This Special
Edition of Behind the Play features Sports Journalism students Logan Clow, Ryan
Dickison, Shawn McLeish and Jaden Snoddon. They highlight the top sports stories
from 2011and McLeish presents a special poem as our Seasons Greetings.
'Twas the - Sports Poem - 2011
by
Shawn McLeish
‘Twas the night before Christmas
When all throughout sports
Was misinformation
From injury reports.
Upper body sprains,
Cramps, a contusion.
Since when did a“boo-boo”
Cause so much confusion?
While athletes were nestled
All snug in their mansions,
Ravenous owners
Dreamed of expansion.
Albert Pujols was dressed
In his new Angels cap,
Lying on cash
For a long, winter’s nap.
When out on his terrace
Arose such a clatter,
He dispatched his concierge
To see what was the matter.
Al peeked through the blinds
Still wearing his cleats,
And he spied three tall
Towering Miami Heat.
When asked what they wanted,
They sang in recital:
“Can you teach us to win
A champion’s title?”
Pujols pondered the query,
Shy how to respond.
He tugged at his goatee,
Waved his wooden wand
LeBron and D-Wade
And the You-Tubed Chris Bosh
Sat, eager for knowledge,
Like three eager frosh.
Albert said, “don’t ask me,
Ask Jeter or ‘Mo’,
Or Gretzky or Brady,
Or Appolo Ohno.
They’ve won more than I
And can help in your quest.
Or perhaps next time sign
With a team from the West.”
The Heat gritted their teeth
And advanced on their trip.
LeBron and Bosh both sinking
Their abandoned ships.
LBJ thought of Cleveland;
Bosh of Toronto.
They may not be champs
But South Beach, there’s no snow!
“It’s not cold in Dallas,”
Bragged big Dirk Nowitzki.
“And our rings are earned
And ever so glitzy.”
“We’ve got new rings too,”
Said the team from Green Bay.
Rodgers replaced a legend
Like it was child’s play.
But, dressed in white and blue
From their heads to their toes,
The Colts, without Peyton,
Are still riding an“O.”
With late calls from bankers
To give them night sweats,
Baseball wasn’t the hard part
For Dodgers or Mets.
For Dodgers or Mets.
With Verlander’s arm, life
Was sweet for the Tigers.
While the Bosox had their pitchers
Sipping some cider.
Dwayne played in Toronto,
New York, and D.C.
Three teams and no playoffs,
But he’s league MVP.
All Blacks won the World Cup
And New Zealand cheered.
All the world, it rejoiced
Adam Kleeberger’s beard!
Bruins from Beantown
And their little, old goalie
Caused chaos in‘Couver
Which was very unholy.
Sid Crosby,
Whom glory had smiled upon,
Is keeping us waiting
For his denouncement.
MVP Braun
Had to pee in a vial.
And no one is buying
His so-lame denial.
But when we thought sports
Were the wrong way to go,
There rose from the Rockies
A man called Tebow!!
How he keeps winning
Despite his poor numbers
Leads some to belief
And others to wonder.
And, the greatest of comebacks
To happen this annum
Left golfers to shudder
Like they’d seen a phantom.
Tiger pumped fists, and
Drove his ball out of sight.
“Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night!
