<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jfisher@igc.org href="mailto:jfisher@igc.org">Jeffrey Fisher</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lists.panix.com href="mailto:lbo-talk@lists.panix.com">lbo-talk@lists.panix.com</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:30 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> sports broadcasting (was icarian falls . . .)</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR>On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 05:22 PM, eric dorkin wrote:<BR><BR>> Normally, I watch very little TV, but I watched the Lakers-Kings series <BR>> on NBC and I would rather watch 1000 commercials than listen to Bill <BR>> Walton. For the most part, I like the "True" Budweiser ads.<BR><BR>bill walton is the undisputed champion of sports broadcasting garbahj. <BR>what's fun though is listening to the other guy (whose name is escaping <BR>me) basically call him an idiot right there on the air.<BR><BR>j</DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>that makes it lively and fun, jeff.   walton is a complete lightweight.    what's even better is when the announcers call each other idiots on the air.     marv alpert is one of the other guys; can't picture him having the audacity to call anyone anything.    like you, i can't remember the other fellow's name.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>any ideas why the broadcasts constantly promote walton's internet presence on MSNBC?     and his windbag ... i mean mailbag?    ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>R</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>