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Quiet, please! (Sometimes, less is more)
PUT A SOCK IN IT
Sometimes, less is more.
Sometimes, it’s better to keep your yap shut instead of flapping your gums.
Sometimes, silence is golden.
CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz does an outstanding job as lead announcer at the Masters. Love his knowledge of Augusta National. Appreciate his grasp of the tournament’s history. Enjoy his perspective on each player’s plight.
But there are times when I wish he were more Ray Scott and less Dick Vitale.
When Trevor Immelman holed out to win the Masters early Sunday evening, April 13, we didn’t need Nantz giving us a play by play of Trev’s life story & his family’s sacrifices & his benign tumor & his being Gary Player’s protege for the 16-thousandth-time.
We needed silence so that we could enjoy the moment as the cameras rolled.
Sometimes less is more.
Yes!
CONGRATULATIONS
To Jim Delange, meet manager at Cedarville’s Impson Invitational, conducted on Saturday, April 12, at Cedarville University.
And congratulations to a trio of record-setters in Bethel’s Ashley Swackhamer (300 meter hurdles), Cedarville’s Katie Gerhardt (discus and shot put) and Northeastern’s Jared Collier (discus and shot put).
I was told Jared is a rather large, strong, hefty & massive fellow who could throw me as far as he hurls the shot & discus.
I’m left to wonder … does Jared like Subway?
THOSE CLEVELAND BROWNS
What bothers me most about the “new,” expansion, post-1999 Cleveland Browns is this:
The man who was praised & trumpeted for bringing back the Browns after a three-year hiatus — the late billionaire banker Al Lerner — was the same man who assisted Art Modell in moving the NFL franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore in 1995.
To all those Browns fans out there who condemn Modell, just remember that Lerner was just as much to blame for the Browns’ exit from Cleveland (1996-98). Modell took the fall, but Lerner was a facilitator.
Speaking of Modell, Cincinnati Bengals fans should be forever grateful to him.
Had Art not fired Paul Brown as Cleveland Browns head coach after a 7-6-1 season in 1962, there wouldn’t be such a thing as the Cincinnati Bengals.
READERS REACT
“Stone” and “Red” checked in on Sunday, much to my delight. I truly appreciate their readership & response.
Said Stone: “It’s hilarious to read some nerd sportswriter call himself the Chickster and pretend to know anything about football. You are starting to remind me of a former DDN sportswriting loser named Gary Nuhn.”
Added Red: “Gary Nuhn is a good comparison. Keep it up and you’ll make us forget him.”
—-The Chickster’s response: “To be mentioned in the same breath with Gary Nuhn, the immortal “Nuhner,” is truly an honor, one of the highest forms of praise a sportswriter could ever receiver. All I can say is, I have arrived. I have landed softly and safely. In high cotton. Thank you ever so much for this awesome, intense tribute.”
UNTIL NEXT TIME…
This is “The Chickster” saying, “Make Love, Not War; Give Peace a Chance; and Strawberry Fields Forever.”
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By Stone
April 13, 2008 9:41 PM | Link to this
Just to clarify for those readers who don’t remember, Gary Nuhn was a bitter mouthy and opinionated sportswriter that left readers with a feeling of regret for spending their time reading his crapola.By Michael
April 13, 2008 9:53 PM | Link to this
Stone, the only feeling of regret I have is after reading your crapola. Nuhn was a good writer.By bob from lebanon
April 13, 2008 11:17 PM | Link to this
maybe sending the brown family to cincy is another reason to dislike modell. we are stuck with paul browns son mike.By Tom
April 14, 2008 7:22 AM | Link to this
Chick - I love your columns and bengals coverage but…keep your liberal/socialist sign-off comments off the page. We Americans are fighting islamic fascism and your “make love, not war” is not only intellectually shallow but helps support the enemy in this WWIII. I recommend you read Laura Ingraham’s book “Shut Up & Sing”.By Tom
April 14, 2008 7:29 AM | Link to this
Chick - I love your columns and bengals coverage but…keep your liberal/socialist sign-off comments off the page. We Americans are fighting islamic fascism and your “make love, not war” is not only intellectually shallow but helps support the enemy in this WWIII. I recommend you read Laura Ingraham’s “Shut Up & Sing”.By Hugh
April 14, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this
Hey Tom - I recommend you open your ears and eyes. Then you will realize that ‘we’ Americans are slipping into a fascist state because of morons like you.By Stone
April 14, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this
Michael… is Gary your Daddy? Please, we all know Gary Nuhn mouthed off about everything. Eventually he “retired” early. Probably because people with half a brain didn’t enjoy his ridiculuos opinions. And the last thing we need is a guy like “Chickster” spreading rumors about BG leaving UD. Way to dream up rumors! It’s sh*t like that which drives away stars and good coaches from the Cincy/Dayton area.By Tom
April 15, 2008 6:48 AM | Link to this
Hugh, Liberal/socialists like you conveniently forget left wing socialism/communism killed 200+ million in the 20th century. Your type (esp the NYTimes) was infamously described as “useful idiots” by Stalin. PJ O’Roark nailed it when he wrote “liberalism is simply communism sold by the drink”. Hopefully chick will keep his socialist inspired comments out of his wonderful sports columns.By Doug Graves
April 19, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this
Just what I figured. The bashing of Malcolm Kelly. Obviously Chick hasn’t seen Kelly play this season as I have over and over again. Just wait. This guy’s pair of hands and feet will grace some pro team soon. I guess if Kelly was a Big-10 slop he may have been given a higher rating by Chick. But he’s from a REAL football conference, not the lousy Big-10.By Ace
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