What's Right About
Sports:
User Comments, Part
II
Posted: Fri August 7, 1998
This is the second sample of your responses to Sports
Illustrated's list of
What's Right About
Sports.
Rivalries. Celtics-Lakers, Red Sox-Yankees, Harvard-Yale. They
transcend generations and are reminders to both young and
old how it once was and how it still
is.
—Steven Rosen,
Boston
Successful pick-off
moves. Nothing like keeping them
honest.
—Bryan Laney, Cheraw,
S.C.
Jerry
Rice on a quick slant over the middle.
Greg
Maddux on a good
day.
—John Williams,
Minneapolis
The last 100
meters of the 200-, 400- and 800-meter races. It shows who really
wants to run and who really wants to
win.
—Cedric Harris,
Atlanta
The bleachers at
Wrigley. THROW IT
BACK!
—Richard Davenport, St. Paul,
Minn.
We call it
Tiny Tots
Soccer. It's both boys and girls five or six years old. It's a
sight to see the little ones chasing the ball around like a
swarm of
bees.
—Pete Weitmann, Lynwood,
Wash.
Offensive linemen spiking the ball after
touchdowns. No running back has ever scored all by
himself.
—Pressley Carr, Ft. Leonard Wood,
Mo.
A bunch of grown men
dog-piling one another after winning a
championship.
—Matthew Owings, Santa Rosa,
Calif.
Overtime playoff hockey.
Nothing in any sport is more fervorous, passionate and
downright
exciting.
—Kevin Saxton, Palo Alto,
Calif.
Tailgating before a Saturday college football
game.
—Dan Vietor, West Chester,
Pa.
Larry
Bird. It's not fair that we all cannot be that cool under
pressure.
—David Gourgues, Plaquemine,
La.
Dale Earnhardt finally winning the Daytona
500, and seeing every pit crew come out to shake his
hand.
—Kathleen Meade,
Atlanta
Teams that go for the
win, not the
tie.
—Jason Cheek, Lexington Park,
Md.
Not only has
no dome team won a Super
Bowl, no dome team has been to
one.
—Kerry Byrne,
Boston
A photo finish at the Indianapolis
500.
—Andrew Purdie,
Indianapolis
The first time you take your dad to a baseball
game. After all those years, you pay for the tickets as a small
token of appreciation for him introducing you to America's
pastime.
—David Kerka, Cleveland Heights,
Ohio
The seeing-eye
backhand. Over the net, right up the line, lands in a cloud of chalk
dust.
—John Arnett, Frankfort,
Ky.
Baskets from beyond
halfcourt. If you don't take them you can't make
them.
—Steve Clement, West Hartford,
Conn.
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