As a San Jose Shark fan who is revelling in the team's first division title, I don't have a problem with teal. Besides, the Sharks were the first teal team. All the others -- Florida Marlins, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Carolina Panthers, and countless minor league teams in just every sport -- are imitators.
Basketball Short Shorts
Despite fostering a sweaty, disturbing, amateur wrestling-like undertext, thigh-bearing, cup-hugging short pants were a hoops staple well into the 1980s (and a oft-ignored dark side to the great Lakers-Celtics rivalry). Kudos to Michael Jordan and Michigan's Fab Five for ushering in an era of more, er, complete coverage.
Oh, come on. Not only do the current line of b-ball trunks look like hiking shorts from the Bozo's Big Top Outdoor collection, when I was watching the exploits of Magic, Dr. J and Larry Bird, I was watching the ball. What was the author watching?
The BCS
Something does not compute — namely, an incomprehensible, geeked-out ranking system that consistently fails to produce the most logical national championship matchup in college football. For the bowl czars and conference commissioners, the BCS is a useful way of deflecting discussion from a potential playoff system; for the rest of us, it's headache-inducing hooey. And we'd like to know: Does USA Today compu-rankings guru Jeff Sagarin even watch sports?
I would have said, "I couldn't have said it better myself," except that I think have. Click here.
The opinions of the author do not reflect the opinion of L.N. Smithee.
While I am a Boston Red Sox fan (and Derek Lowe just threw the first no-hitter in Fenway Park since 1965 today, BTW), this attempt to add more offense to the game has ruined countless pitchers, reduced the role of bench players and allowed one-dimensional players to stay in the game until they are eligible for Social Security.
Art Modell
Vikings trading away half the team for Herschel Walker.
Allowing Bill Buckner onto the field during the final game of the World Series.
Max Schmeling agreeing to a rematch with Joe Louis.
Cheers!
The re-designed jerseys this year are taking some getting used to for me though.