In America, one of the the most often used acronyms is a four letter unit known as ESPN. \u00a0 Yes, the sports conglomerate that dominates all things sports. \u00a0Some of their stuff is awesome, namely the 30for30 spots that they have done.<\/p>\n
I am of the age that remembers ESPN when it got started. \u00a0It was the first time that I watched Australian Rules Football, rugby, poker and arena football. \u00a0They also had the friday night fights which was the first time that I watched Mike Tyson. \u00a0Their anchors became tv icons. \u00a0Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, Keith Olberman, etc, etc. \u00a0They added channels\u2026ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN classic, etc. etc. \u00a0\u00a0And then, they became so big that a movie made fun of them. \u00a0Back in 2004, the movie Dodgeball even poked fun at them. They made up an ESPN channel for the obscure sport of dodgeball. \u00a0Yeah, you all know what I am writing about. \u00a0The Ocho. \u00a0ESPN 8.<\/p>\n
I don’t know if you all caught it today or not. \u00a0I did. \u00a0At 5 am this morning, as I watched the start of Golic & Wingo, I realized that something was going on with ESPN2. \u00a0They were calling it “The Ocho”. \u00a0It was 8-8-2018. \u00a0Dude, they dedicated an entire channel to obscure sports for this date. \u00a0And I had to go to teacher meetings? \u00a0 WTH?!<\/p>\n
I watched stuff about corn hole, rock\/paper\/scissors, darts, trick pool shots and dodge\/juggling (yes, exactly as you read it). \u00a0I missed the light-saber fencing and goat roping. \u00a0 But I caught the ending of the over-time dodgeball game between Malaysia and England. \u00a0(What?)<\/p>\n
The cool thing was the “OCHO” logo. \u00a0It had a small wrench under the wording “The OCHO”. \u00a0Just a nod to the movie. \u00a0I love it. \u00a0And then, they ended the night with the Dodgeball movie. \u00a0I bet the ratings for the OCHO channel was off the hook. \u00a0I like the fact that they used some humor from a movie to acknowledge their origins and made it fun.<\/p>\n
Of course, I am a bit twisted and I remember the lines from the announcers of the Dodgeball tourney.<\/p>\n
“Do you believe in unlikelihoods? Average Joe’s shocking the dodgeball world and upsetting Globo Gym in the championship match. Unbelievable. I have been to the Great Wall of China. I have seen the Pyramids of Egypt. I’ve even witnessed a grown man satisfy a camel. But never in all my years as a sportscaster have I witnessed something as improbable, as impossible, as what we’ve witnessed here.”<\/p>\n
Truth Be Told, I only remember the part about the great wall, pyramids and a camel.<\/p>\n
No matter how big or famous one becomes, there isn’t a thing wrong with acknowledging your background and heritage. \u00a0Too many out grow a situation and forget what got them to that point. \u00a0We dang sure ain’t one of the big ones, but I do like to look back and remember what it was like fifteen years and where the fun was. \u00a0Sometimes, in the goat industry, I feel like I’m just playing a fun game like dodgeball. \u00a0And other times, I feel like I am dodging, ducking, diving, dipping and dodging a flying wrench\u2026or two.<\/p>\n
Have a good one, or eight of them. \u00a0And of course, a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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