Greetings from the middle of the country. It’s 20 degrees cooler here than at the world headquarters of BBR.com. Regardless, we have some hot takes below. Ten Piece Nuggets, as random as they come, are served. Biden’s reluctance to denounce violence after his party has all but encouraged it is a losing hand. Polls told …
Give NFL Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll credit. He knows how to run through a hole when he sees one and put it all out there. He just didn’t see fit to call a play to create a hole for his “Beast Mode” running back Marshawn Lynch way back in Super Bowl XLIX in …
In the last few months for the NBA, the NHL, and MLB great preparation and an abundance of caution have been taken for players’ safety to minimize or prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Lessons were learned from this an applied to try to get the NFL and NCAA football teams in camp and …
It’s always important to give credit where credit is due. You have to give it to the NBA, they always go the extra step or three. Years ago they loosened the rules and now three, four, and even five steps carrying the ball are no longer considered traveling. This late Spring they actually traveled to …
Follow the science. That’s been an often-used narrative since mid-March in the year of COVID-19. It’s been the “go-to” when you are told to not go to bars for example. It’s also been the barometer to gauge success in reopening America to the degree that it has in the regions that have. It’s taken the …
The commissioner’s job in the major American based sports is a lucrative one. It’s lucrative because it comes with great responsibility. It’s difficult on many fronts. One of those fronts is that they work for the owners, yet need to keep the players happy, with great TV ratings always an end goal. TV broadcasting rights …
It’s Friday. And it’s time to get your happy hour started a bit early. We’ve got ten hor deurves. You need to make a beer run. And, do not forget your mask. To the Ten Piece Nuggets we go. Joe Maddon, manager of the 8-18 and last place LA Angels, is mad. He’s tired of …
Roses are tough to grow you know. A green thumb helps. And, watch out for those thorns. In spite of those obstacles, everything seems to be coming up roses for the hottest political couple of the summer of 2020. Joe Biden and Kamala (comma la) Harris are having the virtual convention of their lives. Have …
The BBR staff has been rolling through some states in the Deep South for the last few days. While there we managed to take only a glimpse at the news. And, voila, it seems like the “deep state” is alive and well. The quest to oust Trump is nearly four years old and going strong. …
“Two Ten Piece Nuggets in one week?” you ask. “Yes,” we affirm. And why not? BBR wants to do its part to end world hunger. And, in 2020 the sports and political world gives us far too many nuggets to not share. Enjoy them randomly below. Thomas Sowell tweeted yesterday, “If not a single …
