From Deseret News archives:
The good, bad, ugly, stupid of the year
GOOD: Coming soon to a theater near you Jason McElwain, an autistic, 5-foot-6 manager for the Greece Athen (N.Y.) High basketball team, drains seven shots, six of them 3-pointers; Utah's Bill Schuffenhauer, who once lived on the streets in Salt Lake City and ate out of garbage cans, wins a silver medal in the bobsled. Hollywood has called on both.
BAD: ESPN routinely televises Madden video football games, complete with play-by-play commentary and interviews with the players. Almost makes you pine for Olympic curling.
UGLY: Rocky Balboa makes his sixth comeback. "It ain't over till it's over," the ads say. Trust us, it's over.
STUPID: Brent Musburger thinks he's hosting a talk show during the Las Vegas Bowl, complete with guests and props. Uh, Brent, the game, remember?
GOOD: Tiki Barber, the 33-year-old New York Giants running back, wisely decides to retire in his prime with his health intact. He wants to pursue a career in journalism (OK, so it wasn't a completely great decision).
UGLY: Joe Mullen, a Minnesota Vikings assistant coach, pulls into a Wendy's drive-in, naked from the waist down. This is the part where numerous zingers would normally follow but this is a family newspaper.
STUPID: Warren Sapp says he won't eat out on road trips because his food has been poisoned before road games. Has anybody talked to his backup?
GOOD: Boise State becomes the second team (besides Utah) to crack the BCS bowl monopoly, and USC loses its last game to UCLA to throw the bowl system into disarray and controversy again. The more trouble the BCS has, the better.
Comments
- Aggies beat Spartans in snowy Logan 4:31 a.m.
- TCU 55, Utah 28 4:24 a.m.
- BYU 24, New Mexico 19 4:21 a.m.
- Jazz game at a glance 3:00 a.m.
- Real Salt Lake: Game at a glance 3:00 a.m.
- Stanford ends Y's soccer season 2:20 a.m.
- Jazz hope D-Will returns soon 2:19 a.m.
- Snow, SUU lose 2:18 a.m.
- Toone saves day for Wildcats 2:15 a.m.
- Win in New Mexico good for Y? 2:15 a.m.
- Apostle's wife felt comfort in attack
- BYU happy to escape with victory
- Can BYU root for (ick) Utah Utes?
- Crash on snowy road kills woman
- GameDay in Fort Worth
- D-Will home for daughter
- Short-handed Jazz fly past Sixers
- Utes excited for 'dream' game
- Bench proves fruitful for Y.
- Collie featured in Sports Illustrated
- SLC council OKs gay rights policies
358 - BYU happy to escape with victory
200 - Editorial: Mormons and gay rights
200 - Will state consider gay rights law?
148 - TCU creams U.
143 - Can BYU root for (ick) Utah Utes?
130 - Letters: Strange breed in Utah
129 - Utes remain silent about BCS
120 - Pratt pleads not guilty to sex charges
106 - Celtics crush Jazz
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