Latest Win for Tiger a Super Knee-jerker
Once again, it is quite obvious that sportswriters and golf fans across the world haven't seen enough superhero movies or underdog epics. How do I know this? Well, because everyone was so quick to begin oooooing and ahhhhhhing over Tiger Woods winning the U.S. Open while hobbling around on a bum knee. I guess I should be in awe like [read more...]
Defending the Sports Fan
I have recently been thrust into the unenviable position of having an in-law move in with my wife and me. A brief respite from the despair is the fact that it is the father-in-law, not the dreaded monster-in-law. However, from the sports-viewing perspective, the household has taken a hit. While my wife was always tolerable of me watching various things [read more...]
Now Maybe ESPN will actually start covering the AFL
The Chicago Rush are apparently moving up in the world. May 5, 2008 – For an athlete or sports team, the ultimate achievement is winning a championship. Aside from a title, perhaps the next crowning achievement in sports is being selected to appear in one of ESPN’s legendary “This is SportsCenter” commercials. That rare honor now has been bestowed upon the [read more...]
Burned Out
ESPN has been notorious for inflating the importance of trivial games and news, but lately the trend of over-emphasizing the expected or mundane has gotten worse for the media monolith.Take, for instance, college hoops. The build up to the Tennessee vs. Memphis match was similar to a Democratic Primary debate, as ESPN disputed, dramatized, and advertised the game to the [read more...]
To Be (Or Not To Be) On SC
It's funny how things change. Ever since I was little, I knew I wanted a future in sports on television. From the time I was old enough to stay up late, I would turn to the 10 o'clock (Central) Sportscenter to watch Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and their nightly quest to both entertain and educate about the day in [read more...]
Hart Surgery: To Be or Not To Be on SportsCenter
It's funny how things change. Ever since I was little, I knew I wanted a future in sports on television. From the time I was old enough to stay up late, I would turn to the 10 o'clock (Central) Sportscenter to watch Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and their nightly quest to both entertain and educate about the day in sports. They were my [read more...]
Hart Surgery: This is (What’s Good and Bad) About SportsCenter
SOMEWHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, IN FRONT OF A TV - I realized at an early age (around 19 or so) I wasn't a good enough athlete to play anything professionally (except tetherball. If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times - I could represent the U.S. in the Olympics if tetherball were an included event). I knew I [read more...]
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