Baseball for men and softball for women just started their seasons, softball a week ago.  I don't really cover these sports in this blog, and there is little general interest from the general public compared to football and basketball.   I do, though, regularly field fantasy Major League Baseball fantasy teams, and will again this year.  However, the season begins in an unusual fashion this time, featuring the New York Yankees against the San Francisco Giants in a night game on March 25, the earliest start in league history.  Netflix will stream the game also to its international audience.  However, you can still watch it on your home station if you don't subscribe to Netflix. Then, the traditional Opening Day follows on Thursday, March 26, with all teams in action. All-Star Game on July 14 in Philadelphia, beginning of the postseason on September 29 and World series on October 23. The Los Angeles Dodgers are heavy favorites to win the World Series.  A...

Chloe Kim has suffered mentally ( see later interview ) and physically, a serious shoulder injury only a month ago.  However, she yesterday qualified for the snowboarding halfpipe event.  She thus will today  compete for the gold medal.  But I'll let you watch that event in peace. Was born 26 years ago in Torrance, California.   Her parents emigrated  to the U.S. from South Korea in 1982. Her father started working at minimum-wage jobs to save money for college. He went on to study engineering at El Camino College in Torrance, working nights as a machinery operator. Jon Jin and Boran Yun had two earlier daughters, with Chloe born in 2000.  Father likes to say that she was born in the year of the dragon (I was born in 1940, also a dragon year), one reason for her precocity. Chloe began snowboarding at 4 at the Southern California resort of Mountain High. Her parents bought her first snowboard for $25 on eBay. Initially trained by her father studyin...