Shooting from the lip
Most disgusting praise
North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough is a heck of a basketball player. But CBS has turned its broadcasts into making Hansbrough the greatest player in the history of sports. Listening to CBS’ broadcasters gush about Hansbrough, I wouldn’t be surprised if in his spare time Hansbrough was brokering peace talks in the Middle East and on the verge of curing every disease known to mankind.
At one point during Saturday’s victory against Louisville, announcer Dick Enberg enthusiastically complimented Hansbrough for simply posting up in the lane. Seriously, Hansbrough didn’t have the ball, didn’t get the ball, didn’t get the rebound, didn’t set a pick, didn’t do anything except run to a spot. And Enberg acted as if Hansbrough had just done something no one had ever done or seen before. Not to be outdone, color man Jay Bilas said, "Michael Jordan couldn’t outcompete Hansbrough.”
Whaaat? Jordan’s competitiveness even in practice (where he would cheat to win) is legendary and suddenly he could learn something from Hansbrough? Enough. Hansbrough is a great college player, probably the best in the country. But CBS needs to tone down the lovefest.
Here’s something that has been heard all during the NCAA Tournament, but especially during Saturday night’s Louisville-North Carolina game: When North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough gets a loose ball, it’s because he’s working hard. When another player gets the ball, it’s because the other player was "quicker.” Why is that?
While CBS does tend to go overboard with its praise of Tyler Hansbrough, it’s true that North Carolina is relentless. CBS’ Jay Bilas said, "You just never get a break against North Carolina.”
Quite the praise, especially from a Duke guy.
Most absurd story
Times hockey writer Damian Cristodero reported on his blog Sunday that part of the reason Lightning captain Tim Taylor isn’t going to play one last game is because some of the comments from fans he read on Cristodero’s blog. Some fans said Taylor coming back would be selfish, and Taylor agreed. To me, that’s sad.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Sure is easy to entertain simpletons…. rofl
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I’m seeing them on New Year’s Eve! Very excited.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
stop complaining.. it was pimp and those crappy little red lasers dont do anything to your eyes….props to them
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
best way to blind 2000… people
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
i saw them with ween this summer in berkeley. the lips had a crazy stage presence, tailor made for a mind-blowing acid trip. unfortunately, we were only stoned, and ween played better songs (flaming lips played their new stuff, which i’m still trying to get into, i haven’t given up on it yet though). they really are a trip in all aspects of the word to see live, i highly suggest it
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I thought that the balloon was going to explode due to the collective energy being directed at the ball’s surface, but alas, the crowd has the coordination and accuracy of a frequent time traveler.
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I like curvey girls who might be a bit “overweight” but that girl just isn’t attractive.her shape is off and she needs to run around the block a few times.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I approve of this. I prefer women to stick-insects.
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
It sounds like a lot of the diggers here are the types that would complain about the music being too loud. That’s the type of concert it’s worth paying for. The Flaming Lips are ***** awesome!
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
That has liability written all over it.As far as laser pointers causing damage… A laser of approx. 5 mw is enough to render a person legally blind. Most laser pointers claim to be at approx 5mw but its usually a flat out lie in power output. They usually never peak past 3mw. However, that is still enough to do retina damage. I would have been ***** if i was there (after working in the laser lighting industry for year, i’ve discovered that even laser splatter can cause serious problems (laser splatter - area around an unfocused beam).
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Laser pointers used to be very expensive back in the 90s. Are they cheap now?
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
if you could rule the world with flick of a switch, would you do it?http://youtube.com/watch?v=3MHBIoGh6Ogyeah .. yeah .. yeah ..