Todd Jacobucci

    After a long and storied career, Jamie Lee Curtis takes home the Academy Award for her performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once". 

     Provided the man pictured above (Kevin Durant) can stay healthy, I believe The Phoenix Suns will win the title this year. It's a big if though.  As I type this, it looks like he will miss the rest of the regular season.  If he can come back strong for the playoffs, Phoenix will be ok. If not, my money is on The Milwaukee Bucks to win the 2022-23 NBA Championship.

    Congratulations to Patrick Mahomes and The Kansas City Chiefs on their Super Bowl 57 victory.

                   Although I wasn't all that crazy about her performance, I still believe Cate Blanchett will win her third Oscar for her work in the 2022 film "Tar".

 To me it's obvious who won.  But let's look at the details first.  To me, at the absolute forefront is age.  Ben Simmons is a whopping 7 years younger than James Harden.  For a lot of NBA players, 7 years is a career.   The Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers have proven the importance of age in the NBA.  The Cavs, with all of their 1st, 2nd and 3rd year players sit at 34-21 (as I write this).  The Lakers, full of superstar 30 something players, are 26-30.  In today's NBA, youth wins.  I'll take a 7 years younger All-Star everyday over an aging, veteran superstar.   The next issue is fit.  I think this is a win for both teams.  Philadelphia wants to win right now.  They want to maximize Joel Embiid's prime.  If you can keep Harden on the court, he's terrific.  Plus he's a shooter, exactly what the 76ers needed.  Brooklyn, I think, needed some defense.  The Nets have plenty of shooters....

    Thanks for 18 years of no losing seasons.  Thanks for two rings.  Enjoy retirement "Big" Ben Roethlisberger.

    Meryl Streep.  She's terrific as usual in the NETFLIX movie "Don't Look Up".