One wonders if 21st century sports television executives discovered that we're not as stupid as they think, would anything change?
In the second quarter of Saturday's playoff game between the Ravens and Texans, Houston's Steven Sims returned a punt 67 yards for a TD. But when he got to No. 10, he suddenly put the ball in his right hand, extended his arms, and showboated into the end zone with both arms pumping. ESPN does have a statistic that notes that Sims' “probability of losing the ball before scoring” has doubled.
But needlessly risking historical notoriety has become all too common — most spectators have no idea how premature all-about demonstrations lead to fumbles, touchbacks, and ultimately the loss of a game. I used to see it leading to defeat — I suspect most soccer-savvy Americans have said to themselves or outright that they're too picky:
“What was that idiot thinking?”
And, “Why don't opening day head coaches demand that such dangerous and dissolute behavior never befall their teams or players?” Didn't he demand that all this negative stupidity that was done was the other team's actions and not his own?
ESPN's Joe Buck and Troy Aikman called this game for the country. You know what they said about the selfish and risky business that the Sims can't afford to miss? Nothing. Of course.
With 6:18 left in the fourth quarter against the Foxes on Saturday, the Packers, leading 21-17, missed a field goal that would have made it 24-17.
With 51 seconds left, the Niners leading 24-21, play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt said to a national audience:
“Just think, if he [Anders Carlson] If he hadn't missed that field goal, the game would have been tied. ”
no! no! And no! Coach Burkhardt should have thought about this before he asked us, “Think about this: Every play after that missed field goal changed every play after that.'' The next play would have been a kickoff if Karlsson hadn't missed it. And we don't know what will happen from there.
And to think that Greg Olsen, Burkhardt's never-silent partner, never once refuted Burkhardt's fateful and mysterious “facts.” Well worth repeating. No two moments with him are exactly the same. none!
This madness is more prevalent than ever. On Wednesday morning, ESPN hosted a lengthy four-person debate in which Stephen A. Smith and Chris Russo debated the question, “Who do you want to be your QB, Mahomes or Lamar?” .
Given that there was no difference in their thinking, regardless of Sunday, Lamar Jackson's Ravens will play Patrick Mahomes' Chiefs, but in their favorite color, time of day, or starch. How about debating whether a dog would prefer a light, starched collar to a plain one?
And Smith has regularly and comically proven that she knows just as much about football as your standard sister-in-law.
And while the worst actors attending that week's game caused yet another vulgar fan-versus-player trouble, an inactive Bills WR Gabe Davis and a supposedly drunk Bills “fan” faced another There was a courtroom intrusion admitted by a dodgy ESPN analyst and brutal booing of the late Bulls GM. Jerry Krause's 80-year-old, ailing, weeping widow is brought to tears by Bulls 'fans' — TV forces company thugs to do their worst while breeding more… He continues to be bound by ill-advised plans.
ESPN/ABC's “coverage” of the Texans vs. Ravens repeatedly includes thoughtless shots of overdressed Ravens fans, affirming the decisions of polite fans to stay home, while making them look like lunatics. provided them with continued inspiration to behave.
And, as aired on CBS, the visiting Chiefs continued to be targeted with snowballs and iceballs by Buffalo “fans.” The only person who seemed to have missed it was CBS' Sgt. Schultz, Jim Nantz.
But as long as they are convinced that we are too stupid to know any more, our option is to close our eyes and ears and watch and listen.
Tim Brand with the ball
Sportscaster of the Week: Fox's Tim Brand, 67, Sharp. Late Saturday night at Market St. In John's game, Brand pointed to visiting coach Shaka Smart's decision not to guard the full-court inbounder with 4.3 seconds left and Marquette leading by one point.
Wow! Why allow unimpeded upcourt looks and passes to create a single 2-on-1 defense?
This was an especially important strategy considering that Rick Pitino was coaching St. John's. In 1992, Pitino was Kentucky's coach in the NCAA Tournament East when he hit a 70-foot pass from Grant Hill to center Christian Laettner, resulting in Laettner's buzzer-beating inbounds pass. He infamously chose not to guard. They quickly won the national championship with a 104-103 victory over Duke.
Market ~ Shaka Smart's Strategy John's game against St. Paul. AP
And when I was about to have my pacemaker removed, Brando brought it up.
Anyway, on Saturday, St. John's looked like they were going to win at the buzzer, but they missed.
Michael Kay's innocent acting doesn't resonate.
Department of Corrections (and additional). On Sunday, I accidentally hit Michael Kay's dissolute “How about Wednesday” segment and asked “The Michael Kay Show” teammates Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg. “Would you rather have great sex with Craig Carton or mediocre sex with Halle Berry?” ”
As it turns out, he didn't ask that question, as Kaye revealed on social media. And for that I apologize.
However, Kaye portrayed himself as an innocent victim of fabricated citations, when in fact that was not the case.
“Phil Mushnick was dead wrong. Anyone who heard that part knows I never said that. Phil is too good to be embarrassed. Being a reporter, I think one of the sycophants reporting to him misunderstood.'' And that was it.
However, in the texts exchanged, Kaye did not deny that the question had been asked, but refused to reveal the name of the speaker. (That was Rosenberg.) But Kay's self-implied total innocence is disingenuous.
According to a transcript of the segment, Kaye warned: sports show Viewers are aware that the upcoming content is “tainted” with sexual content and is therefore inappropriate for the children who watch the ESPN Radio and YES simulcast.
Then Kay the Innocent asks: “Would you rather have the best sex of your life for one night or have mediocre sex every day for the rest of your life?”
Rosenberg and La Greca then asked Kay to make the question more specific, to which Kay responded, “Would you rather sleep with someone you hate but whose sex is insane, or with someone who is extremely attractive but whose sex sucks?” “Who would you like to sleep with?”
Rosenberg: “So you're saying sex with Craig Carton is great, but sex with Halle Berry is better? Or sex with Halle Berry, which is mediocre at best?”
Therefore, Kay's selectively dishonest social media response, in which he maintained complete innocence as the victim of fabricated defamation, was dishonest.
After all, he didn't fire the gun, he just commanded the firing squad. His response did not indicate that questions were asked regarding youth. his show, on his After watching his Content warnings and his Full encouragement.
Please try to imagine. Given the mischievous nature of his “Would Ya Wednesday” segment, Kay found my mistake “embarrassingly” inexcusable. Apparently, neither of us embarrass ourselves easily.
