Another Reason to Shut Up

I flipped on the TV this morning, hoping to catch up on the sports world while I ate my cereal. The first thing I saw on ESPN was Bill Parcells' fat face as he answered questions about "the player." I changed the channel quickly, hoping to avoid what has easily become the sports world's most-beaten dead horse this off-season. ESPN is relentless in its coverage of the non-story; it is, I suppose, something that could be called CNN Syndrome: the pressure of having 24 hours to fill with 2 hours worth of stories.

So I switched to the NFL Network (god bless the Dish!), hoping to catch something, anything else: maybe a rerun of the fourth quarter of the Denver-Houston pre-season game. Whose face did I see? TO's, animated as usual, talking about his relationship with Bill Parcells as though they were in marriage counseling: it's a growing process for both of us, blah blah blah.

Are people really this interested in this particular drama? Can't we please, please talk about something else?