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<\/a><\/p>\nTERRY MOSHER<\/p>\n
TOP OF THE TOWN<\/strong> \u2013 I admit I didn\u2019t see this and I would have to see a replay to verify it, but our son, Michael Mosher, said on that last play of the Super Bowl Bengals\u2019 receiver Ja\u2019Marr Chase had broken free and was wide open for a potential game-winning touchdown because the NFL\u2019s top cornerback, Jalen Ramsey, had fell down defending him. If Joe Burrow had gotten the throw off Chase would have walked into the end zone. We all know what happened, though. Some guy named Aaron Donald broke through and dragged Burrow down. Burrow managed to get rid of the ball for an incompletion and as he fell to the ground the Rams started to celebrate a Super Bowl victory. \u00a0It was a great game and the better team won. The Bengals\u2019 main weakness was their offensive line, and that showed up in the second half dominated by the Rams as they sacked Burrow a Super Bowl-tying record seven times, six in the second half. \u2026 LeBron James\u2019 attempt to load up for a NBA title run by the Lakers has failed. He needed a third superstar to roll their way to another championship so he lobbied to bring in Russell Westbrook, a former Sonic top draft pick. Westbrook, who TV sports shock jock Skip Bayless (Skip and Shannon: Undisputed) calls Westbrick for his shooting ineptitude, was supposed to be the final key to a title. For once in his glorious career, though, James made a mistake. Westbrook is not a good team player. He doesn\u2019t make people around him better. His game is to race up and down the court, using his quickness to outrun defenders. But he\u2019s lost some of that quickness and because he is a bricklayer from distance, he is not a good fit for the Lakers.\u00a0 And because Anthony Davis is a moody player who is inconsistent in his effort, and little hurt\u2019s here and there stop him from playing up to his potential, he is not the godsend LeBron had hoped he would be. On top of all of that, LeBron is slowing down with age and can\u2019t carry the Lakers night after night the way he used to carry the Cavaliers and the Heat, and the Lakers at one time. He can still put it all together for a particular game, but not game after game like he once did. \u2026 The Nets 11-game losing streak is history.\u00a0 Seth Curry made his debut with the Nets a good one, scoring a team-high 23 points to spark a victory, 109-85 over the Kings. The Nets have not had Kevin Durant since Jan. 15 when he suffered a sprained MCL in his left knee. He\u2019s started to work out but there is no timetable for his return. He\u2019s missed 15 games and the Nets have fallen out of contention without Durant and would miss the playoffs if they were played today. It\u2019s a sad story for the Brooklyn team that two years ago was supposed to be this super team that could not be beat. Yet they were taken down by Milwaukee as it won the NBA championship. What is clearly evident if it wasn\u2019t already is Durant is the most valuable player in the league. I shouldn\u2019t use this analogy, but I will anyway. The Nets without Durant is my late sister Minerva without a ventilator. In the last days of her life 11 years ago Minerva was on a ventilator to keep her alive. When they would take her off of it, her vital signs would plunge like a plane nose-diving to the ground. That\u2019s the Nets minus Durant. He should be back soon and when he does come back the Nets have a lot of climbing to do. They may do it and be a contender for a title because of one guy \u2011 Durant. \u2026 I don\u2019t think the NFL should hire more black coaches just because black players are the majority in the league. That doesn\u2019t make sense to me that you hire based on color. If I could be sure hiring is based on character and knowledge and is blind to color that is what I would want. But because we all live with a good deal of suspicion we can never be sure why somebody is passed over when that person is black. We yell racism even if it is not. The problem is we are suspicious that white billionaire owners are racists and balk at hiring blacks. \u00a0I get sick of all this racism. What the bleep does color have to do with character or knowledge? Nothing. Just do the right thing. Enough of this. Stay safe.<\/p>\n Be well pal.<\/p>\n Be careful out there.<\/p>\n Have a great day.<\/p>\n You are loved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TERRY MOSHER TOP OF THE TOWN \u2013 I admit I didn\u2019t see this and I would have to see…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-column","category-mosher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4147,"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146\/revisions\/4147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sportspaper.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}