Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Bill Walton is one of the most annoying people on sports related television. He's more annoying than Linda Cohen and that new guy on Sportscenter (Neil someone?) put together. He is tied with Bobby Valentine for most annoying right now. And that guy with the whiny voice (Tom something, I think) who does basketball with Bill Walton is also annoying. They alienate potential audiences (I watched part of the game last night with the volume off because they were all so irritating).

I stopped watching NBA on NBC, and then CBS, in the mid ninties because of Bill Walton. I cannot stand to hear that man talk. At all. I think I even wrote an angry letter about something at some point during a finals a few years ago.

Originally posted by evenodds
Edited to add: my beloved mother almost died when I was in law school from a five year undiagnosed illness... I second the importance of annual physicals. I get a full physical every year, just to make sure everything is in order. The earlier something is caught, the better.

Yes, please, everyone, annual Paps for you and/or the women you love. My beloved mum loathed doctors, particularly those who specialized in private parts, and died of cervical cancer. Dying of cervical cancer is so incredibly unnecessary. It's easy to detect, straightforward to treat, and highly curable when detected any time earlier than super-late. The only people who die of it are those who due to fear or stoicism or some combination of the two neglect themselves.

I'm sorry for getting on a soapbox, but it just tears me up when I hear female friends and relatives say they hate the gyno so they don't go as often as they should.

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
No kidding. At least I couldn't look at me for like 10 whole minutes!

TM

Dude, that story totally squicked me out. Up to his second knuckle? I mean, ugh.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I stopped watching NBA on NBC, and then CBS, in the mid ninties because of Bill Walton. I cannot stand to hear that man talk. At all. I think I even wrote an angry letter about something at some point during a finals a few years ago.

I've asked everyone I know how that guy keeps getting a job? No one likes him. He's annoying, has an annoying voice and generally has nothing interesting to say. And yet, he is still employed in the broadcast field.

[SlaveNoMore]

If anyone is looking for me tomorrow morning, I will not - repeat, NOT - be at the free "Kelly & Justin" concert being held in Bryant Park.

Thank you in advance.

not7yS

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Bill Walton is one of the most annoying people on sports related television. He's more annoying than Linda Cohen and that new guy on Sportscenter (Neil someone?) put together. He is tied with Bobby Valentine for most annoying right now. And that guy with the whiny voice (Tom something, I think) who does basketball with Bill Walton is also annoying. They alienate potential audiences (I watched part of the game last night with the volume off because they were all so irritating).

People have been praising Bobby Valentine like he's the second coming. He fucking sucks. And he needs to lay off the self-tanner and the coke.

Bring back Buck!

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
I've asked everyone I know how that guy keeps getting a job? No one likes him. He's annoying, has an annoying voice and generally has nothing interesting to say. And yet, he is still employed in the broadcast field.

Methinks he has compromising photos of David Stern...

I can't stand him either. Still upset he was allowed to call NCAA Tournament games a few years back when his son Luke WAS PLAYING IN THE GAME... Of course that was CBS, the same network that keeps Billy Packer, the most sour and condescending person on the planet employed...

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
If anyone is looking for me tomorrow morning, I will not - repeat, NOT - be at the free "Kelly & Justin" concert being held in Bryant Park.

Thank you in advance.

not7yS

Probably the only concert this year where the promoters can honestly say it is "priced right"...

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
People have been praising Bobby Valentine like he's the second coming. He fucking sucks. And he needs to lay off the self-tanner and the coke.

Bring back Buck!

Sorry dude, Buck's got a gig right now. However, at this rate, he'll be available shortly after the All Star break.

And speaking of Bobby, who in the hell told him he was the second coming? With an ego his size I'm surprised he fits through the doors.

Could be worse, could be the "fabulous sports babe."

:dance2:

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
I've asked everyone I know how that guy keeps getting a job? No one likes him. He's annoying, has an annoying voice and generally has nothing interesting to say. And yet, he is still employed in the broadcast field.

When NBC lost the NBA, I thought that this was my big chance to lose Walton and get back into the game. Unfortunately, they took Walton with them... bastards.

Anyhow, now that I'm thinking about it, I believe that Bill Walton single handedly drove me away from the NBA. The Rockets sucked for the six or so years following their championships, so local programming was out, and every time there was a national game, Walton would be there, and I'd find something else to do. By the time I moved to another (sucky) basketball city, it was too late. I'd moved on from the NBA.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
When NBC lost the NBA, I thought that this was my big chance to lose Walton and get back into the game. Unfortunately, they took Walton with them... bastards.

Anyhow, now that I'm thinking about it, I believe that Bill Walton single handedly drove me away from the NBA. The Rockets sucked for the six or so years following their championships, so local programming was out, and every time there was a national game, Walton would be there, and I'd find something else to do. By the time I moved to another (sucky) basketball city, it was too late. I'd moved on from the NBA.

Him and Mychal Thompson (who spells their name that way?)

[greatwhitenorthchick]

While I'm at it, what I find most annoying is when the announcers tell you what the player is thinking or saying. Like for example, in hockey, if someone delivers a big hit, one of the hitee's teammates might skate over to the hitter and they'll exchange words. And the announcer will say "now he's saying 'gee, you'd better cool it, fella'", when that is sooo not what he is saying. Or something like "now he's thinking 'gosh, I'd better pick myself up and concentrate on what I'm doing", when we all know that no one ever thinks "gosh" and for all we know the guy was thinking about how so and so is really butt ugly when you look at them up close or beer or tits or money or something like that.

It's just profoundly irritating to me that these guys feel the need to fill every single second of the game with chatter, and when they run out of words to call the play, they start blathering and chuckling inanely. It's so unintelligent. Maybe that is what they are paid to do, but there must be another way.

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
While I'm at it, what I find most annoying is when the announcers tell you what the player is thinking or saying. Like for example, in hockey, if someone delivers a big hit, one of the hitee's teammates might skate over to the hitter and they'll exchange words. And the announcer will say "now he's saying 'gee, you'd better cool it, fella'", when that is sooo not what he is saying. Or something like "now he's thinking 'gosh, I'd better pick myself up and concentrate on what I'm doing", when we all know that no one ever thinks "gosh" and for all we know the guy was thinking about how so and so is really butt ugly when you look at them up close or beer or tits or money or something like that.

It's just profoundly irritating to me that these guys feel the need to fill every single second of the game with chatter, and when they run out of words to call the play, they start blathering and chuckling inanely. It's so unintelligent. Maybe that is what they are paid to do, but there must be another way.

With local baseball and hockey I normally turn down the sound and listen to the radio version because I like the radio colormen better. With national games, I like to turn down the sound and inject my own color commentary. Much more fun to watch a good hit and say "now he's saying 'what the fuck, you asshole, after the game how about we meet by the team busses and I kick your ass, take your car, go to your house and beat your children and fuck your wife, what do you think of that Mr. Elbow-In-My-Face-Shitbag?'"

[NotFromHere]

OK, so I just heard that Neuheisel got fired. Idiot. Left a 1.2 million dollar gig for a $5000 sports bet. Mike Price another idiot. Left another multi-million dollar gig for some stupid white trash, trailer park strippers.

What is this? A conspiracy by California Pac-10 colleges to even the playing field?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
While I'm at it, what I find most annoying is when the announcers tell you what the player is thinking or saying.

Agree. The only time you can truly know what a player is thinking is when he's just taken a shot to the nuts.

(One of my favorite moments from my very few instances of watching live hockey was the arena organist breaking into "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" by Billy Joel when a member of the visitors took a puck to the pills and dropped to the ice, and his teammates skated around him, watching him writhe.)