Sports headlines

[Joel S. Berson]

In today's New York Times, "Sports Briefing":

"Seahawks Back Out of Jail."  Keeping their guns trained on the
sheriff?  (An apostrophe would have helped.)

"Black Tie Affair is Euthanized."  The conventions of high society
seem exceedingly harsh.  (But it's only a horse.)

Joel

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