Montage Music

Last night as I was watching NFL Live to see all the top stories of the day I was pleasantly surprised to see a little synergy between ESPN and a band called Honor By August.  Maybe it's just me, but it seems like listing the band name and the title of the song at the beginning of the montage is something that has just started happening over the last couple of years.  While I had seen a fair amount bands and song titles I hadn't seen a URL before.  This was nice to see as Honor By August got to promote their music and direct people to their MySpace profile while ESPN got a great song to use not only in NFL Live, but also I've learned, on Baseball Tonight.  - John Herrington

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Comments

[Tim Jackson]

Before I became addicted to cycling, baseball was my favorite sport. I played for years and dreamed of standing under the big lights at Yankee stadium or Fenway or Wrigley or Shea... anywhere where there would be fans screaming my name. Turns out though, you don't get too far as a pitcher when you have no control of your fastball and tend to hit a lot of batters... who knew?

In these days of corked bats and steroid-inflated players (yes, Barry, I mean you and your irrelevant record), I have to confess that baseball means almost nothing to me now. And, watching this great music montage- which is moving and points to the reasons why I loved the game as a kid- it reminded me of the hurt I felt when I realized that sport is a business at the core now. Sure, many (if not most) players still play the game because they love it. That can not be denied. But baseball, like all other sports, has become a business and businesses need to make money and it is this need for money that drives athletes to make bad decisions.

Not to rant here. Wrong forum for that, but the eloquence of the song and the great imagery is wonderful tool used by the sports industry to tap into emotions that drive people to follow the sport and suspend their disbelief. The same thing is happening with cycling, only cycling is airing it's problems in the open for all to see- whcih creates this false image of a sport rampant with problems. It's no worse than any other sport, it's just more public and actually enforces fines and suspensions- unlike other sports.

Anyway, what was my point to this comment? I already forgot... sorry...

I will still spend a couple hours peaking at the World Series though. That little boy buried inside me still loves the game... just a little.

[John Herrington]

Hi Tim,
I too played baseball and football since I was a little guy, but it wasn't until I was in high school that I realized how business-like the game can quickly become. Obviously there wasn't any money involved but it seemed like coaches had a big part in sucking the life out of the game. That's just bad coaching, but I want to assume that my experience was true for many high schools.
I too, got involved with cycling after college and took a 3 month trip from San Francisco to Charleston, SC benefiting people with disabilities. Check it out, the trip is called the Journey of Hope. http://www.pushamerica.org/events/JOH/