Who Was It Who Used To Want A Sports Section?

[+ Gar1eth]

I don't really want one. But this article turned up on my news feed. The lists and descriptions of his injuries were making my stomach turn upside down. On the plus side, the guy is very easy on the eyes.

 

https://apple.news/AwyNc8s7NQzSpbTGxHM9kFA

 

 

Gman

[+ poolboy48220]

To me, it was a sign of civilization's decline when NPR started reporting on sports.

[+ WilliamM]

Why? I didn't know if NPR is covering the fires in Australia and the air conditions at the Australian Open in Melbourne. That's a legitimate subject, right?

[BabyBoomer]

It was @geminibear.

 

~Boomer~

[RealAvalon]

Speaking of which, is anyone participating in the Sin City LGBTQ2S+ multi-sport event in Vegas this week?

http://sincityclassic.org/

Edited January 16, 2020 by RealAvalon

[+ Gar1eth]

It was @geminibear.

 

~Boomer~

 

That's what I was thinking. I miss him. If he's not hiring anymore, I hope he's found a special someone.

 

Gman

[+ oldNbusted]

Maybe we could just have a perpetual sport thread...

[rvwnsd]

To me, it was a sign of civilization's decline when NPR started reporting on sports.

How long have you been listening to NPR? I started listening in 1986 and they have covered sports for the entire time.

 

They have covered sports since at least 1980, when Frank Deford began his regular sports commentary segment on NPR's Morning Edition. The show debuted only a few months prior. Tom Goldman became the associate producer for sports coverage at NPR in 1990 and the full-time sports reporter in 1997. Scott Simon, who happens to be the nephew of the late Jack Brickhouse, has had sports segments on Weekend Edition Saturday since it began in 1985.

[+ poolboy48220]

How long have you been listening to NPR? I started listening in 1986 and they have covered sports for the entire time.

 

They have covered sports since at least 1980, when Frank Deford began his regular sports commentary segment on NPR's Morning Edition. The show debuted only a few months prior. Tom Goldman became the associate producer for sports coverage at NPR in 1990 and the full-time sports reporter in 1997. Scott Simon, who happens to be the nephew of the late Jack Brickhouse, has had sports segments on Weekend Edition Saturday since it began in 1985.

Possible that I just missed the coverage early on. I've been listening since the late 70's.

[jjkrkwood]

Maybe we could just have a perpetual sport thread...

 

Is "hair flipping" a sport ?

[rvwnsd]

Is "hair flipping" a sport ?

No, but "pearl clutching" is.

[+ Gar1eth]

Is "hair flipping" a sport ?

No, but "pearl clutching" is.

If curling can be a sport, anything can be a sport.

 

Gman

[RealAvalon]

If curling can be a sport, anything can be a sport.

 

Gman

Curling is a sport. They even have a calendar of sexy athletes.

https://www.shoptcf.com/moc20

[+ WilliamM]

So glad my dad took me to so many professional and college baseball and basketball games so I could choose my favorite team on my own. I was too young to know who Stan Musial was, so it was probably the red bird on the uniform.

 

When I was in basic training, I went on sick call to watch the Cardinals play the seventh game in the1967 World Series and pitcher Bob Gilson and outfielders Roger Maris (a Cardinal in 1967 and 1968), Lou Brock and Curt Flood.