Sports Can Be So Stupid Sometimes

The other day I was making fun of a lady friend for watching some show that I absolutely cannot stand (So, like, what’s the deal, you think you can dance, or something?). I probably went on for longer than I should have about how much the show sucks, and finally, fed up with me, she responded with, “Well, you watch guys do all kinds of stupid [stuff] all the time!” She was referring to me watching sports, and she had a point.↵
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↵At the root of it all, sports are kind of silly and meaningless, but I love them for the drama and the passion and the skill and the unpredictability and the booze. (You cannot overlook the importance of having an excuse to drink.) What I hate, and what is most definitely “stupid,” is the 24/7 sports news cycle that ESPN(s) is on. We need ESPN for one thing and one thing only: highlights. Of course, we get less and less of that, and more of incredibly ridiculous segments like this one from yesterday’s 6:00 edition of SportCenter (no coincidence that it’s a Rachel Nichols piece):↵

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Aside from the absurdity of how serious Nichols takes this fluffy, nonsensical piece, is how freaking dense pro athletes are. Ubuntu? Really? Saying that actually motivates these guys? Can you imagine if your boss called everyone into the board room and tried to rally the office with “Ubuntu”? Michael Scott wouldn’t even try that. ↵↵Man, if the Celtics were motivated by that, I can only imagine that 212 Degrees would blow their minds. ↵

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