The promos for the CBS sit-coms that are aired continually during the NCAA basketball tournament showcase the shows’ funniest moments, right, and are meant to encourage us to watch the full episodes?
Eye on the Ball
"Keep your eye on the ball" is the dictum of every youth sports coach to his novice players. So why do the directors of every televised college basketball game fail to heed this indispensable advice and insist on cutting away from live coverage of the game itself to show us the crowd, the coach, the band, the mascot—in short, everything but the ball?
In an all too typical example yesterday, in the second overtime of the San Diego State/Temple game, the director cut to a crowd shot after SDS scored and then cut back to the game too late to show Temple answering immediately with a basket.
In an all too typical example yesterday, in the second overtime of the San Diego State/Temple game, the director cut to a crowd shot after SDS scored and then cut back to the game too late to show Temple answering immediately with a basket.
From the Delicate Orchids File
Reports this week in the New York press described Sergio Mitre of the Yankees as having a “tight oblique” and his teammate Joba Chamberlain a “strained oblique.” Why do we never hear of a basketball or soccer playing having an injured oblique? Yankee manager Joe Girardi said that Chamberlain, following an MRI, would not pitch for a few days. "They want to go slow," Girardi said. "Anything dealing with an oblique, there's concern." Yanks could put a positive spin on this by releasing a statement saying Joba strained himself wrestling Bartolo Colon for a salad fork.
Heart and Soul
This week, Kenny Smith on TBS called Nolan Smith "the heart and soul of Duke" and Lenn Robbins of the New York Post called St. John’s D.J. Kennedy "the heart and soul of this four-year mission." Earlier, Ryan McNamee, the University of Miami’s director of player development, called the walk-ons "the heart and soul guys, the program guys." Marshall coach Tom Herrion called Tirrell Baines "the heart and soul of our team." And Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post referred to Chauncey Billups as "the heart and soul of a basketball city."
Has any player ever been characterized as the heart but not the soul of a team?
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