I’m no prude, but Sunday evening’s NBA All-Star game was prefaced with dance numbers that focused on genitalia and hip thrusts. Alicia Keys’ halftime show continued the theme. Was this family entertainment?

Sports writers cheer Seattle getting back a professional basketball team. Yet we have had a professional team in the Puget Sound area ever since the Sonics left, thanks to the courage of the four women who bought the Seattle Storm WNBA team.

The Storm has brought home two championship trophies, made the finals in eight of their 11 years and are role models for their community. So let’s give the Storm some of the recognition and credit they are due and stop acting like we didn’t have a professional basketball team the last several years.

Go, Storm!