Sports subjects you are just plain tired of

I listen to some of the Ringer/ESPN podcasts, and they don't cost me anything, and it doesn't bug me too much to make the list, but good lord, they microanalyze the NBA. With November MVPs, first quarter of the season all-stars, etc. And the ironic thing is, there is no league regular season that is less important!! (hope that was correct use of irony)

 

Got it.

The Joe Tessitore way

 

I should delete this thread and start with this as #1 with a bullet.

 

Used to be a rookie quarterback didn't sniff a start till his third year maybe.

Now a rookie quarterback must be the MVP while leading the team to a Super Bowl title to cap an undefeated season.

 

That sounds a little ... breathy?

 

For me, it's the day-to-day minor events that get blown way out of proportion to their actual relevance. The Screamin' A's of this world are the worst promulgators of this shit.

The East Coast, from Boston to Duke and on south.

The Pac-12 or 14 or 16 or whatever it is.

The Cowboys, Dallas version.

Once my sports journalism career ended, I became much more regional in my interests.

 

He always was but, like Saint Jordan and Saint Jeter, we acted as if the inverse was true for fear of losing access to him saying nothing of importance. I never understood the difference between Earl Woods and Marv Marinovich, either.

 

While I'm at it:

• Patrick Reed and his merry klan of weirdos.
• Every damned NFL or college football preview show seemingly talking gambling.
• Using a bunch of twitter statements as a reaction story.

 

• Stories speculating which team or athlete is the greatest of all time across eras and situations that cannot be realistically compared.
• Female high school volleyball coaches spiking students.

https://nypost.com/2020/01/15/oklah...ing-threesome-with-student-and-another-woman/

 

That kind of hype is nothing new, really.

In 1965, Joe Namath played 13 games his rookie season and won AFL Rookie of the Year - in an absolute avalanche of hype and backlash and anti-anti-anti-hype. Biggest contract in football history! Namath spurns NFL!

(and if you want breathy / breathless, I give you Howard Cosell. Hell, I give you Grantland Rice.)

 

Yes, but sometimes a well-timed sociopathic entertainer hits just the right spot.