William Poundstone (1955) American writer
Part One, Entropy, Toy Room, p. 46
Fortune's Formula (2005)
Calling RB James White's rushing touchdown in the first overtime in Super Bowl history to win Super Bowl LI for the Patriots.
2010s
William Poundstone (1955) American writer
Part One, Entropy, Toy Room, p. 46
Fortune's Formula (2005)
“White people love Wayne Brady, because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.”
Bryant Gumbel (1948) American sportscaster
Chappelle's Show, Prophesised by "Negrodamus"
“What we've learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback.”
Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States
Campaign rally, Madison, Wisconsin, CSPAN: Campaign 2008 (18 February 2008)
2000s
Context: What we've learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback. And let me tell you something — for the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I've seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues, and it's made me proud.
Matthew Hayden (1971) Australian cricketer
Quoted on Telegraph.co.uk (October 18, 2012), "Matthew Hayden labels England's James Anderson a 'B-Grade bowler' after dressing-room Ashes fracas" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/9617137/Matthew-Hayden-labels-Englands-James-Anderson-a-B-Grade-bowler-after-dressing-room-Ashes-fracas.html
Rob Smyth (1977) English/Irish rugby league player
Cricket World Cup 2007 Semi-final Over-by-over: South Africa innings http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricketworldcup2007/story/0,,2065395,00.html (25 April 2007)
Jack Buck (1924–2002) American sportscaster
Calling Scott Norwood's missed field goal in Super Bowl XXV
1990s
Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908) Journalist, children's writer
H. L. Mencken, The Sahara of the Bozart.
“Now the wild white horses play,
Champ and chafe and toss in the spray.”
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools
St. 1
The Forsaken Merman (1849)
Context: Come, dear children, let us away;
Down and away below.
Now my brothers call from the bay;
Now the great winds shoreward blow;
Now the salt tides seaward flow;
Now the wild white horses play,
Champ and chafe and toss in the spray.
Children dear, let us away.
This way, this way!