The Dang Apostrophe

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The Dang Apostrophe
'Get some facts, come back and see me'

'Get some facts, come back and see me'

Darren Rovell earns admission to the Online Clown Posse with an thoroughly ignorant description of Michael Jordan's recruitment to North Carolina.

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Danny O'Neil
Feb 22, 2023
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No one ever went broke trying to bludgeon the reality of a sports story into the shape of an underdog’s triumph.

And no, I’m not talking about Travis Kelce, who hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend after he spent several weeks shouting at the doubters and the haters who didn’t think the Chiefs were a very good football team. (Spoiler alert: No one doubted the Chiefs were a very good football team.)

No, I’m speaking instead about a tidbit that I came across on Twitter last week in spite of my attempts to shield myself from the inane spewing of one Darren Rovell.

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