An imagined conversation:
SCENE: ESPN Headquarters, Bristol, CT
ESPN Guy #1: Okay, folks! We got X-Games 11 coming up, and we still need a host for "X-Center," which will be like a Sportcenter for the X-Games set. We need someone young. Someone hip. Someone these counterculture kids will really identify with.
ESPN Guy #2: How about Linda Cohn?
ESPN Guy #1: You, my friend, are a fucking genius.
Anyone know that word in German for that particular feeling of disappointment when you turn on SportsCenter and Linda Cohn is one of the anchors?
ReplyDeleteI can't remember.
In re: X Games 11:
ReplyDeleteBy the way, some freestyle moto-cross guy was referred to as "The Phil Mickelson of freestyle motorcross."
Which raises the question: who is this year's Mark Calcavecchia of men's skateboard vert?
I mean, it's probably Buster Halterman, but you could make a case for Tas Pappas.
dak, you are truly the Cory Pavin of FJM.
ReplyDeleteBy the way -- do you think, as I do, that Emily Copeland Durham is the Miguel Batista of Women's Wakeboard?
ReplyDeleteI could literally do this all day.