Why I’ve Given Up On SportsCenter, Reason #173

The “Who’s Now” segment.

Yankees 3B Alex Rodriquez

On tonight’s segment, Alex Rodriguez outlasted Terrell Owens by a 67.5%-32.5% margin.  What exactly was at stake here again?  God only knows.  (image courtesy of sportsunderground.com)

That’s what our society needs… to further inflate the exaggerated images of sports stars by ranking them for doing things other than playing sports.

To further exacerbate the situation, it’s all brought to us by a panel of respected sports personalities (well, respected sports personalities and Keyshawn Johnson), headed by Stuart Scott.  I can’t reach my remote fast enough.

Heat C Shaquille O'Neal

You better keep workin’ those fundamentals, Shaq.  Word is Michael Phelps can hit his free throws.  Wait, there’s no actual sports skill involved here?  Well, then, just stay away from that “Kazaam 2″ script and you’ll be fine.  (image courtesy of nba.com)

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Matt
July 17th, 2007 5:30 pm

my god, it’s actually gotten worse in round two, as they have replaced the first round panel with…Kevin James (actor/comedian), Jessica Beil (Actress), and Mike Greenburg (Smug SOB/”sports journalist”).

Wow. I bet they are going to make some really salient points, well worth listening to.

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