Is it just me, or do all sports interviews sound the same?

[Scuba]

[lovemydog]

1. Yeah, they do

For some funny reason I still like to watch them. Bill Bellichick cracks me up because he never says much. Jim Harbaugh too, because he appears bonkers.

One press conference (I think it was either Latrell Sprewell or Rasheed Wallace) the guy answered every every question with 'Well, we played hard and they played hard'. It was hilarious because the guy was sick of answering questions, and was mocking the idiocy of press conferences. The NBA fined him for it, but I thought he should have received a comedy award.

[DebJ]

2. Yep you nailed it. Hubby and I always crack up they sound .... dumb! n/t

[LeftofObama]

3. On. The. Nose.

I never understood it and I guess I never will.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. We can't concern ourselves with winning a DUzy

we need to respond to one OP at a time.


My hidden posts are in the past. I'm focused on the future. And my fans and the commissioner should be too.

[Demo_Chris]

5. Perfect. nt

[Paladin]

6. They're all the same. (nt)

[Vashta Nerada]

7. Yep.

And they always manage to throw god in there somehow.

I would kill myself if I was a sports reporter.

[Raine1967]

8. From one of my fave movies:

Crash Davis: It's time to work on your interviews.
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: My interviews? What do I gotta do?

Crash Davis: You're gonna have to learn your clichés. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play it one day at a time."

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Got to play... it's pretty boring.

Crash Davis: 'Course it's boring, that's the point. Write it down.

[Tom Ripley]

9. I am one hundred and ten percent in agreement with you

[Populist_Prole]

10. Oh hell yes! And what about those stupid press conferences?

I'm NOT a sports fan but am exposed to sports programming all the time, as our work breakroom/lunch room/ready room TV is hijacked by sports heads who have to blare ESPN all the time. That comic sounds exactly like the interviews given: No specifics, just vague fluff talk.

What really burns my ass, and also reinforces my dislike of sports are those live press conferences and the length they go to try to give such banal subject some gravity. You'll see some business casual dressed guy at a lectern ( a player, or coach, or team owner ) surrounded by microphones as reporters in hushed tones ask questions amid background shuffling noises. It all has the air of some fake solemnity as though a governor or even president is talking questions following a major catastrophe. Get real!

[reflection]

11. Spot on. Don't forget

"God liked my team today but didn't like the other one."

[Yavin4]

12. Sometimes. They are different.

[Scuba]

13. What was he asked?

Best interview I've ever seen. Go Chanticleers!

[Denis 11]

14. best laugh I have ever had at D U!

Thanks Yavin4.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. Most but then there's Lee Elia...

[Scuba]

18. Can't quite put my finger on it, but that one is somehow different.

[NoGOPZone]

16. They do to me; I always put them on mute nt.

[HappyMe]

17. We did our best.

The defense/offense did/didn't do their thing.

They simply outplayed us.

Their offense/defense was at the top of their game.

Clearly, we were drunk.

Their fans were drunker and louder than we thought possible.

The wifi went down, the Starbucks and grunge ran out -- we thought we had 'em by their cleanly waxed privates and 'cool' winter hats. Somehow, it still stank of cheese in there.

[Arugula Latte]

21. As long as they gave 110 percent.

[uriel1972]

19. I love the ones just after the athlete has won the sprint...

and is gasping for breath, some idiot thrusts a mike in their face and asks them how it feels. Bozos

[Arugula Latte]

20. Ha ha. That's what it all sounds like to me.

I can't imagine spending any time listening to this stuff or internalizing it, but I know millions do.