Ball does lie

No lie. The writer for Yahoo! Sports‘ “Ball Don’t Lie” should have been as committed to grammar as I am. Then maybe he would have chosen the correct word and would have known enough to capitalize Miami Heat:

So, maybe I’m being picky. But this would be wrong even if the writer had held down the Shift key long enough to tap out Blazers:

Artest didn’t play with the Blazers last year; he won that championship ring playing with the LA Lakers. Even I know that. Ball Don’t Lie? Maybe, but this writer does.

The president’s first ear

There’s the first lady and the first family. Now, there’s a first body part: The first ear.

Thanks to Yahoo! News‘ “The Ticket” for this new coinage. I look forward to reading about the first nose.