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Will someone please tell me which sports broadcaster is responsible for this infectious strain that has spread rapidly throughout the world of dumbed down sports-talk.
"Well, the Bengals have really scuffled this season."
"He's a great scorer, but he really tends to scuffle on the defensive end."
PLEEEEASE. STOP. You're hurting my ears.
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What the heck was that? The game clock malfuctions at the end of Quarter 3 in Game 2 of the Pistons/Magic series...Chauncy Billups drains a 3 with the clock stuck at 4.8 seconds.... there's no way to know whether it would have counted (w/out accessing the instant replay and using a stop-watch...which is apparently too complicated for the NBA)...and so referee Steve Javie effectively shrugs, ("eh, who knows"), raises his arms and delcares the 3-pointer is good.
WHAT??????
Afterward, the geek geniuses at TNT would take it on themselves to employ the futuristic technology required to show that the shot should NOT have counted, as it left Billups' fingertips AFTER 5.1 seconds had expired. So naturally, throughout the 4th quarter I subtracted 3 points from the Pistons score as the game went along, sarcastically reporting to myself the 'actual' score, not The Javie Score. (i.e. TV says Pistons 88, Magic 86, Kevin says "ok, Magic lead by 1".) And just because the Magic lost the game by more than 3 points, don't even try to tell me that The Javie Blunder didn't make all the difference in the world.
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As we've all seen, Brett Favre's recent retirement has brought to the forefront once again the question of "Who is the Greatest NFL Quarterback of All Time?". I for one choose to abstain from joining the conversation, but I will put my own spin on why, and perhaps on a way to more meaningfully tweak this epic debate.
Many fans are quick to offer their answer to this question. The problem I have with doing so is that, the average fan, in fact even the above-average fan cannot possibly hope to accurately assess this question and all that comes with it, en route to a truly informed choice. It reminds me of politics and helps clarify for me why I tend to go mute when I find myself surrounded by a political conversation. Such as is the case with so many political-type issues, with the question of determing the 'Best' all-time QB....there is just too much that we can't possibly know as mere human beings.
Continue reading "The "Greatest QB of All Time".....The Ongoing Debate"
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