Things in sports you are just plain tired of

Joe Girardi saving the planet.

 

-- Just about everything NBA, headed by the pregame, headphoned, strut from the bus to the locker room. Also, their rock-star status. They aren't rock stars.

-- College football coaches who have to be escorted by state troopers across the field after the game. I'm guessing that started when somebody grabbed Bear Bryant's hat one time.

-- "Coach, what does your team have to do better in the second half."
"We just have to play better."
"Thanks for your time."

-- Blogs.

 

Sideline celebrity cameos. Not the interviews, although those are annoying to, but just them sitting there. Ben Afleck at a Red Sox game. Jack Nicholson at the Lakers games. Spike Lee at the Kincks games. B and C level celebrities at NHL games. Who gives a shit?

 

Those could be good if they went outside the Hollywood nexus. You know, "Here's Michoacan cartel leader and huge Dodger fan X eating a hot dog."

 

"Real" fans.

Corporate
Blowjob
Signs

Glorifying the old days. Most athletes were assholes then, too, you know.

Blaming the refs/umps.

People becoming truly depressed about a sports team playing poorly.

 

An NBA season that begins in the fall and ends in June.

BCS

sideline interviews with coaches at halftime.

not sure if BRETT FAVRE!!! was mentioned.

 

Can't believe it took this long ...



The nicknames don't bother me that much.

The "WHOOP!" highlights don't bother me that much.

Butting in with "from?" right in the middle of someone else's sentence doesn't bother me that much.

It's when he quotes song lyrics for the one millionth time as if he just thought of the reference ...

Yeah Chris, we know "It's late September and we really should be back at school."

 

Related to the above, baseball in November and football in February.

 

Big glitzy pregame and halftime shows for anything other than the Super Bowl. And even then ...

Stadiums built with taxpayer money, yet most of the taxpayers can't afford to buy a ticket.

Stadiums with sponsor names. Yeah, I know their money helps build the place, but they're pretty much interchangable at this point.

The winner of baseball's All-Star game gets their champion home field advantage for the World Series. Why should the token Pirate or Royal give a shit?

Thanking God and/or Tebow for the victory. I'm sure She really cares who wins the MicronPC Bowl.

 

Seasons that are too long.
Fans who say "yeah, but he/she/they cheat."
War references.

 

That's not their primary job, of course.

Things in sports I'm just plain tired of:

# Steelers-jacks
# People whining about Steelers-jacks
# The big-market/small-market ranting that seems to infect every baseball thread

... oh, wait. Those are things in SportsJournalists.com that I'm just plain tired of. Completely different.

Carry on!

 

what about LSU being ranked No. 1 with 2 losses?