by Ice Cream Jonsey » Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:55 pm
Well, Eric Neel pretty much but together a nice little death keen. My employer won't have to worry about me ever wasting time with his
columns ever again.
NBA Playoffs vs. NFL Playoffs
You can make a case for the do-or-die drama of the NFL postseason, for the way every weak-side dive and broken-up pass is tinged with drama and import. And you can make a case against the slowed-down, spiritless style of NBA postseason games, when everyone is so uptight about each possession they squeeze the flow right out of the game. You can make a case for the winter elements in football, too, and a case against basketball's 100-Years-War playoffs that run from, what, February to September? But in the end, it gets down to one thing: The Super Bowl is usually pretty bad, and even when it's good, it's so trumped-up and special-effected it cheapens all that's good and true about what's come before it. Winner: NBA Playoffs.
Yeah. The NBA Finals the last few years have been THRILLING. Like riding a rickety old roller coaster with a serial killer in the next cart over from you. Thrills, chills and spills!!!
Well, Eric Neel pretty much but together a nice little death keen. My employer won't have to worry about me ever wasting time with his [url=http://espn.go.com/page2/s/neel/030325.html]column[/url]s ever again.
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NBA Playoffs vs. NFL Playoffs
You can make a case for the do-or-die drama of the NFL postseason, for the way every weak-side dive and broken-up pass is tinged with drama and import. And you can make a case against the slowed-down, spiritless style of NBA postseason games, when everyone is so uptight about each possession they squeeze the flow right out of the game. You can make a case for the winter elements in football, too, and a case against basketball's 100-Years-War playoffs that run from, what, February to September? But in the end, it gets down to one thing: The Super Bowl is usually pretty bad, and even when it's good, it's so trumped-up and special-effected it cheapens all that's good and true about what's come before it. [b]Winner: NBA Playoffs.[/b][/quote]
Yeah. The NBA Finals the last few years have been THRILLING. Like riding a rickety old roller coaster with a serial killer in the next cart over from you. Thrills, chills and spills!!!