Sports Notes, 12/17/06
Yeah, I know, there were no notes last week. I was really busy; don’t yell at me.
-- I had a line all picked out to make fun of Tank Johnson and the gun charges against him. But after his friend/bodygaurd was shot to death Friday night, it didn’t seem funny anymore. Johnson is now forced to stare down the dark side of a gun obsession, which is that guns are the only weapon manufactured strictly for the purpose of killing and that as long as there are guns, people will get shot and killed.
-- Will the Devin Hester fans please just shut up already? Of course the BEARS should use him on offense, and of course his mere presence would open things up. But it occurs to me that maybe, just maybe, the coaching staff thought of that already and is trying to downplay this scenario to take defenses by surprise in the playoffs. I mean, do you really need to blow your load to beat 2-11 Detroit?
-- For all the big talk about how spooge-a-licious Drew Bress is this year, Rex Grossman’s team is still the one leading the conference in scoring.
-- The Bulls beat Indiana by 15 on Monday night. Yes, I’m aware that they’ve won the other three games they’ve played since then, but I felt it necessary to point out Monday’s result because nobody in the entire city was watching any sporting event that night other than the Rex Grossman Moment Of Truth Show.
-- Dominik Hasek, who is roughly 178 years old in pro-athlete years, still looks like the same goaltender with a Slinky for a spine who the Hawks never should have given away 15 years ago.
-- Like I should talk. I’m so old that when I was watching that Bulls-Sonics game the other night, I kept looking for Shawn Kemp.
-- Congratulations to Northern Illinois running back (and Holy Cross High School alum) Garrett Wolfe, who was named a third-team All-America. Wolfe ran for 1,900 yards in 12 games and led the country in all-purpose yards with 179 per game. You’ve made Crusaders everywhere proud, even those of us who attended Holy Cross many, many years before you did.
posted by Chicago Kevin @ 9:57 AM
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2 Comments:
I think most weapons are created for the purpose of killing, not just guns.
I was wondering if someone would bring this up, and admittedly I could have been more clear. My point is this: You can kill someone with a knife, but a knife is actually designed to cut your food. You can kill someone with a baseball bat, but it's designed to play a game. The same can be said for a car, a rope, etc. A gun is the ONLY weapon with the primary purpose of killing.
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