Disparagement of television is second only to watching television as an American pastime.
George WillFootball brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football is a metaphor for America's sinfulness.
George WillCorrect thinkers think that 'baseball trivia' is an oxymoron: nothing about baseball is trivial.
George WillI just got hooked on the radio, the voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America, if you will. Sports, in particularly baseball then 'cause of its rich sediment of numbers, was one of the first things a young person could peg up with adults on - that is, you could know as much about Jimmy Fox as your father did.
George Will