Thursday, March 20, 2008

ESPN's "Sports Gal" needs to step outside of SoCal for a moment, maybe have a cheesecurd

The wife of ESPN sports writer Bill Simmons out performed her husband the past two years with NFL picks. So ESPN decided to get "sports gal's" spin on the NCAA bracket picks and her reasoning for choosing each team. This is an excerpt from the article on ESPN.com.

"Marquette (6) over Cornell (14): Maybe I could talk myself into the Bucks GM thing if we lived somewhere near Marquette; I always thought it seemed like a nice school. Also, I'd be considered a twig if we lived in Wisconsin. Everyone would tell me how skinny I was all the time and ask me where I worked out and what I did. I could introduce the women there to pilates and explain to them the dangers of brats and cheese curds. I like the thought of being regarded as an exercise pioneer even if it wasn't true."

  1. I would like to see her face when the moving truck pulls up to her new house, right next to Marquette. When she realizes all of the police cars driving around the neighborhood aren't for her complimentary escort to fend off paparazzi, that van will be headed straight back to SoCal.
  2. Sure, women in Wisconsin may consider her a twig, and might even tell her how skinny she is; but instead of inquiring about her methods, they will tell her she needs to take a day off and eat some brats and cheesecurds. They might even try to get her to wash down that fine Wisconsin cuisine with...gasp...a non-lite beer.
  3. Sorry sports gal, but the women of Wisconsin have already been introduced to pilates. Feel free though, to enlighten the women of Wisconsin on this new-age exercise method. Out of the goodness of their midwestern hearts, and after sensing your excitement and overall goal of being an exercise pioneer, they just might play along with you. Who knows, they might even go as far as calling you an exercise pioneer. In reality, it wouldn't be true, but you like the idea anyway, right?