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Old Mon Jan 02, 2012, 11:24am
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Un-Un-Sporting ???

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Originally Posted by bainsey View Post
To some degree, we can. If you find the announcer to engage in unsportsmanlike conduct, deal with it.
Unsporting makes it easy to deal with. Anything left, or maybe right, of that, along the "announcing spectrum" can present problems of interpretation.

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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
Foul shots? OK. Field goals? OK. Assists? OK. Personal fouls? OK. Team fouls? OK. One minute warning? OK. Personal point totals, and fouls at halftime? OK. Most of us that have been around the block a few times can agree on that, I'm sure.

Now let's have some fun. Steals? Rebounds? Blocked shots? Nice screens? "Assist" before an assist? Scores from other conference, or league, games going on at the same time? Do you see where this is going?
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