Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Morning Sports Shorts
Melo to Greece: I can't blame a lot of NBA stars for not wanting to put themselves at risk in Athens. But I'm glad to see Anthony added to the squad.
Rudy T to LA?: "Never underestimate the heart of a champion." If anyone can find the pulse in LA's fractured organization, then Rudy T is that guy.
Texas-Fullerton in CWS?: The Horns and Titans are each one step away from the best-of-three Championship series. Standing in their respective ways are the last two hopes from the SEC, Georgia and Sotuh Carolina. Interesting sidenote: Texas and South carolina have now both advanced to three consecutive CWS Semi-Finals.
Sports Talk sucks: CNNSI's Jeff Pearlman vents about the inanity of most Sports Radio shows. I would agree with most of his comments, but this one made me roll my eyes: "To any scribe with half a brain, sports talk radio is Satan's spawn." Give me a break -- those poor sportswriters. Most sportswriters are wannabe athletes, who use their status to rail on actual athletes. Every time I see one rip a team or a player, it makes me think that the writer was the kid that used to get picked last on the playground, and now he takes out his frustrations on the rest of the sports world with his keyboard.
A&M might turn things around: I'm not buying it, but Stewart Mandel seems to think that the Aggies could bounce back this season. I remember last year, when everyone in the media hailed Dennis Franchione's hiring as the death knell to Mack Brown's Lone Star dominance. It didn't happen then, it's not happening this year, and I don't ever see it happening. Fran is just not that great of a coach.
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Rudy T to LA?: "Never underestimate the heart of a champion." If anyone can find the pulse in LA's fractured organization, then Rudy T is that guy.
Texas-Fullerton in CWS?: The Horns and Titans are each one step away from the best-of-three Championship series. Standing in their respective ways are the last two hopes from the SEC, Georgia and Sotuh Carolina. Interesting sidenote: Texas and South carolina have now both advanced to three consecutive CWS Semi-Finals.
Sports Talk sucks: CNNSI's Jeff Pearlman vents about the inanity of most Sports Radio shows. I would agree with most of his comments, but this one made me roll my eyes: "To any scribe with half a brain, sports talk radio is Satan's spawn." Give me a break -- those poor sportswriters. Most sportswriters are wannabe athletes, who use their status to rail on actual athletes. Every time I see one rip a team or a player, it makes me think that the writer was the kid that used to get picked last on the playground, and now he takes out his frustrations on the rest of the sports world with his keyboard.
A&M might turn things around: I'm not buying it, but Stewart Mandel seems to think that the Aggies could bounce back this season. I remember last year, when everyone in the media hailed Dennis Franchione's hiring as the death knell to Mack Brown's Lone Star dominance. It didn't happen then, it's not happening this year, and I don't ever see it happening. Fran is just not that great of a coach.
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