» Fringe Blog – Writing on Film, Culture, and Things on the Fringe http://www.fringeblog.com The fringe is where the real resides, where substance and style are made one. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:46:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dream Team Blues http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/dream-team-blues/ http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/dream-team-blues/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:52:14 +0000 jelewis8 http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/dream-team-blues/ Apparently, I am a racist hater of the USA Dream Team.

]]> http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/dream-team-blues/feed/ 1 Iraq Victory Over Australia http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/iraq-victory-over-australia/ http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/iraq-victory-over-australia/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:15:39 +0000 jelewis8 http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/iraq-victory-over-australia/ Incredible! The Iraq soccer team claims another victory, and is two games away from a gold. That would be interspectacular.

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]]> http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/iraq-victory-over-costa-rica/feed/ 1 Costas On Saudi Arabia http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/costas-on-saudi-arabia/ http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/costas-on-saudi-arabia/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:32:04 +0000 jelewis8 http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/costas-on-saudi-arabia/ Bob Costas reveals he is still the greatest sportscaster currently working by throwing a smackdown on the Saudi Olympic delegation AND silencing Katie Couric in the same moment. The former is hardly a feat, but anyone who can make Couric shut up for more than 5 seconds is a brilliant artist.
Here’s the exchange:

[Saudi team enters]
Couric: I love when the athletes wear their traditional clothing. This is not traditional, this is worn still in Saudi Arabia.
Costas: Since the wakeup call of 9/11, Americans have become more aware of aspects of Saudi society beyond the oil and their nominal status as a U.S. ally. Those aspects include widespread religious extremism and an antipathy towards women’s rights, and here in Athens, there are 21 members of the Saudi delegation. None are women.
Couric: [Silence. For nine seconds.]

Ouch.
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]]> http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/costas-on-saudi-arabia/feed/ 6 PR to US: You Got Served http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/pr-to-us-you-got-served/ http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/pr-to-us-you-got-served/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:15:30 +0000 jelewis8 http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/pr-to-us-you-got-served/ The Dream Team continues to disappoint. Currently the US is tied for last place. Puerto Rico handed the US its third loss in its Olympic basketball history, pretty much owning them 92-73. Has the age of American sports invinvibility come to an end?

]]> http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/pr-to-us-you-got-served/feed/ 0 Olympic Iraqi Soccer http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/olympic-iraqi-soccer/ http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/olympic-iraqi-soccer/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:32:28 +0000 jelewis8 http://www.fringeblog.com/2004/08/olympic-iraqi-soccer/ Iraq stunned Portugal in its first Olympic competition since the war began. And they did it without the threat of having their kneecaps shattered by one of the Hussein sons if they lost.
Go Iraq!

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