Popcorn Lagniappe

In the words of the immortal(ish) Chad Allan, I've got, got, got, got no time to cobble together anything thoughtful for you this morning, but I do find myself eagerly awaiting a number of shoes to drop, events to happen, and futures to arrive.

Grabbing my popcorn, and watching:

Pat Forde's reporting on the NCAA hoops corruption 'scandal' continues to implicate the biggest names in the game. The logical conclusion here: blow it all up and let the market actually operate. The illogical conclusion, dozens of teams are banned from NCAA Tournament play, meaning the Tribe finally goes dancing.

Germany leads Canada, 4-1, in the semifinals of the Olympic hockey tournament, one day after the U.S. beat our northern neighbors in women's hockey and men's curling. Global warming is a motherfucker.

Manchester City and Arsenal play this weekend in the final of the Carabao Cup, the first cup competition in English soccer. I have no idea what a Carabao is.

Our Tribe play league-leading Charleston on Saturday in the regular season finale. We'll lose. It doesn't matter. David Cohn will play his final game in Williamsburg, closing his career as the Tribe's all-time leading scorer. And Connor Burchfield, the nation's leading three-point shooter, finishes his time in a Tribe uniform. Those do matter.

And speaking of popcorn, I'm going to see Black Panther this weekend. No spoilers.