The underground reports of the Steve Nash charity game are trickling in. Over here in Victoria the buzz is that Kathy Shields, long time UVic coach and Canadian basketball icon, saved the night for the people watching.
She suggested the teams play the fourth quarter of an otherwise self consciously unremarkable game as if it mattered, and make the losing side do twenty pushups.
Apparently it worked. Pride was on the line.
whew.
we may see another one next year. hmm.

i hate celeb softball, all star games, fake athletic events like movie stars golfing with football players so they can all rib each other about how terrible they are. It's insulting to expect people to watch.
I, for one, am not that time rich. I'd rather have a nap or listen to good music.
And I am a sports fan.

Here is a link to a terrific article about Steve Nash:
http://thetyee.ca/Sports/2006/06/02/SteveNash/
it talks about how a kid from privilege (Oak Bay is still firmly entrenched in the 1950's behind the vaunted Tweed Curtain) was able to stay hungry.
This is no rags to riches story, as are so many NBA tales.
This is the story of a kid from Canada who chose to work just a little harder to get results.

Summer is coming to the halfway point.
Have you done what you hoped to get done yet?

Song of the day:
"Big Leagues" - Tom Cochrane with 54-40
naturally....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GOcNuwRt6T4&search=tom%20cochrane