I’m nauseated by Barry Bonds, refs fixing NBA fixed games, and I think Michael Vick should be fed to his own dogs. But all is not lost in sports… There are some awesome athletes on display at the X Games 13 this weekend, and you should watch it.
These guys are crazy good. I’m sure you’ve seen skater Jake Brown’s bailout from 50 feet up already. If not, it’s all over YouTube today. Same with the attempted double-backflip wipeout in MotoX. Serious drama and excitement. I can’t tell you how many times I said “holy shit!” last night, but it was a lot.
The fact that these are guys with regular-sized egos (except Jason Ellis’ maybe) who are as much fun to talk to and listen to as they are watch pull Kamikaze flips is the reason I think everyone should watch with respect.
If the other mulit-billion dollar leagues had half the character of the X Games athletes, they wouldn’t need conduct policies.
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