I am a recent re-adopter of cable TV, and just checked the at-this-moment-or-soon listings. What the Big Ten Network is showing is Womens’ Lacrosse. LACROSSE! WOMEN’S! When I was a lad my brother, who went to The Hop (Johns Hopkins), introduced me to the Sub-Ivy craze, lacrosse, and gave me an illegal (too short) stick. I had never heard of the sport, outside of history books, and nobody I knew even had that. Now they are devoting national, basic cable, time, deep in the early morning, to the women’s version. Well, I never.
Next thing is that you will tell me that the new listings come out the first of the month and the same shit will be recycled all month long, just like 30 years ago. Wait, I’ve already noticed it.
I like hurling and Australian Rule Football, though I can’t figure out what those rules are, but I prefer Women’s Curling, as the cuteness and intensity of their captains sets me afire.
Mine goodwife, who never curled, enjoys BBC America’s endless repeats of ST-TNG, though she now likes River Monsters, which I knew was up her alley. Face to face with horrifying, freshwater fish, including the tackle used? Even closer to her wheelhouse than Pacific Rim!
“You can usually figure out their genus if you study their jaw bones, but people get it wrong.” This is a woman BORN for the internet!
CBS, TBS, and TNT should all collectively get down on their knees and thank their egregiously lucky stars that they didn’t have to air March Madness in the same time slot against this competitor, orelse their ratings would have dipped probably to the point of the complete shutting down of those networks:
also - can someone please give me a thorough, comprehensive explanation of this game?:D
How long had you not had cable? I mean there are ESPN channels that show college baseball games, how big an audience nationally do you suppose there is for that?
I suggest you re-cut the cord.
I have an expanded basic standard def package with Verizon FIOS, so I have, I dunno, 150 - 200 channels or so. They are replacing channels they have to pay some fee for with channels they don’t (shopping, infomercials, right-wing talk) at the rate of about 1 a week.
It takes a bit of searching, but we can find rugby and European (non Tour de France) cycling. Neither of us like football or basketball, so it’s a relief to find some different sports to watch.
