Random Thoughts on Sports

This my ramble of thoughts on current events in the world of sports….

The Dallas Cowboys and Terrell Owens are over-rated. The Patriots spanked them easily earlier in the year and they have had a fairly soft schedule. Owens is just not worth the price, the price being he always needs to be the center of attention instead of focusing on not dropping passes. Even when he is toned down, he is still detracting from the team, and still dropping passes.

Another over-rated receiver is Randy Moss. Well I guess he is the symbol of the modern athlete: Selfish – he only plays when he wants to or is winning, and sometimes not even then. His half-ass services go to the team that can pay him the most. Egotistical – his ego needs constant stroking so that he doesn’t lose interest and stop running his routes. He’ll play a couple more seasons before retiring to a life of luxery and in a few years after that he’ll be not even a minor footnote in NFL history.

What’s the deal with ESPN and their bias towards the Cowboys and Giants? I swear, it’s like there is non-stop coverage of everything Tony Romo, Owens, and Eli Manning do. So what,… the Cowboys won a few super bowls in the 90’s – get over it already. Everyone is sick of hearing about the Patriots supposedly, but they don’t get half the coverage the Cowboys get. Maybe it goes all the way back to the fact that the NFC was the original NFL and absorbed the lowly AFC so many years ago.

Does anyone seriously believe Roger Clemens didn’t use steroids? I am so sick of hearing supposed sports reporters playing lame duck and dodging the steroids issue and trying not to hurt anyone’s feelings. Compare the Clemens of the late 90’s with the version before that time. He’s at least 30% bulkier from the head, to the neck, chest and arms. And the look in his eyes?… he looks so on edge, so angry, so very full of testosterone. To ignore these facts is asking me to overlook basic common sense and the data my senses supply me with. 

The gradual increase of records and statistics over the course of decades is normal for sports. Looking at baseball statistics specifically from the 90’s to early this decade though, reveals a clear difference between these and normal variations of stats, and  is staggering proof of rampant drug abuse. These former players turned sports reporters would rather protect themselves and their buddies than try to send a new more positive message to young athletes.

The Boston Celtics lost a really close game this week to the Detroit Pistons and fell to 18-3. All of a sudden all the analysts are like what’s wrong with the Celtics?, how bad is it, and what is their problem? Again, I have to say, get over it people! Oh my God they lose one close game to a good team and it’s the end of the world? These dramatic editorialists really need to get a grip. Sports reporters these days are almost as bad as all the other paparazzi in the world.

Well that’s it for my thoughts on sports for now, thanks for reading.