Some summer dreaming: imagine that we can recast — overhaul — that which exists as the lamentable in the contemporary pro sports landscape. It would be within our power to vanquish the hooligans, the record-stealing cheaters, and the greed merchants, all of them, and replace them with clones of quality character, of athletics’ admiration-worthy. One stipulation: we select our replacements from the present or the recent past, to illustrate that there are in uniform better angels already among us. (Just not enough of them) I welcome your additions.
To be silent about today’s status quo is to be complicit in it, no?
| Refuse | Redeemers |
| Barry Bonds | Cal, T. Gwynn, Griffey, Jr. |
| Pac Man Jones | Pat Tillman |
| Michael Vick | Chris Clark |
| Terrell Owens | Tiger Woods |
| Daniel Snyder, Peter Angelos | Ted Leonsis |
| ESPN | TSN |
| Maimi vs. Florida International | Army vs. Navy |
| Michelle Wie’s parents | Alexander Ovechkin’s parents |
| Cincinnati Bengals | Pass Right |
| NBA posse/All Star Weekends | Hershey Bears’ fans, fan roadtrips |
| Bud Selig, Enabling Commishes | Bart Giamatti |
| The Tour de France | The Marine Corps Marathon |
| Modern, lab-generated Olympians | Special Olympians |
| Pacers vs. Pistons | The Beanpot |
| Kornheiser, Wilbon | Most bloggers |
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Nick Saban < Bill Cowher, Joe Paterno
Tim Donohogue < Stevie Wonder
Caps v Canes 8 times a year —> Caps v Pens 8 times a year
Good one, D!
Mick McGough —> Mr. McGoo
Jaromir Jagr —> Steve Yzerman
Don Cherry
Sean Avery ->> Killer Kaminski
hockeybuzz.com < OFB
Vogs,
That’s a given!
with you all the way up until the last one.
BCS
Whoops, my picks disappeared.
BCS … frozen four
Versus … NHL center Ice
sports radio … XM 209
more like
Versus -> HNIC
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