equal time Phil Mushnick Megan Rapinoe’s hypocrisy emblematic of the sad sports world we’re forced to live in By Phil Mushnick Published April 11, 2026, 2:07 p.m. ET Megan Rapinoe attends the NWSL match between Portland Thorns FC and Seattle Reign at Providence Park on March 20, 2026 in Portland, Oregon. NWSL via Getty Images I’ve always held a twisted fondness and crooked grin for the do-as-I-say not-as-I-do folks in our lives.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani forbade anyone in his administration from consorting with convicted felons. Yet, he was a frequent guest of twice-convicted felon George Steinbrenner at Yankees games.
On the other side of the political aisle there were the ACLU lawyers who demanded the end to racial and ethnic profiling, real or suspected. Yet, if given the chance to board a trans-Atlantic flight with their families, would they choose the “Absolutely No Profiling” flight or the “Profiling” flight?
In this age of raging self-entitlement, there’s no shortage of those who, excuse the indelicacy, make us want to puke.
