tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post2272930880444317829..comments2023-11-03T02:45:14.110-05:00Comments on I Have Touched the Sky: Sports and Gamesrowanblazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-5150231052685857012015-04-29T15:06:03.711-05:002015-04-29T15:06:03.711-05:00Eh, we're all hypocritical in some way, if inc...Eh, we're all hypocritical in some way, if inconsistent thinking is the yardstick. But just from the few quotes I saw, Cowherd is a straight up jerk-ass. I've completely disassociated myself in the past from people who expressed similar sentiments about the pastimes of others. I never watched ESPN when I had cable TV, and that they are beginning to air eSports is no inducement to reverse that .rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-2753763380911394572015-04-29T13:30:25.249-05:002015-04-29T13:30:25.249-05:00ESPN was kinda forced too. It was a major esports...ESPN was kinda forced too. It was a major esports weekend all around - FIFA international championships, World of Tanks international championship, TERA's NA server annual PvP championships....<br /><br />And I love Cowherd, but he cracks me up with his high level of hypocrisy lately - "I cover MMA because everyone is talking about it and its growing. But not esports, which is also growing." "The lesson we should take from Bruce Jenner is not to judge and to be nice to people. But not Floyd Mayweather, he's a creepy illiterate caveman." I think he's seriously jumped the shark in the last six months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-31767271206813326302015-04-29T10:00:03.384-05:002015-04-29T10:00:03.384-05:00The difference between denotation and connotation....The difference between denotation and connotation. :) Our understanding of words depends as much on our own experiences and prejudices as on our education.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-64464167119946653182015-04-29T09:51:47.716-05:002015-04-29T09:51:47.716-05:00Dictionaries aren't always a great guide to wh...Dictionaries aren't always a great guide to what words can mean because words can mean one thing in one context or one era and something pretty different in another. Apparently sport meant something like "play" or "frolic" back in the 14th century! And we can still use it that way in a sentence like "The puppy chased the cat, but it was in sport" if we want to, but it's not a common usage. When we read the sports pages we don't expect to read about dogs goofing around though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com