New York Times story Friday (3/3/06) on crazy college hoops fans taunting Duke's J.J.Redick and Gonzaga's Adam Morrison. (If you have NYT online access: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/sports/ncaabasketball/03players.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 )
[quote That Harry Reems mustache?]
Two nights later in Malibu, a group of students at Pepperdine debated jokingly whether Morrison's mustache left him looking more like a porn star or a pedophile. "Amber Alert," some students yelled as the Gonzaga players arrived in their team bus.[/quote]
[quote Fans made fun of Redick's sister ... then hit on his mom]
Last season in Tallahassee, several Florida State students said, they were making suggestive remarks about Redick's younger sister during warm-ups when he barked at them, "That's why you're in the stands and I'm on the court about to drop 30 on you." And he did," said James Givens, 19, one of the students. ...
When the Blue Devils traveled to Philadelphia last weekend, Temple students held up pictures of his mother, along with a sign that said, "I Dream of Jeanie Redick."[/quote]
[quote Chaney cools down one wacko fan]
Last Saturday, after a victory over Temple in Philadelphia in which Redick struggled but became the Atlantic Coast Conference's career scoring leader, a man began screaming and cursing at him across the scorer's table. John Chaney, the Temple coach, confronted the man, who was holding a beer that did not appear to be his first, and yelled at him, "Behave like a human being."[/quote]
[quote Insert obligatory priest-leads-discussion joke here]Earlier this season, Gonzaga students were admonished by university officials and asked to refrain from yelling "Brokeback Mountain" at rival players, a reference to the Oscar-nominated movie about two gay cowboys. The chant had been directed against a player from St. Mary's and led to campus-wide discussions at Gonzaga, a Jesuit university in Spokane, Wash., about tolerance for homosexuals.[/quote]
[quote They're white like me, so taunt them]... race may play a factor in the treatment of Redick and Morrison, who are both white and often perform before predominantly white audiences. Students might be reluctant to make such overtly callous remarks and hold up inappropriate signs referring to black players, for fear of being accused of racial insensitivity, or they might be incredulous that white players can be so good in a sport that has come to be dominated by black players, some fans said. [/quote]
[quote So what drives hockey fans ... can't be every-night TV coverage] [Since] 1979, when Magic Johnson of Michigan State and Larry Bird of Indiana State met in the N.C.A.A. title game ... media technology has exploded and society has grown coarser, said Paul Westphal, the coach at Pepperdine. Athletic competition seems more partisan and less directed at the appreciation of great performances, Westphal said. They show them painted and acting like idiots on the TV, so they keep acting like idiots," Westphal said of fans.[/quote]
Adam Morrison's mustache is stupid.
"Amber alert" is funny. Reddick's comeback was hilarious. If John Chaney comes off looking more mature that you, you should immediately seek counseling.
[quote Trotsky]"Amber alert" is funny. Reddick's comeback was hilarious. If John Chaney comes off looking more mature tha[n] you, you should immediately seek counseling.[/quote]
My thought exactly. ( not ;-)) Plus, I thought one of our fellow tribe members who works in academia in Philelphia might appreciate seeing it.
[quote billhoward]Plus, I thought one of our fellow tribe members who works in academia in Philelphia might appreciate seeing it.[/quote]
"Philelphia" must be like "Mississippi"...