Congrantulations, Bode…
Basketball Bode
That’s right…I’m about to buy into the current favorite pastime of many American sports commentators: criticizing Bode Miller, the hapless U.S. skier.
Why does the U.S. press focus so much attention on this man? He hasn’t done anything noteworthy in recent weeks except fail. Yet on Google News there are 691 articles related to Bode’s current basketball mishap. It is as if there are droves of journalists flocking around him to see what splashy headline they can pin on him next.
Unfortunately, slightly injuring an ankle is not very splashy. Yet, I am willing to bet that when Bob Costas opens the NBC broadcast tonight, one of the first phrases to leave his lips will be Bode related. Why? Because when Americans watch sports, the only thing we love to see more than a gracious winner who overcame all the odds is spectacular failure.
