- 11:24 AM
- 11/05/24
>>The only thing the former Heavyweight Champion never had was peace of mind. Then maybe he should have spent a little time working on that. He's mentally and morally deficient, and the sooner he drops from the public's radar, the better.
posted by rushmc at 07:55 AM on January 02, 2007
There is more to greatness than winning. People like Knight (and his fans) will never get that, though.
posted by rushmc at 07:50 AM on January 02, 2007
Stoudemire's a headcase though. Hes a great shooter but hes been known to leave the practice court early when hes upset. He is far from a headcase. He's just focused like a demon. He should start at PG for the Hawks next season and do very well for them (though he needs more help than they can currently offer, for sure).
posted by rushmc at 10:55 AM on June 30, 2005
putting down a team 24-0 in baseball is cruel Nonsense. One of the most important lessons one can learn in life (and it's best learned early) is that one will rarely win just by showing up. And that there will always be people who are better than you are at everything.
posted by rushmc at 09:43 AM on June 22, 2005
Will we reach a point where even genetic modification is a normal occurrence, and sports stars are formulated rather than trained? Yes, inevitably.
posted by rushmc at 11:17 AM on April 19, 2005
If you worked in an office or a shop or something and you turned up after a summer vacation with a full-facial tattoo, you would expect your boss to be slightly upset, no? Yes, by all means, we must live our lives for our masters... I think that facial tattoo is the 2nd stupidest thing ever. Removing it, leaving oneself scarred and disfigured simply to placate a corporate sponsor is the stupidest.
posted by rushmc at 07:13 PM on March 22, 2005
Arizona is going to surprise at tournament time this year.
posted by rushmc at 02:59 PM on February 08, 2005
Why is writing about sport seen as a lower form of writing in the rest of the English-speaking world? Hemingway, Roth, Updike - nothing lightweight about them. It's not the writers that are small, but the subject. And there's a lot of truth to what owlhouse notes, as well.
posted by rushmc at 12:29 PM on October 10, 2004
See how you had to spell Bill Murray's name out? Well, if it helps, I ALWAYS think "BM" when I think of Bill Murray...
posted by rushmc at 10:25 AM on August 04, 2004
I predict this will be a banner year for Arizona. They have one of--if not the--hardest schedules in the country to prepare them for tournament time, some senior leadership, two world championships team members, and the memory of last year's fiasco to fuel them. LINK
posted by rushmc at 10:02 AM on July 20, 2004
"He was getting death threats. Death threats. Over a minor issue related to a ball game. Has anyone else noticed that virtually every time someone does something, anything, that garners negative press attention, they are receiving "death threats"? What a society.
posted by rushmc at 10:13 AM on July 14, 2004
Bobby Knight is an idiot and should be recognized for the liability that he is and put out of basketball.
posted by rushmc at 11:00 AM on February 04, 2004
So now, in addition to his gambling sins, he admits that he's been lying nonstop for 15 years? And this is supposed to make things better?? What hypocrisy.
posted by rushmc at 02:12 PM on January 06, 2004
This is very sad. Dickerson was a great and skilled competitor (and he went with the best school in the country, so I don't know what you're smoking).
posted by rushmc at 09:40 PM on October 27, 2003
I'll disrupt any professional sporting event for 3 free months in a Florida resort.
posted by rushmc at 11:19 AM on October 16, 2003
From lilnemo's article: "Jason Terry is one of the most underrated players in the NBA." I think that is the key thought here.
posted by rushmc at 06:46 AM on September 15, 2003
I guess the UofA started a trend with the "Lute and Bobbi Olsen Court" a few years back.
posted by rushmc at 09:27 AM on August 06, 2003
I read an article recently that claimed he was in terrible shape (visibly). And mentally wacked. Given that and his behavioral track record, a comeback seems unlikely.
posted by rushmc at 10:04 PM on July 18, 2003
The Lakers did well (go, Walton!)...Minnesota got crap.
posted by rushmc at 11:56 AM on June 27, 2003
/cheer Arizona alumnus! Richard Jefferson ain't doing too badly either.
posted by rushmc at 11:52 PM on April 20, 2003
Arizona over Oklahoma in the final. By 15.
posted by rushmc at 11:43 AM on March 17, 2003
He's not thinking clearly, poor guy. His mind is clouded with terror as the date of his meeting with my Arizona Wildcats draws ever nearer....
posted by rushmc at 09:40 PM on December 10, 2002
Baseball versus Cricket
Best. Comment. Ever.