Comments on: "If I just believe it, there's nothing to it."

By: J Z

J Z — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:54:54 +0000

Clearly, you haven’t spent enough time reading our own local jackass, Jim Souhan. He pulls stupid crap like that all the time. It’s really unfortunate that so much of sportswriting is dominated by idiots who thrive on obvious and convenient cliches such as this NO writer. I find it frustrating because so many people in Mac-like circles, I think at least, assume that devoting so much time to the American sportsworld, by extension then, can only mean that I’m devoting my time to the same cliche-ridden writing ventures. Not to personalize your comment or anything, Jacky. Of course, I appreciate so much your reading the blog and any and all comments you have. Hope all is well across the pond…

By: Jack M-P

Jack M-P — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:49:24 +0000

I’m glad I have somewhere to rant about things that piss me off NBA wise. I was taking advantage of some leisure time at work, reading ESPN NBA Local, and came across this leading blurb from the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “Chris Paul is harder than 50 Cent’s lyrics.” This is one of the lamest attempts at a newspaper columnist being cool that I’ve ever seen. First of all, what does it mean? CP is hard to understand? Capable of standing up to bullets? Has a nice set of abs? Second of all, it sounds like something some white hippy dude would say to a black guy he meets on the bus to “speak the language of the streets.” I hate when people do this. If you’re not in the culture, don’t pretend to be hip by throwing out the name of a famous rapper unless its a lot more clever than that. I bet the writer went to Gustavus.

By: Jack M-P

Jack M-P — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:39:43 +0000

I get those butterflies too. KG and My-Man-Allen? (The nickname is my father’s who, though a conservative Bush man who Jordan can tell you is by no means a lover of the hip-hop generation, loves Allen Iverson and only watches T-wolves games when they play the Sixers.) I tremble Joel, I tremble.