Tommy Lasorda is a friend of Donald Sterling's & last week was discussing that situation and he had said that he didn't wish her bad luck, but hoped that V. Stiviano got hit by a car. Well today reports are that Stiviano was was driving a Ferrari that Sterling gave her & she did hit a black Range Rover in Beverly Hills while wearing her trademark visor. Witnesses told TMZ that she ''spewed obscenities at the driver.''

I'm having trouble with the link to this story right now, but it's on TMZ's site.

Do the authorities Mr Sterling really had something to do with her accident?

How creepy would that be?

Well, I think any one of us could have seen this coming:

Obviously, this is about more than the Cup, but with the world's attention turned on Brazil, they had to know people would seize the occasion to air their grievances.

Can't wait to see what Rio 2016 is going to look like!

How long do you guess the protests will be?

:shrug: I have no earthly idea.

I suppose it depends on how well organized they are, how violent the police reprisals are, if they can manage to make it last till the Olympics start kicking up, and of course if that dengue epidemic officials are predicting affects the protestors.

I've never been involved with this kind of protest, so it's really impossible for me to imagine all the factors that go into something like that.

What would be your guess?

I wouldn't be surprised if they last until this tournament starts.

I'd be shocked if they didn't seize that opportunity to at least keep up the protests during the World Cup.

I mean, they'll literally have the attention of the whole world on them.

Splendid sport, American football. :lol:

They'll give you concussions till your brains actually go the way of Swiss cheese and, just to make sure you get the full package, they'll pump you full of drugs so you can keep on playing till you're good and destroyed.

:shrug: Look, I know it won't do to look on professional athletes as victims. They get paid plenty for their troubles, right?

Except I'm not sure there's any monetary amount out there that justifies treating people like this...

Either way, I do think we're finding out a whole lot of unsavory things about the sport.

May be parents won't let their kids play that sport anymore.

High School Coach Placed on Leave After Profanity-Laced Tirade

The athletic director and baseball coach at La Mirada High School was placed on administrative leave Tuesday after audio surfaced of profanity-laced tirade purportedly made by the coach, district officials confirmed.

In the recording, first reported by the Whittier Daily News, athletic director and baseball coach Kim Brooks could be heard yelling at his team after a game.

''If you don't get it, (expletive) get out. Get the (expletive) out! That's the way it's been, and that's the way it's gonna be until I (expletive) die. If you don't like it, it's easy to transfer,'' the coach was heard saying on the recording.

After the recording was made public, the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District released the following statement regarding Brooks:

''The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District has received a copy of a recording of high school teacher and athletic director Thomas Brooks. The District appreciates the serious nature of the content of the recording, and as such is conducting a full investigation into the matter. Pending completion of the investigation, Mr. Brooks will remain on paid administrative leave in order to preserve the integrity of the investigation process. Because this case involves an ongoing personal matter, the District cannot comment further.

In a telephone interview with the Whittier Daily News on Tuesday, Brooks told the newspaper that his language was inappropriate.

''I was trying to motivate my team after a very poor performance, and I apologize about the language,'' Brooks told the newspaper.

Despite the rant, many parents came out in support of the coach and expressed concern that he could lose his job.

''My son was in that room, he wasn't offended, he wasn't upset about it,'' said parent Tami Knight. ''These are young men these aren't 5-year-old kids.''

''He's just passionate,'' parent Dianne Gramajo said. ''If you know him he's just a passionate person.''

Gramajo was particularly upset to learn that Brooks would not be taking his team to the playoffs.

''It hurt my heart because it came from one of the players it's bad, because if you are on a team and you don't do that to your family'', she said.

I heard clips of this on a local sports talk radio show simulcast. Classic rant. All the profanity wasn't necessary, but that's part of what made it funny. I do feel bad for the teens having to listen to that.

I kinda doubt anyone's about to stop their kids from playing American football.

:shrug: Okay, so there probably are some parents who will take these findings to heart, but I seriously doubt it'll make a dent in the numbers of yearly recruits, you know?

As for the guy who swore a lot...

It's interesting that it's the use of profanity that got him in hot water, isn't it?

I would think having that kind of attitude around kids would be grounds enough for administrative... something.

Maybe not leave.

But why is it that we allow coaches to be downright abusive towards kids when a "mere" teacher couldn't get away (and rightly so) with that kind of violent language?

Well I haven't heard many teachers or coaches yell like that towards kids, so unsure why it's allowed, but in this case the coach is the A.D. as well.

What's an A.D.?

Anyway, I have a serious problem with any possible rationalization why such an attitude would ever be allowed around children.

I understand imposing discipline and being strict.

I understand having expectations and being demanding.

Aggression and violence, even verbal, has no place around children.

It's an Athletic Director.

Ah, thank you.

Learned something new there.

I also didn't realize high schools had athletic directors.

Mind you, I'm pretty sure my hometown would be considered the "wrong side of the tracks," or however that goes.

So quite possibly, no school I ever went to or no school in my general area had it in their budget to have an athletic director.

Certainly not at the high-school level anyway.

I'm not entirely sure how that even happened.

At any rate, it seems clear the two German footballers weren't in any way responsible.

I think Germany are usually considered a good team in the World Cup, but I don't actually know that either.