Caitlin Clark, And The Fake Sports Fights People Pick

Recently there have been a bunch of fights in sports that just aren’t real. They are being done because people are bored, both locally and nationally. People are looking for things to argue about, so they have picked some fights. Nationally it is happening with Caitlin Clark right now.

She grabbed the nation when she was playing at Iowa. She is one the most exciting college basketball players male or female to ever live. While a player like Breanna Stewart was much more accomplished in college, Clark also got the media. (Stewart won 4 national titles and was a 3-time national player of the year for the record) Some fans are now flocking to watch Clark in the WNBA and that is also fantastic. 

The problem is that many of the low-knowledge fans who know absolutely nothing about the WNBA are now weighing in on things they know nothing about. She is having an up-and-down rookie season. She has been more good than bad, but she isn’t dominating the WNBA the way some misinformed people thought she would.

She went to a bad team like most 1^st overall picks, and they are losing a lot. Stephen A Smith, who has likely watched 2 WNBA games in his life is now weighing in and arguing with media members who have watched the league from the beginning. On social media, people are speaking about things regarding Clark that aren’t at all based in truth. It is a phony fight. 

The fight was amplified when on merit Caitlin Clark was left off Team USA for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Caitlin Clark isn’t upset about it, but now here comes the fake rage.

Clark isn’t one of the top 12 players in the WNBA YET. I have no doubt she will be, but she isn’t right now. They picked the team on merit, so there is no story there unless you want to have a fake fight. 

Locally, the current phony fights involve the Phillies’ fantastic bullpen, and the relationship between Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni. Anything that anyone has said about the bullpen the last week is rubbish. People just are bored and looking for a problem. The bullpen is very good and that is that. 

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We have zero clue about the relationship between Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni. It is pure June speculation. They could be on the same page. They could not be right now. It doesn’t matter right now.

I know blaming Hurts for any imaginary issues is crazy talk. Sirianni seemed to lose the entire locker room. Not just Hurts. If there is an issue, Siranni must fix it.  

Recently Apple Music released their top 100 albums of all time, and all things considered it wasn’t a bad list. While I disagreed with some of the choices, Rolling Stone, and many other publications have lists that are far worse. None of the albums were bad albums, and they stayed away from hot takes.

Musical tastes are extremely subjective of course. There are people out there with terrible taste in my opinion, and others with great taste. If you polled 1,000 people you would get 1,000 different combinations.  

My criteria for my top 10 albums are simple, but difficult to reach. There can be 0 skips on the album.

I disagree with Apple making the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill their #1 album because of the skits. They are all skippable to me. It is a great album, but it can’t be in my top 10 for that reason. There can be skits, but they must be much shorter OR much better like in the Wu Tang universe. I am not going to pretend that I would rather listen to a Lauryn Hill skit than Thriller.

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good kid, m.A.A.d city isn’t the 7^th best album of all time, but there are three rap albums in my top 10. Again, great album, but I see two skips. They had Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black at #8. Just Friends is too easy to skip. It’s not a good song in my opinion.

I of course have a Michael Jackson & Prince album in my top 10, but different than who Apple and many others picked.  

My choices are just my choices and would imagine that many will disagree with them. That doesn’t bother me at all. What hits my ears sonically should be different from everyone else. I will defend my top 10 to the death, but I recognize I will get pushback.

All I ask of those who disagree with me is to provide a superior-top ten.  

This is an incredible album, from the best member of the Wu-Tang. The best track is Cherchez LaGhost and not because it was the hit. Ghostface does a tremendous job with the skits as well, and he doesn’t let them go too long. This is an amazing body of work.

This is the album that the least of you have listened to, but it is spectacular. Hell, some of you have never heard of them period. Crying Water is the best track, but again there are no skips. They never got their full due.

Kanye was a genius before mental illness took its unfortunate toll. Years of great work culminated with this masterpiece. The best track is Runaway, but you could make an argument for All of Lights, Monster, or Lost in the World.

The album holds up after all this time. There are people who underrate Pink Floyd to try to look cool, but they are all foolish. The best track is Time, even though Money is the most popular.

Some say the White album is superior, but to me nothing tops this for them. They saved the best for last. Btw, it was Paul’s fault that they broke up and it was pinned on Yoko Ono. Picking the best track is difficult, Come Together is the most iconic, but Here Comes the Sun is just as good. I Want You (She’s so Heavy) has an argument as well.

The greatest rock band of all time comes out ahead of Pink Floyd and the Beatles. QOTSA don’t have a bad song, let alone a bad album. On this beautiful body of work, No One Knows is the best track, followed by Go with the Flow, and Hangin’ Tree. Again, they are the best rock band of all time.

Some would argue that Reasonable Doubt was a better album, but I disagree. The Blueprint is not only the best Jay-Z album of all time, but also the best hip-hop album of all time. Song Cry is the best track. You can make the argument that Renegade has the best back and forth in music period. This album has everything.

While Thriller is the biggest selling album of all time (greatest hits albums don’t count), I have always thought Off the Wall was the better body of work. Rock With You is the best track, but you can’t go wrong. I Can’t Help It is the best ballad of his career.

Nobody had a better run than Stevie did in the 70s. He has become the most underrated artist in music history, even though he is the best living musician. This is his best album and could easily have been #1. As is the best track but Knocks Me off My Feet is right there. This album also includes Sir Duke and I Wish.

Purple Rain gets the fanfare but Sing O’ The Times is the best album of all time. It is a more mature version of Prince, and not as easily digested, which is a good thing in my opinion. Adore is the best track, and one of the few songs that are impossible to cover well. TLC did a nice job covering If I Was Your Girlfriend for example, but when you compare the tracks, you see the clear difference in ability. It is fitting that the GOAT artist, has the GOAT album.