Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Greatness considered
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"Sports compel us to watch because of the Great Unwritten Script. We watch for drama. We watch to see whether Papi Ortiz does it again. And through that drama, we determine greatness.
"Sports compel us to watch because of the Great Unwritten Script. We watch for drama. We watch to see whether Papi Ortiz does it again. And through that drama, we determine greatness.
- How did we know Jordan was great? It wasn't all the dunks. It was the general Jordan-ness, all the flying through the air, parlayed with the drama: the shots that beat Georgetown in the NCAA championship game, the Cavs in the playoffs and the Jazz in the finals....
How do we know Mariano Rivera is great?
- Because he gets the biggest outs in the biggest games
- more times than anybody else ever has."...
- "UConn Women's Celebration Teaches us all a Lesson" by Mike DiMauro
