{"id":3556,"date":"2009-03-03T16:53:17","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T21:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3556"},"modified":"2009-03-03T16:53:17","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T21:53:17","slug":"espn-the-gag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/espn-the-gag","title":{"rendered":"ESPN The Gag"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two notes about the new issue of ESPN The Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Atlanta Thrashers do not have the second-worst attendance in the NHL due to “woes at the top” (read: their ownership battle); they have the second-worst attendance in the NHL due to the fact that people in Atlanta don’t give a shit about hockey. They barely give a crap about basketball, and the Braves couldn’t draw sellouts to playoff games when the team owned the NL East for a decade-plus. The only thing that would boost attendance to Thrashers games is if they signed Michael Vick.<\/li>\n
  2. The coverline, “Exclusive: Michelle Wie sets everyone straight,” may be the first time the word “straight” was used in an article about the LPGA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thanks. I’ll be here all week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Two notes about the new issue of ESPN The Magazine. The Atlanta Thrashers do not have the second-worst attendance in the NHL due to “woes at the top” (read: their ownership battle); they have the second-worst attendance in the NHL due to the fact that people in Atlanta don’t give a shit about hockey. They … <\/p>\n

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