- Jun 19, 2014
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When does the Summers Eve summer league start?
Everyone in the Olympics is better than me at Curling but I couldn't keep a straight face if I were to suggest we needed a professional league with TV coverage for it.
Great defense by the girl underneath the basket. She acts like the shooter has leprosy. And check out #5! Not exactly Dennis Rodman on D.
My daughter started playing basketball recently in a YMCA league. She's seven years old and one of two girls on the team. The difference in skill level between boys and girls that age is astounding. Truthfully, they shouldn't even let girls on the court. My daughter is a very good athlete, too. She beats kids four grades older than her in track meets and scores multiple touchdowns in flag football at her school. We play a lot of basketball together, too, and she loves the sport. But it's simply not a girl's sport. She can steal the ball and mix it up on the floor like an animal, but anything beyond that is cringeworthy. What's worse is that the refs favor the girls, so they get away with ridiculous violations.Great defense by the girl underneath the basket. She acts like the shooter has leprosy. And check out #5! Not exactly Dennis Rodman on D.
I know I've told this story before, but my best friend's sister was on the basketball team at Buchholz High School in 1995 or so. As a team, they were bad even for girls basketball, losing games by scores like 56-12, and stuff like that. Getting to 15 points in a game was like climbing Everest, they were that horrific on offense. Cringe-worthy stuff.
So one day him and I go to one of the home games, take our seats in the bleachers, and then whip out brown paper bags with holes for the eyes and put them on (the team was already down 20 or 30 points by now). Just like this:
Eventually, someone noticed, then nudged the person next to them to take a look, then everyone was turning around and looking at us and cracking up laughing. What wasn't as funny was seeing the home PLAYERS looking up at us. The look on his sister's face was priceless.
She stayed mad at us for quite a while. It's the only time I've ever banned the bag at a sporting event....if you can call it that.
Pasty said it, if there's one sport that women simply are not physically made for, it's basketball. It's almost always painful to watch, even from the "pros".
Has anyone solved this mystery yet?
I’m hearing that they’re still planning to have an upcoming season. Just without any fans in the stands.
If you're in a banning mood, this is where you should start.Funny you mention curling. I actually love watching this AND the females in it are usually attractive. I would actually watch this league, LOL.
Go play intermural Quidditch, you homo.Funny you mention curling. I actually love watching this AND the females in it are usually attractive. I would actually watch this league, LOL.