Nine for IX: Let them wear towels

[Just_An_SID]

Debate all you want regarding Lisa Olson being or not being involved, it is good to see that the topic was used. Plus, they did a nice job with it.

Could you imagine being a woman and having to wait outside the locker room to get your quotes? How did they ever meet their deadlines?

As for the Pat Summitt episode, it was a little flowery for me. It would have been nice to really get into her personality and rivalries. She is an awesome topic, but to have her son basically narrate the thing was a little over the top. Still, I enjoyed it.

 

[SockPuppet]

Watched LTWT last night. Liked it. There were some true Neanderthals involved with sports back then (now, they're just A-holes, I guess.)

Interesting to note how much plastic surgery Lesley Visser has had done.

 

[WriteThinking]

As for the Pat Summitt episode, it was a little flowery for me. It would have been nice to really get into her personality and rivalries. She is an awesome topic, but to have her son basically narrate the thing was a little over the top. Still, I enjoyed it.

I thought this as well. I mean, I was fine with the flowery stuff being in there, but I also would have liked to have seen her early-onset advanced Alzheimer's addressed more, and more directly, perhaps with a doctor or expert in that area, as well as by her son or others close to her.

Because, having interviewed Summitt in person just a few years ago, it was shocking to see the change -- the aging and apparently very quick and obvious onset of something drastic in the little more-recent screen time they had with her in the episode.

She has apparently gone from the vibrant, outgoing, aggressive and strong person I remember and enjoyed talking to so much to what appears to be almost a shell of herself seemingly overnight.

I'd have liked to have seen/heard some perspective/information on what, really, does a person with this condition at this stage experience, and why, and what are the first-hand realities of it.

Although we all have heard of Alzheimer's, I realized as I watched that I knew intellectually what it was, and I could/did say, "Oh, yeah. That's so tragic." (of course).

But not having experienced dealing with it personally at all (yet), I really honestly was taken aback at what I saw of her, and I would have liked to have heard discussions of what was happening on the sidelines those last few months she tried to keep coaching, and how her stepping down was handled by Tennessee. I would have liked to have seen some expert analysis/explanation of what goes on with her condition, and whether she has been very typical, or not, or what, instead of the whole episode only being a look back at an undisputably amazing career.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Bowie Kuhn was a twit. That is all.

 

[SockPuppet]

Bowie Kuhn was a twit. That is all.

Charlie O. Finley agrees.

 

[Liut]

Caught portions of this via a rebroadcast Sunday morning. I was flipping between it and Charles Osgood's program.

Question: I saw some interviews with female NHL writers. Did I miss Helene Elliott? Or would that been ahead of her time covering the Kings?

 

[Mark2010]

As for the Pat Summitt episode, it was a little flowery for me. It would have been nice to really get into her personality and rivalries. She is an awesome topic, but to have her son basically narrate the thing was a little over the top. Still, I enjoyed it.

I thought this as well. I mean, I was fine with the flowery stuff being in there, but I also would have liked to have seen her early-onset advanced Alzheimer's addressed more, and more directly, perhaps with a doctor or expert in that area, as well as by her son or others close to her.

Because, having interviewed Summitt in person just a few years ago, it was shocking to see the change -- the aging and apparently very quick and obvious onset of something drastic in the little more-recent screen time they had with her in the episode.

She has apparently gone from the vibrant, outgoing, aggressive and strong person I remember and enjoyed talking to so much to what appears to be almost a shell of herself seemingly overnight.

I'd have liked to have seen/heard some perspective/information on what, really, does a person with this condition at this stage experience, and why, and what are the first-hand realities of it.

Although we all have heard of Alzheimer's, I realized as I watched that I knew intellectually what it was, and I could/did say, "Oh, yeah. That's so tragic." (of course).

But not having experienced dealing with it personally at all (yet), I really honestly was taken aback at what I saw of her, and I would have liked to have heard discussions of what was happening on the sidelines those last few months she tried to keep coaching, and how her stepping down was handled by Tennessee. I would have liked to have seen some expert analysis/explanation of what goes on with her condition, and whether she has been very typical, or not, or what, instead of the whole episode only being a look back at an undisputably amazing career.

Having witnessed two family members who suffered from Alzheimer's, I can assure you that it is a terrible thing. The person's mind and personality just changes drastically. It's heartbreaking to feel so powerless to do anything about it.

Like with most illnesses, there are varying degrees, from extremely mild to extremely severe, so different people may vary quite widely.

 

[HanSenSE]

Caught portions of this via a rebroadcast Sunday morning. I was flipping between it and Charles Osgood's program.

Question: I saw some interviews with female NHL writers. Did I miss Helene Elliott? Or would that been ahead of her time covering the Kings?

Much ahead of her time. And I thought they missed a couple of pioneer sportswriters in Northern California, like Susan Fornoff and Stephanie Salter. But it's ESPN so it has to be all about the East Coast.

 

[FishHack76]

Watched LTWT last night. Liked it. There were some true Neanderthals involved with sports back then (now, they're just A-holes, I guess.)

It reminded me of the attitudes in "Anchorman."

 

[Second Thoughts]

Katarina Witt is featured tonight. Set DVRs.

 

[Mark2010]

Yeah, looking forward to seeing that one. She always struck me as somewhat fascinating.