Too many words. Me like sports pictures.

I was hoping they'd include Vince Carter, but I didn't think they actually would. Good job, I farking hate that spoiled, over-hyped also-ran.

*WHEW* for a minute there I thought they were gonna mention Anna Kournikova....

The difference is the center-field wall in the old Polo Grounds was 458 feet from home plate, in some places deeper, so Mays was 440 feet from the plate when he made the Catch. Over-the-shoulder catches these days, like that outstanding catch made by Michael Tucker of the Kansas City Royals, come less than 400 feet away.

I fail to see the real difference here. so he was further from the plate. does that make it a harder catch? i guess if he had to run 50 more feet to get there in time, but maybe he was just playing deeper so its really the same thing right?(just wondering)

R.P. McMurphy, from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," wins the Mother Teresa/Albert Schweitzer/Martin Luther King Sincerity Award compared to this Bad Actors Guild. Et tu, Qyntel? Q might have been a great player, until he wound up out there with the Portland Reign of Fire, Pituitary Gone Hog Wild division.

Somebody stop them, before they kill hope again.

Upon reading this entire article...THIS ARTICLE SUCKS.

Who wrote this article? A grade school kid?

Ash216: He wasn't back far enough and had to sprint forward to make the catch. Then with just a glance over his shoulder he made a perfect catch. The author's point is everytime someone make an over the shoulder catch they use the phrase. It is just overused, like bringing up SUV's at Fark for no reason.

Tied for #11:

Shaquille "Me Play Pretty One Day" O'Neal

Phil "Coat Tails" Jackson

The Heisman Award Winner: The NFL's equivalent to the Grammy's Best New Artist Award

*Barf*, that Willie Mays thing is really stretching it. If a football player makes a diving one-handed catch does it matter if its on the 30 yard line or the 50 yard line? This guy's wrapped up in his own personal halcyonic days, and apparently its sacrilige to infringe on his memories by insinuating some modern athlete could duplicate an amazing feat accomplished by one of baseball's greats.

Spiritauthor, fair enough. the article still sucks though.

Wow! This was LAME!

How about the Rams' "greatest show on turf"?

That was pretty pathetic.

Tim McCarver. That "folksy homespun" southern accent is as phony as it gets. Nobody from down here believes it. He must have learned it from watching Carroll O'Connor on "Heat of the Night". Ever hear a northerner try to sound southern? Tim McCarver or Carroll O'Connor. same.

Phil Jackson is cool. He goes to Alaska and meditates, comes back and gets to coach the best team.

Why are the Lakers the best team? Cuz they're in the best TV market. Refs won't call Shaq for shiat. That would be bad for ratings.

EyeballKid: Waah, sniffle, waah. Blazer fan? To say PJ is a coattail rider is to expose your limited knowledge about the NBA. Maybe next year....

"Hi folks, I'm Mel Allen, and welcome to Articles that suck A$$ !"

CONTROL: Thank you for paying attention to the man behind the curtain. The reason the Lakers get the titles is they get the calls. Don't believe me, DAGRIPPA or HANKY, see if Mike Bibby ever got his wallet back after Kobe Bryant mugged him in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals in front of a referee. Maybe I'd think more of O'Neal if he could a)dribble b)shoot free throws c)play basketball

But, I will give him credit for recreating the center position to that of Cro-Magnon status.

#12 : NFL referrees.

The Raiders/Patriots game last season is a perfect case in point. For that matter...the Super Bowl is a sham.

I just wonder what his problem with Canseco is. Jose just spoke the truth and people did not like it.

On the subject of Shaq...he's lame. If I was 7 foot tall and weighed 400 pounds I guess I could play ball too.

Does being given a superbowl count as "phony"?

some asshat decides 40% of the worst of sports is baseball related. that's the only thing I agree with him on.

let the bastages strike - permanently. then maybe that jerk-off will shut up

ChineseWalkingDeathFish and Troutstomper. Great minds thinking alike.

What about the "BIG TIGHT END". Did you ever hear an announcer not refer to the tight end as the BIG tight end? Of course he's big, you flaming asshat. Tight end is a position for BIG GUYS.

Fer Chissake, just say tight end. Enough of the Big Tight End shiat. "And that one's caught by the big tight end and he rumbles down to the eight yard line."

