Being the “Old Man” that I am, I went to bed last night @ 10:30.  I received a text this morning from my brother saying: “Are you up, are you watching right now?”  This could only mean one thing, something crazy happened last night post-me going to bed in the NCAA game.  So, being a Canadian, I go straight to tsn.ca to find out what happened.  Here’s what I saw:
You could imagine my surprise when the only mention of any NCAA event (last night there were 4 games) is a byline that reads “March Madness Roundup: Kansas State captures memorable win.”  ARE YOU KIDDING ME!  I know that the NCAA Tourney is a bigger deal in the U.S, but (what I found out later) it was a double-overtime photo finish…and….nothing. You could imagine my confusion when trying to figure out what my brother was referring too.  I decided to shoot over to espn.com just to see:

Full front page coverage and video of the game, and 2 of the 4 sub stories about other NCAA games.  For some reason, TSN believed that Montreal (6th place) beating Florida (12th place) in an NHL game last night somehow deserved the top line.  From this I can draw one of three conclusions.

1) TSN hires only hacks, that know nothing about sports
2) A 6th place team beating a 12th place team in hockey is multiples more exciting than a double overtime, winner moves on college basketball game
3) Canada is just really…that bad.

I think it’s a tie between 1 & 3.  On another note, American’s now are on a path to socialized medicine and probably socialism itself.  Maybe having crappy sports coverage is a socialism symptom.  That probably wasn’t in the Pro’s and Con’s that Obama listed when pitching the bill…

Thought it was THIS GUY funny (very).

But in all seriousness..in the craziness of the month of December…the hustle and bustle of everything that goes on, the old cliche “Let’s all just slow down and remember the reason for the season” rings in my ears. Cliche’s are funny. As overused as they are, they still remain true. It’s sad that because truly remembering the “reason for the season” is often to cliche to actually do. I find myself THINKING about it…but not DOING it. Whether it’s stopping to remember how a loving God sent His only Son to be a man and live on earth (Check THIS MESSAGE from last week at Harvest…SUPER powerful) or even just going over the past year and thinking of all the things that I have to be thankful for…we serve a loving and faithful God.
As you reflect on the “reason for the season” remember…being thankful is much more than just a cliche!