{"id":80,"date":"2005-02-21T15:43:38","date_gmt":"2005-02-21T19:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/02\/21\/insult-upon-injury\/"},"modified":"2005-02-21T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2005-02-21T19:43:38","slug":"insult-upon-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/02\/21\/insult-upon-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Insult Upon Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a4630'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agganisarena.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/agganiss.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"116\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, accompanied by Dr. P.J. Sinestro, a chiropractor with obscure<br \/>\n        mob connections buried deeply in his past, the Dowbrigade took in a Boston University Men&#8217;s Varsity<br \/>\n        Basketball joust with local rival Northeastern. College sports is one<br \/>\n        of the last remaining bastions of pure competition for competition&#8217;s<br \/>\n        sake on the American sporting scene, and is often overlooked in a 4-sport<br \/>\n        Pro town like Boston (6 if you count Soccer and Lacrosse).<\/p>\n<p>It was also our first chance to get a look at BU&#8217;s new state-of-the-art<br \/>\n        venue, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agganisarena.com\/\">Agganis Arena<\/a>. We had seen it once on television, and it looked<br \/>\n        small for a major college arena, but in person it was quite impressive,<br \/>\n        Jumbotron, ribbon video panels around the balcony, tricked-out lights<br \/>\n        and sound. Upcoming events include Widespread Panic, Wrestlemania and<br \/>\n        Stars on Ice.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, as we settled into our courtside seats, we were reminded &#8211; again<br \/>\n        &#8211; that Norma Yvonne is right when she chides that we should make an appointment<br \/>\n        to get our hearing checked.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ladies and Gentlemen,&quot; came the very young and enthusiastic voice of<br \/>\n        the booming public address system, &quot;Please stand for the National Anthem.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>We stood, slowly, still sore from three sets of tennis, but what we<br \/>\n        heard next over the PA shocked us.<\/p>\n<p> &quot;Move your ass!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Did you just hear what I heard?&quot; we shouted, astonished, to a puzzled<br \/>\n        Dr. Sinestro. &quot;How dare he tell us to move our ass?!&quot; We figured some<br \/>\n        overly enthusiastic undergrad, overwhelmed by the magnificence of the<br \/>\n        facility, had momentarily lost his head.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What are you talking about?&quot; The Doctor couldn&#8217;t decide if he should<br \/>\n        worry about our hearing or our sanity. &quot;He just said REMOVE YOUR HATS!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>We stand corrected.&nbsp; Northeastern won the game 63-48.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, accompanied by Dr. P.J. Sinestro, a chiropractor with obscure mob connections buried deeply in his past, the Dowbrigade took in a Boston University Men&#8217;s Varsity Basketball joust with local rival Northeastern. 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