Posted on 10/06/2003 7:54:58 AM PDT by Interesting Times
Normally, Donovan McNabb is a sports junkie, at times something of a news junkie, which means the TV is usually on. But this week, if he was going to keep not only his equilibrium, but also his very sanity, he was going to have to set a rule: No TV, at least no sports or news. There was nowhere he could turn without seeing Rush Limbaugh's comments replayed, without seeing a debate over whether he is overrated, without seeing a panel of experts being interviewed via satellite.
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As you all know, our PC Sports Parody Award is given each week to the most compelling example of unintentional journalistic humor of the politically correct variety. This week's topic, Making Rush Limbaugh's Point Better Than He Did, attracted many excellent entries, but one stood head and shoulders above them all. Our unanimous winner is... Mike Wilbon for his brilliant "437th Valentine for a Player Who Just Happens to be Black." The genius of Mike's work is in the way he stretches the bounds of credibility while never quite letting his readers be sure if they're reading satire. You younger writers out there should make particular note of the way Mike defuses the potentially touchy issue of Donovan McNabb's dismal stats against the Redskins while filling the article with an aura of heroism and glory. In "Valentine," the excellence of McNabb is defined by the fact that his team won, even though his own play was mediocre at best. This of course precisely echos Limbaugh's "the defense carried that team" while simultaneously condemning it. Beautiful stuff here, Mike, and I could go on and on, but time presses.
Next week's PC Sports Parody topic looks like another winner: "Is the NFL a Hostile Environment for the Transgendered and Persons of Gayness?" Ladies, gentlemen and others -- to your keyboards!
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All in all, Rush was right.
CURRENT SEASON AND CAREER STATS | |||||||||||||||||
Stats | COMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | YDS/ATT | TD | INT | SCK | SCK YDS | RATE | RUSH | YDS | AVG | TD | |||
2003 | 110 | 177 | 62.1 | 1164 | 6.6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 82 | 78.4 | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | |||
Projected | 352 | 566 | 62.1 | 3725 | 6.6 | 19 | 19 | 35 | 262 | 78.4 | 29 | 54 | 1.9 | 0 | |||
Career | 1375 | 2361 | 58.2 | 15110 | 6.4 | 83 | 89 | 139 | 872 | 73.3 | 173 | 406 | 2.3 | 8 |
CURRENT SEASON AND CAREER STATS | |||||||||||||||||
Stats | COMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | YDS/ATT | TD | INT | SCK | SCK YDS | RATE | RUSH | YDS | AVG | TD | |||
2003 | 71 | 141 | 50.4 | 664 | 4.7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 98 | 51.3 | 25 | 174 | 7.0 | 0 | |||
Projected | 284 | 564 | 50.4 | 2656 | 4.7 | 4 | 20 | 64 | 392 | 51.3 | 100 | 696 | 7.0 | 0 | |||
Career | 1003 | 1780 | 56.3 | 10499 | 5.9 | 72 | 43 | 156 | 1003 | 77.0 | 303 | 2058 | 6.8 | 14 |
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