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Jack and Jeff on same path

Interesting to see that two offspring of rather famous athletes opted not to continue playing their respective sports in college.
Jack Elway won't be playing football, and Michael Jordan's son, Jeff, said "no" to playing basketball.
Perhaps someone in their families made sports a bit too serious?

Say what?

One of these days, we'll get away from the madness that Sunday Night Baseball has become. But this one is priceless.
Joe Morgan, who apparently never learned to shut up, tried to extend his best wishes to some couple who supposedly had a new child in the house.
It took him three tries to figure out which couple actually HAD the child.
That's just flat embarrassing. But because it's ESPN, where accuracy takes a back seat to celebrity, my guess is nothing will happen.
Morgan may have been a very good baseball player. But as is so often the case, that doesn't make for a good announcer, especially for mistakes like this.

Idiocy

Could someone with a degree in human stupidity explain why fans of championship sports teams think they need to celebrate by rolling over cars, trashing other peoples' property and basically behaving like a bunch of primates in the zoo at feeding time?

Mute button in overdrive

It's a slow time for the sports media, that's for sure.
One network breathlessly updates the on-again, off-again saga of some QB who just can't cope with the idea of not being in the limelight. Most of the TV stations around here are frothing at the saga over Brandon Marshall, who apparently wants to be traded.
Here's an idea. Ignore both of them, and maybe .. just maybe .. they will go away.

Another summer of indecision

So good ole what's his face ... you know, the quarterback who's trying to get the most baggage tags on his suitcases based on the number of teams he plays for ... hasn't made up his mind about whether to play this year.
Who cares?

Broadcasting boot camp for NFLers?

Saw this on www.awfulannouncing this morning.
Seems the NFL is going to run a broadcasting boot camp later this month for players who might be interested in that line of work.
Here's a better idea. Let them go to school and learn to be journalists. It's a foreign concept, I know. But most ex-athletes don't know the difference between a pigskin and a pork rind.

Ads on Broncos' practice jerseys

Saw that item on the internet this morning. Apparently Denver and other NFL teams can enter into advertising arrangements with one sponsor for an ad on practice jerseys.
Given the Broncos' recent history of legal issues, I suspect bail bondsmen are already lining up for the privilege.

This could be ugly

Maybe Orlando will show up Sunday for the second game of the NBA finals. They certainly didn't come by last night.
If Orlando doesn't show some passive interest, this series could be over by this time next week.

Semantics a la baseball

Here's one to ponder this morning ...
Manny Ramirez, he of the 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug rules, is to begin working out 10 days ahead of the end of his suspension. The workouts include participation in minor-league games.
Apparently it's legal. The collective bargaining agreement allows it. Morally, there is room for some debate. If he starts playing in games 10 days ahead of the end of his suspension, you could make the case that the suspension isn't 50 games after all.
How about some thoughts? The floor is open ....

Talk TV comes to baseball

Never thought the day would come where three hours of watching a baseball game could turn into a debate suitable for talk television.
Can't even put a finger on what the argument was about last night during the Sunday night baseball game ... that's how stupid the conversations were (yes, there was more than one). But the longer it went on (courtesy of those two masters of blather and babble, Phillips and Morgan), the more it sounded like one-upsmanship than, perhaps, a debate about some meaty baseball-related topic.
The mute button got quite the workout ... the first of many, I fear.