August 17, 2005

Sports "don't" list

Thanks to Cold In Laramie (now warmer) for this. I edited this rather lengthy list. You can read the article and tell me which ones should have remained.

Now presenting, 99 Imperfect Things in Sportsdom:

95) Six-minute renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner.''

94) All-Star Game voting. The Cubs' Nomar Garciaparra plays only 14 games in the first half (0 homers, 4 RBI) ... and finishes third in the NL balloting for shortstops (1,307,973 votes?).

90) Athletes who speak in the third person.

79) The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears play outdoors, but not the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings.

75) NBA refs who swallow their whistles when they see traveling.

73) The Pro Bowl. The halftime bands play harder.

69) Heisman Trophy voting.

57) The prevent defense.

54) Sports talk radio.

49) Any rule that allows someone to call a timeout while falling out of bounds.

46) Augusta National's membership: 10,000 azaleas, not one woman member.

45) Rafael Palmeiro's wagging finger.

42) Drew Rosenhaus. Responsible for more BS than Bevo.

34) Interleague play. Hey, everybody, it's the Royals vs. the Rockies!

24) The Washington Redskins. Has Daniel Snyder ever spoken to an actual American Indian about that nickname?

20) NFL quarterback ratings. How can 158.3 be the best rating in anything?

10) Tyrone Willingham gets fired, but Gary Barnett and his Teflon whistle don't?

5) The ESPN bottom-of-the-TV screen scoreboard. It gives way to a commercial a nanosecond before the score you've been waiting on is supposed to appear.

3) A corporate sports world moving dangerously close to Viagra Stadium of Soldier Field.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I liked No. 10. That was one of my favorites.

Also, my personal No. 1 - Terrell Owens.