Is there a worse idea?

Harrah's and AEG want to put a major sports stadium behind Bally's and Paris. I'll expound on this more on "The Strip" this week and in my Las Vegas Weekly column, but just curious if I'm alone on this one. Notwithstanding the question of whether Vegas wants/needs/should have a major league sports franchise or two, what sort of crack are they on that they think putting a massive center like that in that location is a good idea? And what sort of acquiescent fool legislators would allow it? What, the traffic's not bad enough already?

Am I crazy? Am I missing something?

Unbelievable courage

I spend a lot of time in this space snarking about bad writing and journalism and I'll have more of that later today after an early-morning dental appointment puts me in that mood.

No snark here. This piece stands on its own. Read it. Now.

You want to see what real courage is, read this Los Angeles Times piece by Mike Penner, a sports writer who is taking leave to transition to become Christine Daniels. A sportswriter. That's balls, regardless of his anatomical specifics.