DHL Dan CXI - Pats Lose By 40!

Shank throws out the latest Picked Up Pieces column, and it's exactly what you've come to love and expect:

Picked-up pieces as the Lakers get ready to tie the Celtics with a 17th championship banner . . .

At least that one will have an asterisk next to it, given the chopped up & abbreviated season this year.

▪ This probably means they’ll lose by 40, but put me down as one who thinks the Patriots will beat the Chiefs Sunday.

Well, I thought a similar thing two weeks ago when the Patriots went to Seattle and played the Seahawks, but that game went down to the last play.

And now - a serious head case basketball player!

▪ More than ever, Kyrie Irving presents as a delusional fool. His latest beauty came when he went on Kevin Durant’s podcast, insulted ex-teammates in Cleveland and Boston, then gave new Nets coach Steve Nash a warm welcome, saying, "I don’t really see us as having a head coach . . . We don’t need someone to come in with their coaching philosophy and change everything we’re doing.''

On occasion, some people need a serious ass kicking.

The rest of the column is the usual grab bag of topics.