With the Super Bowl now two weeks away, and the Australian Open in full swing, the tennis world brims with excitement at the chance that they just might be featured on an episode of SportsCenter.SC, the ESPN "highlights" show that was built upon the colossal invention of the sports highlight clip, has now drifted far away from its roots and is more devoted to things like Mark Schlereth's face and Neil Everett's once-funny, now way over-used on-air voice.
With the NHL and Barry Melrose's ridiculous hair garnering far too much attention on the show, the Australian Open will most likely struggle in coming episodes to compete with allegations that Randy Moss
once, maybe, possibly hit a woman potentially years ago. And as many loyal ESPN viewers have probably noted, until we see either Erin Andrews, Pam Ward, Rachel Nicholls, or Holly Rowe (sorry to any sports reporter bimbos I left out) on some desolate, barren swath of land explaining the origins of a nondescript cactus plant, I think it's safe to say the popularity of the Australian Open cannot expand in America.
Until then, I will occasionally tune in nightly to some tennis action, but I if one thing's for sure, I don't expect to see any of the highlights later on SC.
If so, I'm sure they'll be voiced-over by Neil Everett, or shortly followed by Barry Melrose. Or both. Shoot me now.
"If you watching me on the sports center, I say hello."
