11.   With his players at war with the league and each other, the last thing Stern needs are teams slinging mud over Pat Riley.

12.   Wilcox can sling mud with the worst of her political colleagues, but she also is a savvy strategist.

13.   Worse, politicians now run for office by buying up TV time to sling mud, and then claim they want to clean up TV.

14.   Candidates sling mud in runoff.