Barry Finkenberg

Barry Finkenberg

@bf3-15.bsky.social

A serious, 3x's a week, basketball playing great-grandfather. Was affiliated with, then bought out by Ticketmaster (pre-Evil Empire days). Here for: sports, music, politics. Love every place I've lived....New York, New Mexico, Hawaii.

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Can someone tell me why EVERY FIFA executive and EVERY ex-player shown on TV wore the same exact suit. Thinking they might be kicking back to Men's Warehouse. Just one of many examples.

In soccer terms, a 'sitter' of a question-- Who is the only country of the 48 World Cup entries that doesn't offer-- Universal Health Care Paid Maternity Leave The Metric System Yup, we're number 1.

How the Ryder cup was a metaphor for America in 2025 -Prices thru the roof -Fans were boorish -The rest of the world was rooting against us. -We did well individually, got our asses kicked in team play

RE: Stallone For a very brief time, 30+ years ago, Ron Reagan Jr. had a weekly show where one segment was "Heroes and Zeroes of the Week". Once, Stallone was the Zero. Forget what he did but I remember this because that week, I was the Hero Tainted my 7 1/2 minutes of fame. Fuck Sylvester Stallone

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RE Kiss. One of the saddest things I've ever seen on TV. The great Henry Rollins had a show, half talk, half music. Like most punk rockers, Henry was enamored with Kiss and had Gene Simmons on to chat. All Henry's idol wanted to talk about was $$. Henry was crestfallen Fuck Gene Simmons

One more thread to follow in the Epstein saga. Guess who was in charge of the "prestigious" Dalton School when Epstein, without a college degree, was hired to teach there. It was Bill Barr's father.

An NBA observation. What do Curry, LeBron, KD, AD, Embid, Jrue , Tatum and Haliburton have in common? All played on the 2024 Olympic team and either missed considerable time or had their season end due to injuries. TOO MUCH HOOPS? Can't be coincidence.

I know injuries occur in all sports, BUT....will someone please make the connection between NBA stars playing in the Olympics and then being injured the following season. ONE HALF of our men's team lost playing time this year. Steph and Tatum being the latest.

I wish all who celebrate a happy holiday. As a non-Christian, do I have this right? Jesus was crucified on Good Friday. He rose from his grave on Easter Sunday, Saw his shadow so it's 6 weeks til the NBA finals.

3 Jews and a Native American walk into a bar....wait, that's 3 Jews and a Native American are the head coaches of the Final Four teams. Even though Bruce Pearl is one yours---eat it MAGA.

A shout-out for Junior Bridgeman. Going from being included in the trade that brought Kareem to LA to having, possibly, the greatest post-playing career of any pro athlete ever. RIP Mr. Bridgeman.

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Dropkick Murphys just had an epic moment at their show: They made a friendly wager with a fan in a MAGA shirt—“Let’s see where it’s made.” Then they checked his MAGA shirt tag… Made in Nicaragua. They swapped it with a Made in America Dropkick Murphys tee. Legendary.

Where are all the other bands/musicians?

Eric Alper @thatericalper.com

Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts will headline a free concert in Ukraine this June before kicking off the Love Earth 2025 world tour. The tour begins June 18 in Europe and the U.K., with a North American leg starting August 8.

An amazing episode of "Paradise" last night. I couldn't stop imagining how it would play out with the current guy in the White House. Think he would spend Earth's final day selling seats on Air Force 1 for 100 million $ a pop

How long until Stan Van Gundy gets sacked by the Warner bros? After what he said last night, don't think we will see him next season and that sucks. “I’ve gotta tell you, Brian. I’m a big Kamala Harris fan but I wish she wasn’t here tonight.” SVG last night

With the exception of football, I love all sports. And, I can't tell you how happy I am that all the sports headlines during the week leading up to Super Bowl Sunday is about.......the NBA. Just wish the trade deadline was Saturday and not tomorrow.

With the signing of Roki Sasaki the Los Angeles Dodgers should change their name to the Oligarchs and be known as the "O's" (sorry Baltimore). They are doing to baseball what the other "O's" are doing to the free world.

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