Remember Vin Scully? HeSA国际影视传媒檚 the long-time voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers who retired in 2016 after a 66-year career broadcasting the team. He was also the final link to the former Brooklyn Dodgers upon his leaving the broadcast booth.
If youSA国际影视传媒檙e making a movie about his life, you would need someone who looks like him to play the part and look no further than The Great One. Yes, Wayne Gretzky could play Scully. ISA国际影视传媒檓 not kidding SA国际影视传媒� go look at a photo of Gretzky and then take a look at Scully. Tell me ISA国际影视传媒檓 lying. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 uncanny, isnSA国际影视传媒檛 it? Just throwing it out there.
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There will be more
So Jon Gruden is out as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders because of some really crappy stuff he said in e-mails sent around between 2011 and 2018. Should he have said it? Of course not. The Internet is forever and things will catch up with you. ISA国际影视传媒檓 sure people will be able to dig up some crap on me if they looked hard enough and use it against me. Only a matter of time, really.
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A great way to end it
There are very few boxing matches which live up to the hype. Ones I remember include Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield I (not the one where Tyson tried to rip HolyfieldSA国际影视传媒檚 ear off) and anything ever served up by Micky Ward and the late Arturo Gatti. The latter was literally two guys beating the formaldehyde out of each other for nearly three dozen rounds over three fights in one of the greatest trilogies not just in boxing but in professional sport. Period.
You can now throw the third bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in there. The two met for the third time for FurySA国际影视传媒檚 World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship and it was a very entertaining bout with Fury knocking Wilder out in the 11th round. This after Wilder knocked Fury down twice in the fight. You only get a trilogy if you need to finish something and this needed to be finished in the ring. The first bout in 2018 ended in a draw while Fury won the second bout by knockout.
ThereSA国际影视传媒檚 been talk that Fury went over to pay tribute to Wilder but Wilder wanted nothing to do with it, reportedly saying he wouldnSA国际影视传媒檛 show any respect. Fury responded to that by calling Wilder a sore loser and an idiot. I did see some video showing Fury going over to talk and Wilder almost waving him away so maybe thereSA国际影视传媒檚 truth to it? In any event, it paves the way for Fury to go after Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine, who holds the other major versions of the world heavyweight championship (International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association).
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Good Idea: Luka Doncic being called a superstar.
Bad Idea: Tyler Herro thinking heSA国际影视传媒檚 a superstar just like Luka Doncic.
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For some reason, Herro thinks heSA国际影视传媒檚 in the same category as Doncic when it comes to talk about the NBASA国际影视传媒檚 young stars. During a taping of the Bally Sports Miami MicSA国际影视传媒檇 Up podcast earlier this month, Herro said he felt he deserved to be in the conversation with players like Doncic. Right. ThereSA国际影视传媒檚 confidence and then thereSA国际影视传媒檚 stupidity. Maybe if Herro was dropping 26 points per game, eight assists per game and grabbing eight boards per game, like Doncic did last season, he would be in that conversation.
LetSA国际影视传媒檚 all pat Herro on the head and wish him the best for this season because heSA国际影视传媒檚 just rammed his shin bone in his mouth.
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