Bayless gets, deservedly so, hate mail for taking unpopular angles like "no kickers in the NFL" and "so what if college football players don't go to class?" O'Reilly gets hate mail for taking unpopular angles like "Let's have Ann Coulter on the show again" and "I'm right."
IF seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was in politics, he'd be filmmaker Michael Moore.
(Admitted in advance, this one's a stretch.)
Every year people give accolades and attention to Armstrong for what he does, then we never hear from him again. Same with Moore: he makes a film, everyone talks about it and how revealing it is, the hype goes away, return to Step 1.
And every time we see them, they fade from the limelight much richer than before.
IF NBC Sports broadcaster Bob Costas was in politics, he'd be former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
Albeit from the obvious NBC parallel, Costas was a very trusted and well-recognized play-by-play announcer, the voice of the game. Likewise, Brokaw was a very trusted and well-recognized news anchor, the face of the news organization. And both are somewhat removed from their famed professions, although they'll likely resurface.
IF Fox NFL Sunday analyst Terry Bradshaw was in politics, he'd be CNN political analyst James Carville.
Born and educated in Louisiana. Bald. Ugly. No longer relevant. Still on TV for some reason.
IF radio host Jim Rome was in politics, he'd be radio host Rush Limbaugh.
Even though both their shows are on the Premiere Radio Network, Romey has his "clones" and Rush has his "dittoheads." They both use lexicons aimed towards regular listeners. And they both pretty much bombed on ESPN.
And on that note, I ... am ... OUT.
Article comments
1 - Dave Nalle
Aww, you passed on the obvious Bill Clinton/O.J. Simpson comparison.
Dave
2 - MT
If Dave Nalle was in politics he'd be Bill Bennett.
3 - RogerMDillion
"If New York Yankees' general manager Brian Cashman was in politics"
I don't remember seeing Cashman lie to the media on a repeated basis.
If Dave Nalle was in politics he'd be Al Barger.
4 - Matthew T. Sussman
Assuming of course Dave Nalle was in sports.
5 - MT
If Dave was in politics he'd be Mike Tyson.
6 - Chelsea Snyder
If Dave was in politics, he'd be a banana.
... I think I read the question wrong.
7 - Silas Kain
Ari Fleischer = Mike Piazza
Bill Frist = John Rocker
I would have said Roger Clemens for John Edwards - a pretty Southern boy who got far on looks and lack of character.
8 - Matthew T. Sussman
At least Clemens had substance. 300 wins and 4000 strikeouts.
Palmer was born in Canada, but he was a Gator for some time. Although was there anyone else as Southern who used TV that much and fell to the ground?
Tim Couch wasn't camera friendly. Jason Sehorn was too big city. Brett Favre turned out to be good.
9 - RJ
Dan Quayle = Joey Harrington?
Al Gore = A field goal post?
Paul Begala = Eddie Gaedel?