troublesome

Mbappe made a Messi of it