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| Name: | Stefan |
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This perfect record will be tainted in most peoples mind (sic), like it or not. Well, change "most people" to "a small cadre of hardcore Patriots-haters," make the requisite grammatical changes, and, yeah, I'd say you've nailed it. Seriously, as has been pointed out ad infinitum here and elsewhere, the whole videotaping thing had no effect on the outcome of the Jets game or of any of the subsequent games, and the fact that there's been not a whiff of malfeasance since then--despite close scrutiny--is pretty convincing evidence that the Pats have kept their noses clean since. Was it illegal? Sure. A little slimy? Probably. But it doesn't make the season any more asterisk-worthy than if it were discovered that, say, Richard Seymour made a habit of parking his car in handicapped spots. P.S. Somebody please come up with a better name than "Spygate." I refuse to believe that this country is so intellectually lazy that every scandal has to be slapped with a name ending in "-gate." I'll brainstorm.
posted by keylimeguy at 01:41 PM on December 25
LeBron James: Honor Jordan By Giving Up No. 23
"I just think what Michael Jordan has done for the game has to be recognized some way soon," James said.
Yeah....if only there were some kind of, I don't know....a hall, maybe? Where they put famous people? They could put Jordan there.....that would be so cool. He'd probably even get to give an awesome speech!
"Now, if I'm not going to wear No. 23, then nobody else should be able to wear it."
This.....seems a little arrogant on James' part.
Am I the only one who finds professional athletes' utter fetishization of uniform numbers a little creepy?