Better Than the Rest...Blasphemy

***Quick programming note for my on-air schedule at 1560 The Game***

I will now be hosting Gametime during the weekends on Saturday from 8am-12pm and Sunday from 8am to 12pm (1pm on Astros' game days). I will still be popping in and out of the Ken Hoffman show but my main responsibilities will be hosting the best weekend show the City of Houston has ever heard and report during the week. Please tune into Gametime for the best local sports talk with a national feel.


Why is it wrong to be better than the rest?

My whole life I was told to be the best at anything I do. THE BEST, no exceptions. That means in radio I should aim to be the next national host for a big sports conglomerate. I should aim to be the best sports radio host in Houston and nothing less. I should aim to be better than my peers before me and my peers that I work with today. It's only natural to be the best and set goals of being the best.

Why is it that in sports when somebody wants to be better than th best they are criticized and mocked for it? If you have not seen the recent Kobe Bryant interview with Stephen A. Smith then take a break and check it out.



In the interview, Smith asks Kobe about being compared to Jordan. Kobe quickly denies anything to do with Jordan and tells Smith to get over it. If Kobe comes out and says, "yes I want to be better than Jordan," then everybody will call him a Jordan wanna-be (if they already don't). If you think Kobe, or any player, does not want to be the BEST EVER, then you need to stop watching sports. Every athlete has the ambition to be the best in the history of their sport, so why do we mock them when they admit it? When Kobe went after Jordan in the 1996 All-Star game people called it blasphemy for a young guy to go after Jordan to show that he wants to be better than him. It is considered blasphemy for anybody to even mention Kobe, or any other current player, as possibly the best to ever play their position or the game.

In EVERY other profession it is encouraged to make a peer before you your role model and copy things they have done. By using the base that a peer has laid you can improve your profession. Also, with that base you can also become better than your peers before you. Not in sports. Nobody should every aim to be the best...well at least in public.


***By the way I will be putting out my famous NBA Finals preview this week. If you are not familiar with my NBA Finals preview then here is a quick catch-up. I have nailed the last 2 NBA Finals with the Heat winning
"As much as I hate Shaq (read earlier blogs), I’m taking the Heat to win this series in six games. Wade is going to be too much for the Mavs in addition to a RESTED Shaq."

and the Spurs winning it last year...okay well I did not put that in the blog because I was trying to find a job but I promise you I called the Spurs in 4.



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