Dumbest thing in sports?

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Originally Posted by Ralan

Explain please.

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1) Many Euro fans hate Armstrong because he was an American who won too much for their tastes.
2) Antidrug Nazis hate Armstrong because they think he cheated.
3) a) Greg LeMond hates Armstrong supposedly because Armstrong threatened to strongarm him for daring to suggest that he takes performance enhancing drugs; b) others think LeMond hates Armstrong out of jealousy.
4) Filippo Simeoni hates Armstrong because Armstrong called him a liar and subsequently brought down patron muscle on him in Stage 18 of the 2004 Tour De France.
5) a) The late Marco Pantani hated Armstrong because he felt Armstrong insulted him during the 2000 Tour De France; b) Pantani also suggested that Armstrong whored his cancer survival as a form of self-promotion.

I tend to sympathize with 3a, 4 and 5b.

The oversaturation of sports talk radio serving up hosts who go on endless tirades on completely insignificant points that maybe 4 people in the world actually care about just to have something different to discuss for 12 minutes.

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Originally Posted by Faustus

The oversaturation of sports talk radio serving up hosts who go on endless tirades on completely insignificant points that maybe 4 people in the world actually care about just to have something different to discuss for 12 minutes.

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In this vein, I'd say the dumbest thing in sports is Colin Cowherd. Although Dwight Gooden ranks right up there too.

Darryl Strawberry...STUPIDEST person to set foot on a diamond.

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Originally Posted by Grindel

In this vein, I'd say the dumbest thing in sports is Colin Cowherd.

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In this vein, I'd completely agree. How he's still on the air is beyond me. Not that I've listened to him much since about a week after Kornheiser left.

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Originally Posted by MLB13

Darryl Strawberry...STUPIDEST person to set foot on a diamond.

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Hard to argue with that one. Off the top of my head, can't think of a bigger disconnect between potential and self-destruction, although Steve Howe ain't that far off.

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Originally Posted by PPatty

Hard to argue with that one. Off the top of my head, can't think of a bigger disconnect between potential and self-destruction, although Steve Howe ain't that far off.

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Len Bias mayhaps?

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Originally Posted by Faustus

Len Bias mayhaps?

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We don't really know what Bias could have done -- any number of college stars come up short in the big leagues -- but Daryl displayed fearsome ability in the pros.

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Originally Posted by PPatty

We don't really know what Bias could have done -- any number of college stars come up short in the big leagues -- but Daryl displayed fearsome ability in the pros.

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He self-destructed to a far greater degree though.

For what it's worth, I think he'd have given Jordan a true rival had he lived to play for the Celtics. In collge he often seemed godlike even among other highly talented players who themselves went on to have very good NBA careers.

well, Mike Tyson fits in with those folks I'd say.

Interesting how naturally we think of Strawberry when we think about Gooden and vice-versa. Strawberry is who I thought about first but I didn't want to mis-spell Daryl :)

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Originally Posted by Ralan

well, Mike Tyson fits in with those folks I'd say.

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I think Tommy Morrison is an even bigger idiot

When Michael Jordan decided to play for the Wizards, that was dumb. But it was even dumber when he took Kwame Brown.

Even dumber when he tried to play for the Sox.

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Originally Posted by Faustus

He self-destructed to a far greater degree though

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As far as I know, he did drugs once and died. That's not self-destruction, that's bad luck.

Sports talk radio. My best example is, during the call-in show after a Canucks game, a caller asked what had happened to the Grizzlies. This was several years after they'd left town.

I was thinking Strawberry and Gooden, but it's good to see that people beat me to it. Obvious ones. I'm surpised Ricky Williams hasn't gotten his tokin mention yet.

I'll have to say the "extra time" clock in soccer. Never understood the sense in that one.

Fucking Bill Walton. "That was a teeerible call. He's teeerible. That was teeerible."

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Originally Posted by Daxil Solshok

Fucking Bill Walton. "That was a teeerible call. He's teeerible. That was teeerible."

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It's kind of funny, sometimes you get the sense that the other commentators would put their fist down his throat if they had the chance.

People who talk like their tounge is covered in shag carpet should never go into radio or tv sports coverage.