“I'm gonna say it one more time. We are Georgia Southern. Our colors are blue and white. We call ourselves the Bald Eagles. We call our offense the Georgia Power Companyand that's a terrific name for an offense. Our snap count is 'rate, hike.' We practice on the banks of Beautiful Eagle Creek and that's in Statesboro, Georgia-the gnat capital of America. Our weekends begin on Thursday. The co-eds outnumber the men 3 to 2. They're all good looking and they're all rich. And folks, you just can't beat that and you just can't beat Georgia Southern. And you ain't seen nothin yet!” MenAmericaBeautifulNamesSportsWhitePracticeRichColorHe ManBeatsBlueRateFolksCoachesMore TimeSouthernWeekendOffenseLooking GoodInspirational SportsTerrificEaglesSnapsGeorgiaFootballerAmerican FootballThursdayCreeksGnatsUnbeatableBlue And WhiteBald Eagle Author:Erk Russell
“We had a very exhaustive, extensive search for the guy that is going lead our football team over the next few years. We spent about two months in an in-depth interview process, and Bret came out with flying colors. We are absolutely thrilled that he is our head coach.” YearsTwoGuyNextSportsProcessTeamFootballColorMonthsDepthCoachesFlyingInterviewsFootball TeamTwo MonthsHead Coaches Author:Ron Jaworski
“John McEnroe...was arguably the best serve-and-volley man of all time, but then McEnroe was an exception to pretty much every predictive norm there was. At his peak (say 1980 to 1984), he was the greatest tennis player who ever lived-the most talented, the most beautiful, the most tormented: a genius. For me, watching McEnroe don a blue polyester blazer and do stiff lame truistic color commentary for TV is like watching Faulkner do a Gap ad.” MenBeautifulSportsPlayerColorTvsGeniusBlueAll TimeTennisExceptionGapsAdsNormCommentaryLameTennis PlayerBlazersVolley Author:David Foster Wallace
“What must it be like to live in Rush Limbaughs world? A world where when anyone other than conservative, white men attempts to do anything or enter any profession, be it business, politics, art or sports, the only reason theyre allowed entry or, incredibly, attain excellence is because the standard was lowered. Be they liberals, people of color, women, the poor or anyone with an accent.... Edgy, controversial, brilliant. What a way to shake up intelligent sports commentary. Hitler would have killed in talk radio. He was edgy, too.” PeopleMenWorldWayArtReasonSportsWhitePoorColorStandardsIntelligentExcellenceConservativeRadioProfessionBrilliantShakesAccentsWhite ManControversialEntryCommentaryEdgyTalk Radio Author:Nancy Giles
“When we do 'Sports Illustrated,' it starts the night before. You do a St. Tropez tan that night, then baby oil gel, then body color.” BodyNightSportsColorBabyOilSports Illustrated Author:Chrissy Teigen
“The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.” SportsDifferencesColorSkinsYankeesSkin Color Author:Reggie Jackson
“I wanted to feel good about the way I looked. I didn't understand why style had to be sacrificed for sports technology. I found when going to the gym women were wearing their own tees, without the technology. I started to think, does it make you run faster if you wear that terrible color or sweat less if you wear that horrible fabric? And I challenged it, and the answers were not there to why we were being given poor design work. It was something I wanted to bring to women's wardrobes.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsDoeRunningWantedFoundGivenSportsAnswersPoorTechnologyStyleDesignColorTerribleHorribleFeel GoodFasterWorking ItGymSweatFabricWardrobeTeesDesign Work Author:Stella McCartney
“Sports was a great equalizer. It didn't have color. It didn't matter whether you were rich or poor, black or white. It really shaped me in many ways to be able to deal with a lot of different personalities and different cultures. Sports were the common thread.” WayDifferentMatterAbleCultureSportsBlackWhitePoorDealsCommonRichColorPersonalityThreadDifferent CulturesBlack Or WhiteRich Or PoorEqualizerCommon Threads Author:Howard Schultz
“In the very early stages of working in sports, I was sick of being referred to as "the Barbie doll" because I had long, blond, fake hair. So I went and bought a boxed hair color, dyed my hair black, and put on glasses. And I looked ridiculous. I looked like a completely different person. I was trying to get away from the stereotype but what I realized in doing that is that what I say and how I conduct myself in what I do will speak for itself, and I don't need to apologize for being a woman in that space.” NeedsTryingPersonsLongDifferentSpeakSportsBlackSpaceStageColorHairSickGlassesI RealizedRidiculousFakeGet AwayApologizingStereotypeDollsBeing A WomanBarbieBarbie Dolls Author:Charissa Thompson
“Becoming involved in sports and traveling the world and seeing how people of color were treated around the world, and America being such a great nation, probably the greatest nation in the world, I think that the thing that would destroy this nation more than anything is the inequality that we have amongst people of color.” PeopleThinkingWorldAmericaNationsSportsSeeingColorBecomingInvolvedTreatedInequalityAround The WorldGreat NationsBecoming Involved Author:John Carlos