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February 15, 2008Though the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue has lost an immense amount of luster over the years, there is no hiding the fact that their annual release is spurned by one thing and one thing only: the fact that there is relatively NOTHING going on in the sports world at this time of year.
Short days, long nights. No football. No baseball. The NBA All-Star break. I hear that the NHL is currently mid-season, but that could just be a big lie – one that I’m not about to attempt to prove.
In fact, maybe we should be giving some credit to the NBA for their placement of this weekend’s festivities. Granted, last year resulted in what many were calling “Hip-Hop Woodstock,” but given the lack of competition for air time, perhaps the game will get ratings by default?
Seriously. Save for a few college basketball games, the two biggest sports-related attractions that will take place this weekend are a casual-at-best basketball game and a bunch of guys driving around in circles for a handful of hours. I’ll be honest – I may tune into the Daytona 500, but that’s just because I hope to catch Tony Stewart doing something crazy. He could slash someones tires and it would just cost him a few Nextel points. Not a bad gig, but it’s going to take some pretty die-hard sports fans to tune into these events. I mean, we could always use this time to do something productive, but c’mon…
When the biggest news in the area is consists of something that isn’t happening, an area university winning three-straight games, and a senior PGA event coming to Canterbury Golf Club, we have definitely hit a lull. Granted, I’ve played at Canterbury, so its pretty cool to think that there is some sort of connection – whatever it may be – but man, can someone do something out there?
Now, if LeBron leads the East to an All-Star game win, Daniel Gibson wins the three-point shootout, and whomever wins the slam dunk contest just does something outright nasty, it may help the situation. However, we’ll need to realize that this series of events would only mean much to those of us located in the Midwest – and even then, it would only be Plain Dealer sports page fodder.
But this tire-slashing thing may have some traction…
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But the Daytona 500 is the Super Bowl of NASCAR!!!
In actuality, it’s fun to watch if you’re surrounded by food, beer, and people who follow the sport.
MoBot, I have to respectfully disagree. I don’t watch Nascar, and being “surrounded by people who follow the sport” does not in fact sound appealling in the slightest…
If & only if I flip the channel & there’s 10 or less laps left, I’ll watch. I’ve watched NASCAR a tad bit more since I bought a 50″ HD TV.
Mark – I hear you on the HD front. If NASCAR has anything, it’s the fact that it looks pretty good in High Def. And Sorry Mo… the last thing I want to do is surround myself with CAR fans 🙂
now the beer and food part…