Chi-town not shy on blame.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH Can you really blame Windy City blowhards for blaming everything this morning on Rio? Or Bartman? Or Blagojevich? Or MJ's Hall o' Fame speech? Or was it essentially Pele who bicycle-kicked the U.S. hopes to the curb in this global struggle for obsessive- compulsive sporting behavior? Does Friday's Copenhagen charade just reinforce the fact that the essence of the Games is still more about faster, higher and stronger, not Oprah, Obama and Olympic promos with McDonald's tear-off stickers? Did inferiority-complexed Second City residents really see this IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= ballot validating them as a world-class city, like ... Atlanta? If backroom, dirty politics is why Chicagoland eventually got shot down like an Al Capone rival, isn't that the most ironic of all endings? y, then abandon it outside a Chinatown bathhouse, or 3)Hijack a cable car brandishing a "weapon" fashioned out of a loaf of sourdough bread and force it to cross the Bay Bridge so at least someone watches the Angels-A's game? Why can't they take that $2billion-plus they were going to raise for the Games and use it to help the city's marginalized? 140 characters - a Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. reference or Herschel Walker's mind-set entering the world of MMA (Microcomputer Managers Association, Inc.) A membership organization with chapters throughout the U.S. that was devoted to educating personnel responsible for personal computers. It disbanded in 1996. Mma - A fast Mathematica-like system, in Allegro CL by R. Fateman, 1991. ? Anze Kopitar already trying to start growing his playoff beard ... Too soon? The magic number of days (minutes, or seconds) for an Odom-Kardashian KO? You realize that "Odom" is just another way of spelling "doom"? The Rockies, with 90wins? And the Dodgers once kicked Jim Tracy to the curb because ...? Caltrans called ... are those Seattle Seahawks' light-stick-green jerseys in the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga store equipped to handle a non-profit corporate discount order? How will Sam Querrey's latest injury - slicing his right forearm on a broken glass table during a tournament in Thailand - affect his slice shot? Considering the NBA's labor issues with its referees, which could most ill afford having replacement officials? WWE? MLS? The IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. ? What could Sam Bradford possibly gain in NFL stock by rushing to recover and take one more snap for the University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. ? How can the boxing world, and those who make sounds out of their mouths for a living, not fully embrace new WBA super bantamweight champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym? USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. doesn't have a men's soccer team? Which of the big-time sophomoric stunts will be attempted by students of USC and/or UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX this weekend in the Bay Area: 1) Hire a helicopter to hover over the entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. and, through a bullhorn, tell all the toll- booth operators that Rick Neuheisel has authorized every car go across free until Monday morning, 2) Swipe the Michael Jackson statue at the Fisherman's Wharf Wax Museum, take it for a rented boat ride to Alcatraz wearing an O.J. Mayo jerse thomas.hoffarth@dailynews.com |
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