An Oklahoma sportswriter is demanding that the people of Seattle apologize to him for being mad that the Sonics were sold out from under them 20 years ago.
They should give ‘em a cookie, too…
98 strikes and you’re out - of jail, apparently.
Any controversy that generates clicks is profit. Not much to see here but cynical opportunism.
Online performative hate is far, far more monetizeable than online performative love.
I wonder if “go fuck yourself” is an acceptable apology? Because I’m sure he’d easily get that kind of apology.
But yeah, I’m sure Seattle basketball fans will let it go just as Cleveland football fans bear no lingering animosity toward Baltimore.
As the second editorial I linked says in its rebuttal, it’ll be a sweet day when the new expansion Sonics host the Thunder at Climate Pledga Arena and wipe the floor with them. 
In all honesty. rivalries are good for sports, and it’s hard to make a better rivalry than this kind.
Angry fans are paying fans.
Apparently he thinks that Sonics fan’s anger at Oklahoma City is misplaced, and should be directed at Howard Schulz, who sold the team.
From the link:
Parse that carefully. If Schulz was gullible to believe that the new owner would keep the team on Seattle, then that new owner must have led Schulz on in that belief. Sonics fans should be mad at Schulz for believing the lie, but not at the people who told the lie? Fuck that noise.
And Baltimore fans aren’t still mad at Indianapolis.
Every accusation is a confession.
Well, there is precedent: in the course of the Teapot Dome scandal, Interior Secretary Albert Fall was convicted of accepting a bribe (a $100,000 “loan”) that oil magnate Edward Doheny was acquitted of paying.
If you have an interest, there’s a great podcast series from a few years back that exhaustively dissects the issues with the Sonics sale, including interviews with many of the folks involved, and starting with the arena drama back before Howard bought the team. It’s a very well told story with lots of little cliffhangers and gotcha moments, and includes a more recent postscript. It’s fascinating.
Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team
Now, relevant to this discussion, I came away genuinely believing that Howard thought that the team was staying. He was not so naive as to think a relo wasn’t possible, but from the story, and my memory of the time*, the OKC ownership team claimed that they were going to make a much stronger effort to stay, while internal communications revealed only later showed that that was never really an intent at all.
Howard appeared to believe the ‘stay’ story strongly enough that he sued to unwind the deal, claiming misrepresentation or some other similar legal principle. As I recall, any of the attempt to negotiate a deal allowing the Sonics to remain were completely perfunctory. Not much deeper than, “Hey, will you give me a couple billion dollars to stay? No? Well, I guess the negotiation’s over.”
*My boss at the time was part of the ownership team and was good friends and business partners with Howard. They would frequently sit together, courtside center, to watch the game. I liked that because then I got my boss’s tickets courtside second row. Those were the days. My boss was crushed when the sale happened, being one of the opposing votes. He also said at the time that he did not believe the team was moving.
Hell, I’d bet there are some codgers in Brooklyn still miffed at the Dodgers.
Are there any insurers dumb enough to sell an auto policy to Tiger Woods?
Is/was he known as a habitual drinker or something? All I remember about him is his blowup with his (now ex-) wife because of his dallying with other women. And the near-collapse of his golfing career.
“Signs of impairment” says the sheriff. Though someone with his wealth could certainly self insure.
He had another DUI arrest in 2017, in the same town (Jupiter Island, where he lives). And another car crash in 2021, where he was doing 80 in a 45 zone, and nearly lost his leg.
Also I remember watching the MTV series The Osbournes, about Ozzy Osbourne and his family. In one episode, someone said that Jack Osbourne wasn’t allowed to drive because of the insurance cost. In other words, why don’t some rich people just have a driver on standby?
Yeah, Uber. If I won the lottery, I might just give up autos. No insurance, gas or repair costs ever again!