Things Sports Fans Can Be Thankful For

                  November 22, 2004

 

        The Top 10 Things Sports Fans Can Be Thankful For

 

10> One entire year without a photo of George Steinbrenner looking

smug.

 

9> Shaquille O'Neal now lives far, far away from any of the

Hollywood movie studios.

 

8> Beach volleyball and TiVo's slo-mo replay.

 

7> Instead of routinely humiliating hopelessly-outmatched high

school kids, LeBron James is now where he belongs -- routinely

humiliating hopelessly-outmatched NBA professionals.

 

6> So far, all my children have managed to avoid being eaten

by Mike Tyson.

 

5> A mute button and a channel changer -- in one convenient box!

 

4> Curt Schilling's doctor isn't dreaming up any breakthrough

medical innovations to keep *ME* from missing time at work.

 

3> L.A.'s finest can go ahead and plan their 2005 vacations,

without worrying about riot duty when the NBA finals end.

 

2> Winter brings with it the eternal hope that Dick Vitale will

get laryngitis.

 

    and the Number 1 Thing Sports Fans Can Be Thankful For...

 

1> "Shhh! The game is on!" is still an acceptable way to

disengage from our needy families.

 

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