Re: [CR]Illiterate Cycling Coverage

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From: Jerry & Liz Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com>, "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <B968AD4B.C02%stevens@veloworks.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Illiterate Cycling Coverage
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 21:51:00 -0500


OK, you got me, Virenque won the stage, but Lance put some more time into Botero.

Regards,

Jerry Moos


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven L. Sheffield"
To: Classic Rendezvous
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Illiterate Cycling Coverage



> on 07/27/2002 03:51 PM, Jerry & Liz Moos at jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
> > Well, I agree the coverage is the best we have ever had in America, just
> > contrast it with the pathetic live Sunday coverage we get on CBS - last
> > Sunday CBS devoted 50 of the only 60 minutes to rehashing the prior stages
> > and 10 minutes to Armstrong's victory on the Ventoux.
>
>
> Ummm ... Armstrong finished 3rd on the Ventoux.
>
>
> > I just wish OLN would
> > limit the potted plants to the program intro and wrapup. By the way, I
> > visited the OLN TdF site bulletin board and there were dozens of messages
> > like "Bill Patrick is a Moron", "Bill Patrick Must Die" and "Where is Bob
> > Roll", so it's not just me.
>
>
> Yeah ... and they said the same thing about Bob Varsha last year (who really
> did a commendable job, IMHO), about Adrian Karsten in the ESPN years, about
> Sam Posey and John Tesh in years past, about Gary Imlach in the UK on the
> ITV coverage (Phil/Paul), and about David Duffield on Eurosport.
>
> We love Bob Roll's craziness but we hate Bob Roll's wordiness. We hate
> Frankie Andreu's hair and that he talks too fast, we hated Davis Phinney
> because he talked to slow. We hated Brian Drebber. We hated Peter Graves
> (no, not the Mission Impossible Peter Graves)
>
> Face it. The only commentator cyclists like is Phil Liggett (who is
> completely past it, and needs to retire ASAP) and Paul Sherwen (who should
> shove Phil aside and take over the lead chair).
>
> Blah blah blah.
>
> If you don't like it, turn the volume down. Of course, you might miss the
> senile one's commentary, but you gotta take your chances.