Seven yrs in the past (Sept. 20, 2014), our beloved colleague Joe Murphy died.
For 50 yrs, Nobody did it any greater than The good Eagle-Tribune sports activities columnist.
In trihowevere, right here is my annual gong column. Joe’s semi-common gong columns have been classics. Mine, properly, I’ll gong myself.
Tright here are A lot Of expert athletes worthy of the dstudyed gong. On The very Better of the itemizing is Megan Rapinoe, captain of the badly undperiodchieving womales’s Olympic soccer group. Outfacet of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, she Might be the nation’s worst and most woke chief.
The male mannequin of Rapinoe is egocentric and surly QB Aaron Rodgers.
Tright here’ll On A daily basis be a gong for Highschool Advertisemalests who don’t have packages for soccer video recreations. Bigtime insult to the recreationrs.
I’d gong consumer costs for Highschool sports activities And further-curricular actions. An excellent deal Of money Inside the price range for these.
I’ll gong anyone who says Eli Manning, Philip Rivers or Matt Ryan is a Hall of Famer. Might care much less about their stats On this two-hand contact period of soccer.
I’d gong studyers Who’re incredulous they Want to pay to study newspapers on-line. Do You should pay for An monumalestal Mac or gasoline?
I’d gong politicians giving their staffs fat raises In the midst of a pandemic.
I’ll give a bleary-eyed gong to communities that don’t implement noise legal guidelines.
WANNABE Comic
I’d gong sports activitiescaster/wannabe comedian Kenny Mayne however ESPN alstudyy Eliminated him.
I’d gong all these Individuals with welders’ masks. Till They’re certainly welders.
I’d gong (And provides silver medals to) males’s Olympic extreme jumpers Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi. Declaring themselves “co-gold medaitemizings” is 100% opposite to the Olympic spirit.
I’d gong Associated Press tales with three or extra bylines. Too many cooks spoil the brother.
I’d gong shops that don’t give me again the change I’m due. Don’t care if it’s one penny. My penny, not yours.
I’d gong grade inflation in school sports activities. The worst final yr was America East volleyball. All 16 UNH recreationrs have been “honored,” hopefully with the gold stars You purchased in kindergarten.
I’d gong Highschoolers tweeting schools who provided scholarships and get the identify of The varsity incorrect. Boston College College?
I’d gong the NBA for doing a horrible job advertising its recreation. Regardmuch less of doc low Tv scores, it seems to spend half its assets advertising the WNBA Instead.
SHORTSIGHTED MLB
I’d gong shortsighted Primary League Baseball for taking the Loproperly Spinners and so many good minor league franchises from us.
And for letting The sport crawl alongside at a snail’s tempo. and for letting steroids again Inside The sport.
I’d gong boxing good Floyd Mayweather who’s extra bland than soda bstudy and virtually as bland as this column.
I’d gong Ivy League schools for cancelling all sports activities this spring. Uh, They’re performed outfacet.
I’d gong tennis champ/drama queen Naomi Osaka. She pulled out of Wimbledon for being too introverted for interviews. But, shortly after she went on a media tour like few seen this facet of Hollywood. It included posing for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit version, doing a actuality current, launching A mannequin new Barbie and displaying on the Time journal cowl.
I’d gong ISL prep school sports activities groups having fun with video recreations final spring Neverthemuch less the league not permitting member schools to report scores. Actually bizarre.
I’d gong New Hampshire Highschool monitor for its foolish insistence on working the 1,600 And three,200 meters Rather than the mile And A pair of-mile. I’d gong Mass. Highschool cross nation for its petty insistence on not working at New Englands.
I’d gong sensible-acre school Ivy League marching bands that assume They’re amusing. Painfully unfunny.
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