*Gets down off soapbox.*

What about "He Hate Me" from the XFL?

I bet that's not even his real name.

The whole Patriots thing last year was, IMHO, a result of the 9/11 incident. It became necessary for a "Patriotic" team to win the super bowl. The whole thing started with the Raiders/Patriots game. What a joke that was.

Well really I think Shaq is a good player.
He's got more skills than most of the centers. Yeah, I think he's the best center in the league. (David Robinson is the best center when he's on the floor, but he's too old to play the minutes.)
Shaq makes his free throws now, too.

Here's what I don't like about Shaq:

He sounds stupid when he talks.
He is a terrible actor. He shouldn't be making movies.
He thinks he has a spin move. It's not a spin move, it's a shoulder shimmy that fouls the defender backward 3 feet.
He looks stupid.
He needs to get his eyes fixed so he doesn't look so cross-eyed.

EyeballKid: I was taking issue with your downplaying of PJs talents. Michael Jordan - number of titles before PJ = 0. Shaquille O'Neal - number of titles before PJ = 0. KB - number of titles before PJ = 0.

If the Kings were coached by PJ last year they would've won. Also, the only real player on that team is MB. Webber will always choke when the chips are down.

No, monkeypants, it's not. He's playing for some asshats this year..I think it's the Dallas Crackwagon. Or it might be slamball. I can't remember.

Nor can I remember his name.

Shaquille O'Neal on his game:

"My game is like the Pythagorean theorem. No one's figured it out yet."

i usually love reading "page 2" but this guy's columns rarely make any sense. for further reading try deciphering his brad johnson vs. rob johnson "article."

bill simmons is the best guy they have hands down.

Paranoidandroid
Did he really say that? How stupid.

oh, the Willie Mays thing:

I'm guessing the guy is referring to Willie having to cover
much more field than people do now. I don't know if he was
playing short or not on that play.

He needs to get his eyes fixed so he doesn't look so cross-eyed.
that is so true, but i think part of the problem is that his eyes are about an inch apart. he cant help it. ;)

08-26-02 10:59:13 AM Stebain
Paranoidandroid
Did he really say that? How stupid.

I may have paraphrased it, but as far as I know, he actually said that during an interview.

How can you people say the Patriots were given the Super Bowl? The Rams just choked. As for the call in the Raiders game, read the rule book people. It is a bad rule, but it was not cheating. Conspiracy theorists make me laugh. Oh yeah basketball has sucked for about a decade now. Bring back the 5 man game with some passing and the nut huggers. Nothing like a camel toe on a fast break.

"My game is like the Pythagorean theorem. No one's figured it out yet."

actually most people that have taken geometry in 9th grade figured it out. asshat.

TROUTSTOMPER:

Rod Smart, the XFL "HEHATEME" legend, is currently a running back for the Eagles. Go fig.

What's with all the NFL referee/Patriots bashing? The consensus that I saw (among professional analysts) in the aftermath of the Patriots/Raiders game was that the call was correct, according to the rule. Sure, it's a weird rule, but you can't fault the refs for that.

And the Pats did beat the Rams in the superbowl... did the refs give them that one, too?

How about Steelers fans and their stupid towels?

Steelers fans should have donated their towels to Raiders fans so the skirt-wearing Marys would have had something to cry in.

ChineseWalkingDeathFish and Troutstomper at dinner last night in unison: boo-hoo-hoo, we love the Raiders even though they couldn't make a fourth and inches run to keep the ball and run out the clock to win the game...boo-hoo-hooooo...we like to blame the refs instead of facing the fact that the Raiders had many opportunities in the game to put it away but failed...boo-hoo-hooooo.

Watch the game again, cry-babies.

More too many words! Stop sport talk!

Pats bashers--remember that the league was simply applying the rule as written.

And if the Raiders were that good, why did they allow that game winning field goal, huh?

STFU from a niners fan

paranoidandroid---Actually, Diesel, the answer is c2. Feel free to hurl yourself through any sixth-grade classroom window and let the kids clue you in.

i overestimated it. sixth grade. god i cant stand shaq.

Only 35 more minutes until Jim Rome comes on. I just wish he would talk more Nascar.

Nothing pleases me more than a whining FADERS fan.

the entire nascar circuit should have made the list. commercials in circles, YAY.