In an article for Fox Sports,
he goes off on people who make a "fuss" about the incompetent voting for the MVP award.
"For some reason there is a faction that doesn't grasp the meaning of the word 'valuable.'
Let me spell it for you: v-a-l-u-a-b-l-e, as in Most Valuable Player. It is not a synonym ...
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In an article for Fox Sports, he goes off on people who make a "fuss" about the incompetent voting for the MVP award.
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