When the time came to choose a setting to paint in my intro to oil painting class at the Art Institute of Chicago, the choice was obvious. I selected the most cinematic scene in all of sports, "the end of the yellow brick road" as the legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson used to call it: The Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. The iconic stadium and the game affectionately known as … [Read more...] about Kirk Herbstreit Perfectly Articulates the Transcendent Rose Bowl Setting
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Kirk Herbstreit articulates the histrionics and egocentrism of National Signing Day
On February 1st, the day before Groundhog Day, a different annual right of passage, one with about as much accuracy and validity as February 2nd occurred in National Signing Day. When asked to comment on the hoopla and hype concerning this ostentatious narcissism-fest, ESPN College Football analyst Kirk Herbstreit expressed his discontent over the craziness surrounding this … [Read more...] about Kirk Herbstreit articulates the histrionics and egocentrism of National Signing Day
The Five Worst Football Announcer Cliches
We’ve all made fun of the most shopworn of sports cliches, sayings such as “at the end of the day,” “defense wins championships,” “we’re taking it one game at a time,” and “we try not get too high after wins, or too low after the losses.” We all know these phrases make us dumber each time that we hear them. We delete or cut them the instant they are uttered (at least … [Read more...] about The Five Worst Football Announcer Cliches