When I was a kid I remember watching the Harlem Globetrotters on ABC's Wide World of Sports. I thought they were the greatest basketball team to ever step foot on the hallowed hardwoods. Why, I wondered, didn't this team turn pro? Surely they would win every single NBA championship! Just look how they handily defeat the Washington Generals!
Many years have passed since ABC uttered that memorable phrase, "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat." I have learned much about life, and sports, in that time. Sports continue to be a metaphor for life. Some sports are real, unaltered by greed and commercialism. Some "sports" aren't at all, WWE comes to mind. From this we can learn that there is real and imaginary in nearly everything we encounter.
We took the kids to see the Globetrotters this weekend. It was great entertainment. The Washington Generals continue to be the worst team in professional sports. (They are even worse than the Miami Heat!) Water is still thrown on the audience and there are laughs aplenty. There isn't any good basketball, but lots of outstanding dunks. As long as your expectations are set, there is a good time to be had.
Many years have passed since ABC uttered that memorable phrase, "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat." I have learned much about life, and sports, in that time. Sports continue to be a metaphor for life. Some sports are real, unaltered by greed and commercialism. Some "sports" aren't at all, WWE comes to mind. From this we can learn that there is real and imaginary in nearly everything we encounter.
We took the kids to see the Globetrotters this weekend. It was great entertainment. The Washington Generals continue to be the worst team in professional sports. (They are even worse than the Miami Heat!) Water is still thrown on the audience and there are laughs aplenty. There isn't any good basketball, but lots of outstanding dunks. As long as your expectations are set, there is a good time to be had.
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