Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

Click photos to enlarge As you can see above, Elton Brand of the Sixers was getting his grunge on last night. Those very nice screen shots (you can even see the loose threads!) show the results of a rather flagrant foul by Amir Johnson of the Raptors. I’m wondering if Adidas’s Revolution 30 mesh pattern had anything to do with this — like, did the mesh holes act as perforations that made the fabric tear more easily? You can see video of the play in question here: + + + + + Just askin’: CBS, NBC, Fox, and ESPN all broadcast NFL games, and there’s a common element to their game coverage: They only use female sideline reporters. The names and faces come and go, but they’re always women. It didn’t used to be this way. I’m old enough to remember that Lynn Swann got his start at ABC as a sideline reporter, but that was when the whole concept of sideline reporting was new, so there were no established rules, no established roles. Mo...