ANST - Basketball and NPR

[Ghislaine Fontanneau/Elayne Hoover]

My my my.  I suddenly feel interesting in sports.  I think I shall now
become an avid fan of basketball! So, ummm...does anyone know which on
that is?  is basket ball the one where they kick a black and white ball
into a large free-standing basket on it's side, or is it the one that
involves a lot of bouncing and throwing?

Ghia
un-athletic (unless it involves swords), sports illiterate "nerd"



Nathan W. Jones wrote:
> 
> Baron Bors wrote:
> 
> > NAH- Baron Aodan has been bitching about how the Bostonians don't know the
> > correct pronunciation of Celtic for the last twelve years- guess some one
> > finally read one of his missives to the head office of the Boston Celtics (
> > pronounced witk a K ).
> 
> Actually, the way that NPR reported it was that the Celtics had recruited a 20
> year old, 7'2" center from Ireland.  The best basketball player in the history
> of Trinity College, and thus all of Ireland, in known history.  He had three
> demands before he accepted.
> 
> 1.  The franchise must change the pronounciation of it's name.  (Irish Gaelic is
> his first language, it was quoted that he didn't feel the need to learn English
> when he was a child.)
> 
> 2.  He must be allowed to cross himself before each game and before free throws.
> 
> 3.  The National Anthem must be sung in Gaelic before each game.  (they said
> this might prove troublesome.  Apparently, "O, say can you see.." in Gaelic has
> a word in it that sounds like an obscenity.)
> 
> The Celtics are desperate enough for a center that they agreed to his demands.
> 
> later,
> Gio

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