COACHES' CORNER.CHARLES BARKLEY, on Bill Walton, whom he has never liked because of Walton's brutal candor and egoism egoism (ē`gōĭzəm), in ethics, the doctrine that the ends and motives of human conduct are, or should be, the good of the individual agent. It is opposed to altruism, which holds the criterion of morality to be the welfare of others. : "I enjoyed Walton more when he had a speech impediment that made him unintelligible UNINTELLIGIBLE. That which cannot be understood. 2. When a law, a contract, or will, is unintelligible, it has no effect whatever. Vide Construction, and the authorities there referred to. ." JOHN SARACENO (USA Today), on Golf Magazine's revelation that John Daly drinks alcohol every day: "That's like revealing that the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. weatherman reports on the weather every day." ZANDER zan·der n. pl. zander or zan·ders A common European pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca) valued as a food fish. [German, from Low German Sander PEPE, on the rumor that Monday Night Football's drop in the ratings is linked to the loss of great personalities such as Howard Cosell and Don Meredith: "That's like blaming our sinking military prestige on the loss of charismatic characters such as General Ouster ouster n. 1) the wrongful dispossession (putting out) of a rightful owner or tenant of real property, forcing the party pushed out of the premises to bring a lawsuit to regain possession. and the Bugle Boys of Company B." BOBBY VALENTINE, on his prize rookie-pitching prospect: "What an arm! He can throw the ball through a brick wall. The only thing is we can't locate the building." BOB WOLFE, veteran broadcaster: "I loved my football coach. He'd work us up to a pitch with his yelling and screaming and then we'd tear the hinges off the door and charge out to the field and lose by 30 points." TIGER WOODS, on how he thinks he'd fare against Bobby Jones and Arnie Palmer: "I'd beat them by 10 strokes. After all, Bobby would be 104 and Arnie, 78." JOE DUGAN, the Old Yankee third baseman, complaining to the hotel manager: "Look, you got Ruth (235 pounds) and Gehrig (205 pounds) on one side and me (145 pounds) and Thomas (140 pounds) on the other side. You better do something about it before the building tilts." STEFFI GRAFF, on the rumor that she may join the men's senior tennis tour: "I've promised to join as soon as McEnroe and Connors ever get old enough to let me win a set." TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) McCARVER'S analysis of the Mets' shortstop: "His only weakness as a shortstop is that he cannot go to his left for the line drive over the first baseman's head." TONY KORNHEISER (Washington Post), after the Redskins Redskins can refer to:
SPARKY ANDERSON, watching Ken Griffey Jr. strike out on a low breaking ball away that escapes the catcher and allows Griffey to sweep around to second: "That guy is so good that the defense high-fived each other for holding him to two bases on a strike-out!" BILLY PACKER, comparing famous madmen in basketball: "Bob Knight throws chairs. Butch van Breda Kolff “VBK” redirects here. For Butch van Breda Kolff's son, see Jan van Breda Kolff. Willem Hendrik "Butch" van Breda Kolff (October 28, 1922 – August 22, 2007) was an American basketball player and coach. throws the gym." |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion