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August 15, 2006
Without Olympic rings, the world championships are just a bunch of guys playing basketball.: Requires viewing an ad for a Salon.com day pass.
posted by gradys_kitchen to basketball at 12:52 PM - 2 comments
King also tackles a Spofi dead horse with this quote: It kind of dovetails with the argument that you're a mouth-breathing Neanderthal if you don't get excited by soccer/cycle racing/whatever sport Americans don't care that much about that the person talking happens to really dig. Or something. I have a hard time really focusing on this argument because whenever someone starts to make it I start shooting my gun, driving my SUV and reciting dialog from "Walker, Texas Ranger." Hoowa!
posted by gradys_kitchen at 04:33 PM on August 15, 2006
King makes a couple of valid points about the "importance" of specific events, and captures the fan's perspective pretty well. Of course, the athlete's perspective on world championships versus Olympics is quite different.