As of May, 27 states had happy hour prohibitions. Then, in June, Kansas changed course and decided to allow it, making the total 26. Kansas, for example, though it now permits happy hour, still prohibits all of the following: giving away alcoholic drinks, reducedprice specials, allyoucandrink promotions, selling a bigger drink for the same price as a smaller, and offering drinkingrelated prizes.Since early February, we've had to get by with such mundane pursuits as pretending we care about politics, spending quality time with the kids, or gasp! watching the occasional hockey game (a caveat: this usually occurred only when flipping through channels in a futile bid to find someone yelling about Tim Tebow). The 50inch, hidef screen is our pulpit. All is right with the world unless our team loses, of course.

It has to do with the racist statements that he made on national television about Donavan McNabb, a current player in the league. The NFL is simply showing support for its