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The Monday Morning Memo

I had taken my seat on the airplane when a young man wearing a maroon jacket sat down in front of me. The school insignia on his jacket was ATM, all in capitals, but with the T in the middle somewhat larger than the A and M. This young man wanted us to know that he attended Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college, famous for its veterinarians and engineers.

Minutes later, a bright red jacket emblazoned with a large white H came walking down the aisle. It took the seat next to A&M.

A&M looked at H and said, “Where do y’all go to school at?”

H responded, “I attend a university that teaches its students never to end a sentence with a preposition.”

Chastened, the boy from A&M smiled and said, “I see my mistake and I thank you for correcting me. I now realize I should properly have said, ‘Where do y’all go to school at, Asshole.”
– Indy Beagle

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“Television rarely covers sports with aggressive, independent reporting. After all, television is in business with the various professional sports leagues and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It pays vast sums for the rights to broadcast the games. Serious reporting runs counter to what TV viewers – to say nothing of advertisers – are thought to want: a three-hour spectacle, the intricate fun and undeniable beauty of a well-played game, a mental vacation from life’s uglier precincts. It’s nearly impossible to imagine someone on the air who is, at once, an impressario, a circus barker, an analyst, and a serious journalist. Only one person in the television era managed to do it, and he became a national figure. His name was Howard Cosell.”

- David Remnick, The New Yorker, Nov. 28, 2011

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