Save my TV

After going for a run, I wanted to plop down on the couch and watch basketball. So, I flipped on ESPN: Ohio State vs. Penn State. Really? I could care less about either of these teams, but normally I would watch anyway. But, Brent Musberger and Steve Lavin? No thanks. Lavin and Musberger have reached Vitalian proportions: it does not matter who is playing, I cannot listen to Lavin for more than a minute without wretching and screaming at the television (and, while on the subject, can someone tell Mike Patrick that he isn't an analyst? I turned off the Georgetown game last night because I grew sick of his repeated criticism of Greg Monroe. It's one thing for Len Elmore to disagree with JTIII's philosophy, but Mike Patrick? Come on, dude, know your role!).

So, I flipped to the deuce. NBA Coast to Coast. Fantastic. Ugh, Nancy Lieberman. Really? She's terrible on women's basketball games and now she's polluting the NBA too. I understand she was a great player. I respect that. However, that does not mean I have even a remote interest on her opinion of Lamar Odom's role on the Lakers. I don't even want to hear her talking about Pat Summit or anything else to do with women's basketball. Give me Doris Burke and her inability to grasp ACL injuries anyday. But, the NBA too? And, on this note, I don't need to hear Swin Cash talking about the NBA either. I get it. She's a pretty face and everyone wants to be politically correct. But, if you're terrible, you're terrible. If ESPN wants to hire women for women's basketball ames and have them give poor analysis, that's one thing. But on NBA games too? Save me. Give me Kara Lawson. Lawson knows basketball and actually knows what she is talking about. Cash is insipid.

So, I flip to NBATV for its pre-game show. Ah, the magic trifecta of Ahmad Rashad, Gary Payton and Chris Webber. God, where's Steve Lavin again? These three have to be the absolute worst crew ever imagined. Stunning. I cannot believe there is not more protest about this. Why is Ahmad Rashad still on television? I thought he retired with Michael Jordan?

Are they trying to make Steven A. Smith look good in comparison? Where did David Aldridge go?

So, I moved to re-runs of That 70's Show. Astin Krucher isn't half as annoying as Musberger/Lavin, Lieberman or Rashad/Payton.