101 Sports education - Part 1

The main difference between sports in USA and Europe is straightforward the element of entertainment. It's not like in US people don't care about winning, it's just the fact that people enjoy sports, sports came into life to amuse and be a productive and enjoyable part of their lives. Even when it's about fans and supporting your team those people have their way of cracking me up, check this video: UGA was playing at Auburn in 1996 and their mascot Uga tried to bite Auburn’s Robert Baker after he scored a touchdown!!!!!



Now, don't get me wrong, college sports are a whole different story and the arenas are always filled with young (Irish) students from the campus; no typical families on Sundays...and check out this article about fan cheering and another 1 pointing out that people had enough of drunk and abusive college fans, raising 1st Amendment issues; isn't it always about freedom of speech???
Actually, having attended both events I can tell there are too many similarities, only 1 big difference: alcohol is NOT served in Greek courts unless you are a VIP..
Back to professional sports: big markets lead to higher expectations, big stars performing and on to the point, BIG TIME entertaining!
When people want to protest they act ridiculous (- ly funny)...just check those Bucks fans putting brown paper sacks on their heads and heading into their teams arena, sitting down and watching their team play as a show of total shame for said team's inability to prosper.
When we talk about Greece it gets even more anti-entertaining... win or go home. An enormous amount of pressure is constantly put on the players and coaches to perform while being unpaid for extensive periods is considered normal... As for fans, you know the deal, the land of "kafroi"...As a result todays' Greek authorities are still contemplating about the ability of a typical Greek family to safely attend a classic Sunday sports event (in the fear of extensive and dangerous altercation)...and this is the land where Olympics where invented!!!

Anyway, this is a blog, not a politics forum, so in the name of entertainment, check out the following pics:

NBA: Where Looking at the Cheerleaders Gets You in Trouble' Happens...Trust me fellas, a sporting event is a terrible place to go on a date…a fancy restaurant or the movies are a much safer bet. Why? Well, because if you go to a ballgame, something like this might happen:



That poor,poor,poor guy. Can’t even do a little gawking at the Mavs dance team...

Shaq is plain simple the funniest guy ever to play the game...At the time this happened, I was of the opinion that this dive by Shaq into the stands was excessive. After reviewing it a few more times, I stand by my initial take. He didn't need to do this, but after all, Shaq is a performer, and this is at least part of what the Suns signed up for when they traded for him so they'll just have to put up with theatrics like this along the way, because Shaq wants to make damn sure that if he's going to go all out like this, that we all notice when he does.



Now the funny part. A couple days after the above mentioned unnecessary and excessive diving into the stands we have the same play only this time it's Shaq and bench (acting like wussies) instead of Shaq vs. fans..



What cracks me up, though, is how everybody moved out of the way, even guys at the end of the bench who weren't close to getting hit -- it was like magnets repelling from each other, or cockroaches scattering when you turn on the light.

The Rockets these days are having great times enjoying an astonishing 22 (and counting) wins in a row. It's all about karma, when you r having fun the whole team can go on and do an impersonation of 41 years old Dikembe Mutombo who apparently always seems to sound like a drunk Cookie monster!!!



Bonus material on Deke...“It was named after pasta…”



Finally, it's all about the game..Check out Jason Maxiell's ridiculous, gravity defying rejection on Tyson Chandler...Chandler was elbows over the rim, and Maxiell got up from a flat-footed position to swat it out of bounds..'Nuff said, block of the year!