Monday, June 18, 2007

THE NFL'S WORST IS BETTER THAN THE NBA'S BEST

Other than Bill Simmons, the most polarizing sports writer on the Internet today has got to be Peter King -- either you love him, or you can't stand him. Personally, his MMQB column is a must-read, and for all of those people who mock him -- this comment made me laugh out loud: "King is a nonsense fountain" -- well, then why are they reading him in the first place? Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Anyway, King's "stat of the week" was an eyebrow-raiser, at least for me: the average rating showed that 6.9 million American households tuned in to the NBA Finals, while last year's late-night Monday Night opener between the Chargers and Raiders -- a 27-0 San Diego mauling that didn't start until after 10 pm on the east coast -- was watched by 7.9 million American TV households. The NBA really does have a problem on its hands, and that problem is mainly that its league is unwatchable, it really is.

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