OK, sports fans, your time has come. Given the Omicron variant and all of the NBA and NHL games being canceled due to positive tests, I am sure that there is a need for your services. Get out on the driveway and brush up on your 3-point shot and spin move to the basket. Fine-tune those defensive moves that you use in pick-up games to slide under the shooter and cause him to miss and wonder why (OK, this only applies to the over-60 crowd here).

SU likes the Buck Showalter signing by the Mets. They tried the up and comer approach last year with Luis Rojas and well, not so great in terms of results. The Yankees have picked him up to coach 3rd base so good for him. Buck may not fit the Aaron Boone profile of the “great communicator”, but he is not afraid to get in someone’s face to let them know what he expects. As he worked for the YES Network the last couple of seasons, perhaps Boone can borrow him to light a fire under Gary Sanchez in 2022 as we all know Sanchez will be jogging to 1st base for the next 8 years. The Mets have stolen the off-season in New York: new GM; new manager; quality free agent signings. The Yankees? Not so much.

By the way, MLB has really hurt itself with the lockout as baseball is just not even in the news anymore. And if this lasts well into February, it’s a lost Hot Stove season and all the buzz that goes with that. Bad job – by both sides on this one.

Ever since SU announced its support for YOUR NEW YORK KNICKS, well, they have been a pretty pedestrian team searching for its identity. Randall has regressed in 2021 and the team just struggles for long stretches every game. SU believes the talent is there but Thibodeau needs to find the right line-ups. That is his job – no excuses.

The NFL is limping to the conclusion of the season with games being moved and players either testing positive or getting hurt. It does feel like this season has seen an especially large number of injuries. Players being carted off the field are no longer the exception. Tampa Bay lost 2 top receivers and their starting running back in one game. On the other hand, so many teams are still in the playoff hunt which is great. SU says the playoffs are wide open this year – there just is not that one dominant team. Of course, even in a season like this one, neither the Jets or Giants are relevant. Time to fly the plane with the banner over MetLife stadium.

No doubt the NCAA is hoping that the Bowl Championship Series semi-final games get played on schedule (as does SU).

You have to appreciate the irony of the Nets finally making the decision to let Kyrie Irving play in road games (not in NY and Toronto) and then he immediately tests positive for COVID.