A Plea to NBC to Spare the Ironman Melodrama
The Ottawa Citizen's Mark Sutcliffe doesn't like NBC's approach to covering the Ironman World Championships as "The Ultimate Metaphor for Life. He points out some Al Trautwigisms:
"'The broken shoulder of Natascha Badmann. 'That one hurt.' As opposed to those broken shoulders that feel like falling on a bed of feathers."
"Today is a word worse than hot, when whatever experience you have may be the key."
"One thing you notice about him is the barrel chest of a rugby player and the next (pause) is that he has no legs."
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"'The broken shoulder of Natascha Badmann. 'That one hurt.' As opposed to those broken shoulders that feel like falling on a bed of feathers."
"Today is a word worse than hot, when whatever experience you have may be the key."
"One thing you notice about him is the barrel chest of a rugby player and the next (pause) is that he has no legs."
On the web.
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