The award for the most ridiculous, self-absorbed, overzealous all sports entertainment network in the world goes to...
ESPN, for the 10th year running.
They have once again proven that outside the 4 major sports, Tiger Woods, and the Williams sisters, you're really not much of an athlete. Unless you count token consideration of Cael Sanderson and -ahem- Sarah Hughes (don't even get me started on figure skating).
No offense to college athlete of the year Sue Bird (UConn BB) but a certain swimmer from Cal who set at least 6 AR and 1 WR over the short course season would have had my vote.
Anyone else? Natalie Coughlin, female college athlete of the year as awarded by the USMS discussion crew?
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When I joined this forum in the spring of 2001, I was getting an impression of stale conservatism, and of a consensus that the participation in competitions and bragging about times, is a 'sin' since these should better be 'inner secret pleasures'.
For example, at that time, one topic was about 'shocking' Jenny Thompson having posed topless -with covering hands though- in Sports Illustrated, but me after eleven years spent in France I was being used -while in my 20s- to about 50% of young fit women being topless in public pools, and another topic was about "...growing up..." which allegedly happens when one doesn't compete and doesn't brag about times, to which I counteracted by posting my best times as a late starter in the sport.
Originally posted by Paul Smith
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Organizations such as the Adult Swimming group are thinking "outside the box" on the competitive side and getting people interested, I would hope those of us on the USMS side would be open to exploring the same!
What ideas by the "...Adult Swimming group..." "...on the competitive side ... getting people interested..." is this about?
When I joined this forum in the spring of 2001, I was getting an impression of stale conservatism, and of a consensus that the participation in competitions and bragging about times, is a 'sin' since these should better be 'inner secret pleasures'.
For example, at that time, one topic was about 'shocking' Jenny Thompson having posed topless -with covering hands though- in Sports Illustrated, but me after eleven years spent in France I was being used -while in my 20s- to about 50% of young fit women being topless in public pools, and another topic was about "...growing up..." which allegedly happens when one doesn't compete and doesn't brag about times, to which I counteracted by posting my best times as a late starter in the sport.
Originally posted by Paul Smith
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Organizations such as the Adult Swimming group are thinking "outside the box" on the competitive side and getting people interested, I would hope those of us on the USMS side would be open to exploring the same!
What ideas by the "...Adult Swimming group..." "...on the competitive side ... getting people interested..." is this about?
