Dear ESPN:
I am aware that you have to get ratings. Really, I am. I would say I sympathize, but quite frankly I don’t care if the Vancounver Grizzlies won, nor do I care about which nosehair Michael Jordan blamed for the most recent Wizzers loss.
Another part of ratings is that when you have a game on the ESPN Shocase Higlight (or whatever the fuck it’s called), you might want to show some aspect of the losing team that isn’t:
A. A missed shot.
B. A turnover.
C. A ball dribbled off the losing player’s foot.
D. One possession followed by another, when both are the same team (winning) and there is no “see, this happened on the next play” deal.
Yes, the Knicks lost. Gulp. They did, however, manage to score 94 points. Granted, it was ten fewer than the Timberwolves, but still, I think if you looked really hard, you could probably find some meritorious play, be it basket, steal, assist, dunk, slap in thre face, hell, show Spike Lee in the stands. I think I could actually stomach Jerry Seinfeld at this point rather than watch Wally Szczczszcszcszczszczszczszczerbiack come off the floor mistakenly and then go back on.
I haven’t seen such one-sided media coverage since my school newspaper wholeheartedly endorsed Al Gore based on the fact that A) He wasn’t Dubya and B) He was vice-President.
Sincerely,
iampunha
Knicks Fan
c/o People for the Unbiased Showing of Sports Higlights
666 Podunk Lane
Bumfuck, Egypt 90210
PS. It’s dam-fooce, not Damp House, and it’s Joé Juno, not Joey Juno. And trying half-heartedly to pronounce Coach K’s name gets tired after a minute or so.