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Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Two schools of thought

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Allen Iverson's classic press conference Tuesday got us thinking (usually a mistake) about a few things:

(1) The hypocrisy of those members of the "media" -- you know who you are -- who complain that athletes never say anything interesting, then rip the few who do.

(2) How smart and funny Iverson is, in addition to being one of the toughest -- and best -- athletes who ever lived.

(3) How much the world has changed while we were asleep.

That last point suggested an idea whose time has compellingly come -- an Old School vs. New School comparison chart. And so, without further ado:

OLD SCHOOL VS. NEW SCHOOL
Old School	New School
Larry Brown	Allen Iverson
Mars Blackmon	Roswell Rayguns
Ashley Judd	Angelina Jolie
"The Cosby Show"	"The Osbournes"
Omar Vizquel	A-Rod
Marge Schott	Jeannie Buss
Jason Kidd	Stephon Marbury
O.J. Simpson	Robert Blake
Tim Duncan	C-Webb
Wellington Mara	Mark Cuban
Fran Drescher	Elin Nordegren
Cablevision	YES Network
Dyan Cannon	Tobey Maguire
Reese Witherspoon	Kirsten Dunst
Fidel Castro	Osama bin Laden
Joe Paterno	Steve Spurrier
Pat Riley	Don Nelson
Expansion	Contraction
Arnold Schwarzenegger	The Rock
Fenway Park	The BOB
Dan Reeves	Brian Billick
Jim McKay	Charles Barkley
Thumb in the eye	Canibalism
Larry Bird	Dirk Nowitzki
Superman	Spider-Man
Short shorts	Tattoos
Moses Malone	LeBron James
Johnny Cash	Clint Black
Jerry Rice	Randy Moss
Darth Vader	Mike Tyson
"Star-Spangled Banner"	"Proud to Be an American"
Eric Heiden	Anton Apolo Ohno
"The Addams Family"	"Six Feet Under"
Bill Murray	Adam Sandler
Peyton Manning	Donovan McNabb
Peter Jennings	Chris Matthews
George Bush	George W. Bush