Word: evening
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...unimportant as aerial acrobatics may seem to most purists--two points it two points, after all--the fact that the WNBA hasn't seen even one dunk is a bad thing. And I blame one person for it: Margo Dydek...
Granted, they are all guys, but even that's not an excuse anymore. Before the American Basketball League--the WNBA's chief rival--folded a couple of years back, Sylvia Crawley jammed blindfolded during the ABL's own dunk contest...
...WNBA is boring now, Margo, recount hearing on C-Span boring. Most WNBA games are one-sided affairs and even the NBA marketing machine realizes that a steady diet of the same three players isn't enough to sustain interest. The fans are realizing it, too: the league's attendance dipped to under 10,000 fans a game for the first time this year...
...just look at Harvard students, or even college students. "The Simpsons" has a widespread age appeal. The cartoon side of the show attracts younger viewers. But unlike most cartoons, "The Simpsons" has a "high level" of comedy and parody that keeps old viewers tuned in. Watching Homer trip over the curb can be funny to a nine-year-old, watching him trip with Gerald Ford is funny to anyone who knows anything about Gerald Ford. Essentially, viewers are weaned on "The Simpsons." They are hooked at a very early age, and keep coming back. Every time I watch a rerun...
...Even the markets are acting liberated. With some encouraging words from Alan Greenspan at their backs, the Dow surged 300 points and NASDAQ 200 by noon, as if the twin prospects of a president and lower interest rates had made all seem right with the world...