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Old Fri Oct 17, 2008, 10:15am
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Originally Posted by Scrapper1 View Post
Or the female basketball player who scored her record-breaking points in a boot against a team that agreed not to play defense and allow her to score. I don't remember who that was, but I always felt that was pretty lame. I understand it, I just personally don't like it. Maybe if I was the one who was going for the record I'd feel differently; I don't know.
My point exactly. For the most part, all we remember is that "the fix was in" when she broke the record. That one cheap basket pretty much negates any sense of wonder or admiration for all the legitimate ones that came before.
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