Top 10 Most Annoying Sports Stories

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Posted by Hasan H, January 26, 2008 - 1:00 pm

There is so much happening in the world of sports, sometimes it makes you wonder why the traditional sports media just reports the crap out of some stories while completely ignoring other potentially more interesting stories.  The stories I mention below make me sicker than I was with “Mmm-Bop” at the height of its popularity (and I was really sick of it).  I am waiting for the day I pick up a newspaper or turn on my TV and one of these annoying storylines don’t stare me right in the face.  I am listing these in reverse order, with 10 being somewhat tolerable and 1 being the story that makes me feel like throwing a rock at my TV:

10. Baseball Hall of Fame Debates
I will admit I am guilty of participating in these debates from time to time but neither do I pretend to be a know-it-all expert nor hate on my contemporaries on national television (I am talking to you Kruskster).  The Hall’s inconsistent and undefined induction practices leave a lot of room for second-guessing and I am not sure if it’s not on purpose.

9. Brett Favre
Everyone loves a gunslinger, but enough with the pretty old man from Mississippi who hasn’t won shit in years.  Sorry Packers fans, I would be able to tolerate the feel-good story your team was in 2007 if Favre had stopped dominating the headlines.  Part of it is not his fault.  He is great, but there is no reason he should be the lead story on SportsCenter every Sunday night.

8. Bill Parcells
“I used to like you Bill, but boy do I hate you now.”  Fans of 4 of the more prominent sports franchises that he coached feel this way about Mr. Quick-Fix.  Poor Falcons fans didn’t even get to see him coach their team, and I bet they hate him.  Add the fact that ESPN covers his every move like he is the President of the Free World, and it just makes you feel like covering up your ears with your hands, standing up off the couch and stomping your feet on the floor screaming, “La-la-la-la-la-la!” … Don’t you? OK, that’s just me… but please - go away, Tuna!

7.  The New York / Boston Rivalry
No explanation needed. Just ask the rest of the 260-some million Americans how they feel about this. 

6. The National Media’s Rush to Cover Fantasy Sports
James Brown of CBS’s NFL Pre-Game Show: Do you really expect us to believe you give a shit about reporting this?  We know you are seething inside every time someone just mentions the words ‘fantasy football.’   And you know what dude?  I am with you.  You don’t need to be reporting this.  They shouldn’t be disrespecting you like this just because we dumb fans like to add up stats and ‘compete’ with our friends as we sit in front of our PCs. Really, man. Sorry.

5. The Criticism of the BCS
Every college football season we have to put up with this crap. Everyone just loves to beat the BCS to pieces without offering any other viable alternatives to this ‘broken system.’   And most of the time it comes from specific teams or fans of teams who somehow got the short end of the stick in the rankings that particular year. I don’t care if Georgia got cheated.  Where was their A.D. and where were their fans in 2004 when Auburn couldn’t make it to the title game?

4. Quarterbacks and their Celebrity Girlfriends
2 words:  WHO CARES?  Eff you TMZ!

3. Peyton Manning Bashers
Come on people. The dude is alright.  Anyone who can laugh at himself on national television is good in my book.  Stop bashing him, you sound jealous.

2. Steroids in Baseball
Steroids are a reality.  They won’t go away any time soon but I just wish there was a way that ALL steroid stories could be lumped into a weekly Steroids Only show, and just go away for the rest of the week.  I would totally tune in religiously for the “Steroids Hour with Bob Ley.”  Pinky swear!

1. The Johan Santana Sweepstakes
He is going to the Yankees.  He is going to the Red Sox.  Now he is going to the Mets.  I have had it with this guy.  It is not his fault that the Twins aren’t going to trade him for pennies on the dollar, but it’s the incessant reporting about every minor Santana development that gets on my nerves.  Just wake me up when a deal gets done, ok? Any deal.

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