Comment on Why do sports commentators talk soft bullshit?
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 9 months agoSure. Chess is insane nonsense. It’s still more fun when someone who cares about the game talks about it competently.
Comment on Why do sports commentators talk soft bullshit?
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 9 months agoSure. Chess is insane nonsense. It’s still more fun when someone who cares about the game talks about it competently.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 months ago
for an example… you’ve got John Madden. one of the “best” announcers. at least, he’s the only announcer I know by name, as far as I’m concerned, American football is just a bunch of people in tights chasing other people in tights. fighting over something called a “pigskin”.
It would be patently absurd to say that Madden doesn’t care about the sport. He was player, retired into announcing. made amassive franchise off this stuff. with doozies like:
and those are just three of the many dozens I found inside of a ten second websearch.
bigdog_00@lemmy.world 9 months ago
BattleBots for the win, fantastic action!
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Exactly the stuff I’m tired of.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Battle bots. or if you’d prefer something a bit more collaborative, there’s the FIRST leagues. (seriously some impressive robots in there. Kids these days… hehe.)