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Occasionally, somebody has to look at the direction in which the popular culture is moving and rebel
How much do I enjoy reading Mike Wilbon in the morning? So very, very much. Especially if he's going to go off on how much he hates the NFL Draft.
For those who follow the sports world, this is the weekend of the NFL Draft - and the culmination of weeks of space-filling blather in too much detail on future pros. I used to care about things like this, but watching my own team have crapshoot pick after crapshoot pick, it got kind of pointless. Honestly, I'm hard pressed to name a credible NFL player drafted in the first round by Washington between Darrell Green (1983) and Champ Bailey (1999). The Draft is, as Wilbon says, "the most overrated, overhyped, obsessively overcovered non-event in sports" - and pretty much a made-for-TV event that gives ESPN something to fill hours with, and the NFL a chance to get back on the radar during the offseason.
I almost wish I watched Idol, just so I could tell who these people were, and why folks get so worked up over them. Sadly, I don't. So, for those four of you who've made it to the end of this, give me something else to pay attention to.
Also - as a sidenote, tomorrow is the last day of the Tony Kornheiser Radio Show (Click to Listen 0900-1300 EST) as TK takes off to prepare for his Monday Night Football gig. TK currently predicts the over/under on him getting fired is four games. Anybody taking the Over, the Under. Anybody gonna watch?
For those who follow the sports world, this is the weekend of the NFL Draft - and the culmination of weeks of space-filling blather in too much detail on future pros. I used to care about things like this, but watching my own team have crapshoot pick after crapshoot pick, it got kind of pointless. Honestly, I'm hard pressed to name a credible NFL player drafted in the first round by Washington between Darrell Green (1983) and Champ Bailey (1999). The Draft is, as Wilbon says, "the most overrated, overhyped, obsessively overcovered non-event in sports" - and pretty much a made-for-TV event that gives ESPN something to fill hours with, and the NFL a chance to get back on the radar during the offseason.
While I'm at it, the only thing I hate nearly as much as the NFL draft is "American Idol." Actually, I don't hate "Idol" because I don't watch it. I hate it because people care so stinkin' much about it, because occasionally somebody has to look at the direction in which the popular culture is moving and simply rebel! I'm tired of Chris and Kellie and Elliott and even adorable little Paris . . . but not Katharine McPhee. (I swear I don't watch; I merely checked out the show's Web site today. I swear.) Did you see that moment when the button popped off her yellow dress? Do you think McPhee knows that she should never have selected "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston? Somebody should have told her that, yes, Houston has had her problems . . . but long before that she had maybe the greatest voice of all time. Whitney Houston, 20 years ago . . . now there was a can't-miss first-round draft choice, maybe a worthy No. 1 overall pick.
I almost wish I watched Idol, just so I could tell who these people were, and why folks get so worked up over them. Sadly, I don't. So, for those four of you who've made it to the end of this, give me something else to pay attention to.
Also - as a sidenote, tomorrow is the last day of the Tony Kornheiser Radio Show (Click to Listen 0900-1300 EST) as TK takes off to prepare for his Monday Night Football gig. TK currently predicts the over/under on him getting fired is four games. Anybody taking the Over, the Under. Anybody gonna watch?