Hondo, who had hit with the Cardinals, was on the verge of lopping another chunk off the debt Wednesday night, but the Giants flushed that plan, so the dirty digits remained at 1,455 robustellis.

Thursday night: Now that the N.Y. football Giants have solved all their problems by cutting Preston Parker, Mr. Aitch feels safe putting a 20-unit investment on the Cough-It-Up-Coughlins.

As part of a National Science Foundation study on obesity, selected fat families will wear sensors on their waists in order to track their eating habits. Just a guess but Hondo’s guessing the study will reveal that the subjects eat more and more often than those who are less corpulent. …. The NSF was going to do the study in Arkansas — the certified Obesity Capital of the U.S. — but researchers were concerned the sensors would keep popping off their ever-expanding waists. … Joe Biden has cut Hillary Clinton’s lead in the polls to eight percentage points (33-25). It’s clear the ’Crats are warming to the idea an indecisive gaffe machine would make a better president than a lying double-wide pantsuit.