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...showcased not a new drama or sitcom but its reality series Undercover Boss. (The premiere attracted 38.6 million viewers, the most for a post-Super Bowl show since Survivor: The Australian Outback in 2001.) In March, Jerry Seinfeld returns to NBC - as producer of the reality show The Marriage Ref. (See the top 10 skanky reality TV shows...
...Super Bowl XLIII, when one of my blockmates, in an attempt to show off his sports knowledge, said, “Oh man, Kurt Warner just got hit hard!” He then continued, a bit perplexed, “Hey, but why did the ref just drop his yellow napkin?” To this faux pas I immediately responded with a deep, guttural laugh. I was (this is the important part of the story) a sports god in comparison...
STEALTH MOVE Step on a fighter's foot to keep him stationary. But you must move quickly to avoid the ref's gaze...
...Cuban bought the NBA Dallas Mavericks for $280 million. He is known for screaming at referees while sitting courtside. In 2002, he was fined $500,000 by the NBA for, among other things, saying of a ref: "I wouldn't hire him to manage a Dairy Queen." As a publicity stunt, Cuban filled in for one day as a manager at a Texas Dairy Queen...
...Hoyle, the team’s excellent defense, and the penalty kill will be the team’s only hope at keeping winning streak alive. “We have to recognize that just because we’ve had a penalty doesn’t mean the ref is less likely to call another one,” Donato said. “We have to make sure that, if we take a penalty, it’s because we are trying to negate a real dangerous scoring attempt, not hits into the boards or offensive zone penalties...