The Sports Beat

In breaking news, Rush Limbaugh is being dropped from the ownership group seeking to buy the NFL franchise, the St. Louis Rams.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell weighed in on the matter yesterday referring to "divisive comments" Mr. Limbaugh made six years ago that Quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated by a media that wanted a black quarterback to succeed. In fact, Mr. Limbaugh's comment carried a certain plausibility, given that the sports media had been advocating incessantly for more black quarterbacks since the 1970's. Nevertheless, Mr Goodell maintained that Mr. Limbaugh was too controversial to be associated with the National Football League.

In other news, Reuters reports today that George Soros, the shadowy multi-billionaire who has been a major funder of Media Matters, Moveon.org, the Tides Foundation and other non-divisive organizations, including the non-divisive shock troops of the Left, SEIU and Acorn, is a major partner in the same ownership group that jettisoned Mr. Limbaugh. There has been no comment from Mr. Goodell on the Reuters report.

My source close to the Commissioner's office explains, "George Soros supports Obama and Mr. Goodell supports Obama, but none of this has anything to do with politics. The NFL ownership group is like a club, a family, and families do not favor anyone marrying in who is not socially acceptable. And in Obama's America today, George Soros is more than acceptable, and Rush is not. So don't write this up as in any way political."

I won't.

This is Ellie Longfellow on the sports beat.