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...American pastimes, is a metaphorical arena. So who better to announce it than this country's poet laureate of simile? It's not just a game. Sports are analogies for all our finest hopes and truest dreams. Hey, I never said I stopped watching Bob Costas' lofty basketball play-by-play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football the Way It Ought to Be | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...hour to prepare a meal in which each course must focus on a single ingredient that they don't know ahead of time. A panel of judges gorge themselves while delivering criticism to the chefs' faces, and then determine a winner. The camp elements--histrionic introductions, bad dubbing, overexcited play-by-play announcers, B-level celebrity judges, the Mentos-like opening in which the host bites into a yellow pepper and laughs evilly--only serve as an excuse for the real draw: watching a cocky chef get his comeuppance at the hands of an Iron Chef, who rarely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Joy Of Cooking | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...only want to watch players groom themselves and spit. The new personal-p.o.v. digital technology will allow you to remain focused on any player, on the field or off, who's picking his nose, adjusting his protective cup or spewing tobacco juice--without the constant interruption of superfluous play-by-play coverage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Still Go Out To The Game? | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

Religious conservative and G.O.P. presidential hopeful Gary Bauer finally dropped out of the primary race last Friday. Something to do with his sub-1% showing in New Hampshire, said the pundits. Aficionados of his star turn at last Monday's Bisquick pancake contest know better. Here's the play-by-play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pancake Politics | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

...Russell is leaving no room for error. "I'm going to do the best play-by-play job I can do--it's my last game calling the marquis sport. I owe the best to myself, and to everyone listening who couldn't be there...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Harvard-Yale Football: Who Cares | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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