By clicking on "Sports" in the left-hand column of this site, you will see subcategories under it. I’ll give you a brief outline of each below so you can save time going to them or not – depending upon your interest.
I’m a pretty huge sports fan – having written three books, many articles in other publications and around 2,500 articles on my blog(s). The amount of data that has entered my brain is unbelievable. It’s even more unbelievable how much has exited.
I’m reminded (and I love to tell this story) of a Married With Children episode where Al Bundy knows every sports question there is, but he is rejected for a new quiz show because he has no personality. He needs to find someone he can tutor to win. So, he picks his daughter Kelly. This link might not be good forever, but for now it shows the last half the show – and that’s all that really matters.
Al Bundy is the father, Peggy his wife, Bud his teenage son and Kelly - Bud's older sister.
Bud: You have to understand, Kelly's brain can hold anything. But there are some things you have to know. One: that it's totally empty.
Al: Wouldn't you know it.
Bud: And two: that you can't just shove information into her head. You have to be careful. Feed her information slowly, bit by bit, drop by drop, until she's full.
Al: Full?
Bud: Oh, yeah. Kelly's brain can actually get full with information. And then you've got to be really careful. Because each new thought after that will totally replace an old one.
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Al: Tell me everything you know about sports.
Kelly: I know that you scored four touchdowns in one game for Polk High, Daddy.
Al: That's right. What else?
Kelly: Golf spelled backwards is "flog".
Al: Oh... this is going to take a lot of work.
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Al puts Kelly through an intense boot camp for sports trivia until she tells him… “Daddy… I’m full.”
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On the quiz show, Kelly gets obscure and esoteric questions correct one after another. Al and Peggy are in the audience.
Al: She did it! She's winning! Peg, you're gettin' some tonight!
Peggy: Al, can I get some tomorrow night too? And some the following night, and so on?
Al: Not unless Kelly wins this last question.
Finally, Kelly only needs one answer to a question about local sports to win the $10,000 prize.
Peggy: Al, aren’t you afraid they are going to ask her the one fact she lost?
Al: What are the odds of that? I taught her more local stuff than national Peg. We can’t lose!
The question is…
“Okay, Kelly… for ten thousand dollars… in local high school football, who scored four touchdowns in one game for Polk High School in the Chicago City Championship?”
Al: Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
Peggy: Al
Al: You know Peg, this proves a personal theory of mine. The longer you suffer, the greater the reward. That’s how the gods work.
Peggy: Then why won’t the gods let her answer?
Al: Huh…
Kelly: Polk High, four touchdowns? ...
... Red Squeezbuzzer? (Kelly’s buzzer is red.)
“Oh… I’m sorry Kelly. The correct answer was… audience?” The audience replies in unison… “Al Bundy”
Peggy: Al
Al: Yes, Peg.
Peggy: Am I still getting’ some?
Al: No Peg. In fact, when we get home, I might just take some back.
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I’ve taken in just about the absolute maximum possible amount of morsels of data any human can absorb. I’m sure that if I were to have added a single byte into my brain, nine bits would find a way to escape out the back. I’m full. In fact, I think nine bits have been escaping out the back for a long time - yet somehow I remain full! What does that tell you?
Here are the subcategories to the left under "Sports".
My Best and Worst: Two stories about my personal sports “achievements”.
Activities: Some minor sports-related things that I've participated in.
Basketball Heaven: I explain how the three BBH books came about.
Sports In Review: My sports blog – formerly Upon Further Review.
Kansas Basketball: My life-long love affair with KU B-Ball.
KC Chiefs and Royals: What it is like to live in Kansas City and love pro sports.
Kevin Johnson: My all-time favorite NBA player.
Sports & Race: A few things I wrote back in the 1980’s and 1990’s about race.
Efficiency Rating: Maybe the best thing I ever invented.
Plate Production and Plate Performance: My attempt at baseball sabermetrics.
QB Performance Rating: A simple, but intuitive way to evaluate quarterbacks.
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