Thursday, December 24, 2009

Autopsy Machine

(Props to Monty)
George Michael, who tried to challenge SportsCenter as the go-to place for national sports highlights, but failed because he sucked, has died of leukemia at the age of 70. In 1980, about a year after SportsCenter launched, Michael had the great idea to package highlights of every athletic event, first for a local audience in Washington, DC then nationally through a syndicated show, both utilizing the hokey device he called the Sports Machine.

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