Papal Bull

I am so pissed off right now.

Yesterday’s kickoff of the NBA Playoffs featured a great game in the Suns-Spurs double-OT tilt. Nuggets-Lakers looked like the best game on tap for today, with the possibility that Kobe would go for 70 against the no-defense Nugs. So 3:00pm rolls around, and I click over to ABC, only to see:

The pope’s mass at Yankee Stadium. And guess what? It’s being carried on SIX local networks, plus uncountable religious and Hispanic channels! And the DirecTV guide says this mass runs from 2 to 6pm!

ABC’s corporate bitch, ESPN, is meanwhile carrying the “Mexico 200,” a NASCAR event in which drivers do their best to get across the border and back to civilization.

Now, I’m not biased against Catholics, but I’m going to compare this BS to the 1994 Ford Bronco run that pre-empted the fifth game of the Knicks-Rockets NBA finals.

You heard me: I’m comparing the pope to O.J. Simpson.