Sports Briefs: (What's the Story) Mourning Glory?
March 04, 2008 by
Brad: Lookout, Ralphie, it's coming! A wind mightier than the Big Bad Wolf. Beware, Hurricane Joe's going to blow your house down with one of his stories of yesteryear again!
Ralphie: Do you remember the dreams you had back when you were
a kid?
Joe: George Mikan ruined my life.
Chris: It was his goggles, right? You just never felt wholesome rooting for a player who wore goggles.
Joe: Mikan was a lousy basketball player. So, the DePaul University coach gave me a scholarship to replace the big, gangly lug. Two days before our first game, Coach yells at Mikan as I drive by him for another scoop shot. Mikan, being the cheap, vengeful jerk that he was, started to play rough. First, a shot to the melon. Then, a knee to the groin. Then, it happened: The elbow.
Ralphie: You could never be like Mike, so why don't you go ride your bike?
Joe: Just as I was about to score again, Mikan took me out with an elbow to the eye. I woke up in the infirmary with one eye closed. I would never regain full sight in that eye again. And, Mikan regained his spot in the starting lineup. Soon, he was on his way to NBA superstardom.
Brad: Personally, I think being a pro athlete has more to do with how well you can wheel and deal with the system rather than your actual skills. Sure, it takes dedication and talent. But in the end, the pros are the ones who were stars in high school, stars in colleges, and semi-stars in life.
Chris: If I didn't have an uncontrollable desire to stay at home and play videogames, I would be the sixth man on an NBA team right now. Not to brag or anything, but I could touch the rim back in high school, and I can still touch the rim. Any NBA team wants that type of skills coming off their bench.
Joe: You think you're better than me? If I was five years younger . . .
Ralphie: I want everyone to know who I am, and I want to be good at my sport. I want to be as famous as Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan. I really like that Michael Jordan played pro basketball and pro baseball.
Ralphie: Do you remember the dreams you had back when you were
Joe: George Mikan ruined my life.
Chris: It was his goggles, right? You just never felt wholesome rooting for a player who wore goggles.
Joe: Mikan was a lousy basketball player. So, the DePaul University coach gave me a scholarship to replace the big, gangly lug. Two days before our first game, Coach yells at Mikan as I drive by him for another scoop shot. Mikan, being the cheap, vengeful jerk that he was, started to play rough. First, a shot to the melon. Then, a knee to the groin. Then, it happened: The elbow.
Ralphie: You could never be like Mike, so why don't you go ride your bike?
Joe: Just as I was about to score again, Mikan took me out with an elbow to the eye. I woke up in the infirmary with one eye closed. I would never regain full sight in that eye again. And, Mikan regained his spot in the starting lineup. Soon, he was on his way to NBA superstardom.
Brad: Personally, I think being a pro athlete has more to do with how well you can wheel and deal with the system rather than your actual skills. Sure, it takes dedication and talent. But in the end, the pros are the ones who were stars in high school, stars in colleges, and semi-stars in life.
Chris: If I didn't have an uncontrollable desire to stay at home and play videogames, I would be the sixth man on an NBA team right now. Not to brag or anything, but I could touch the rim back in high school, and I can still touch the rim. Any NBA team wants that type of skills coming off their bench.
Joe: You think you're better than me? If I was five years younger . . .
Ralphie: I want everyone to know who I am, and I want to be good at my sport. I want to be as famous as Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan. I really like that Michael Jordan played pro basketball and pro baseball.
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