Allow me this diversion from the bad news of the day to something incredibly frivolous: Remember when there were only three broadcast networks?
That's when stuff like "Battle of the Network Stars" aired. The show pitted stars from the three networks in "athletic" competition. I most vividly remember the "Simon Says" battles.
Bill Simmons at ESPN remembers, too. Here's his take on the joy of a recently discovered YouTube video featuring a match race between Robert Conrad and Gabe Kaplan.
-JDE2
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I don't have time to look at the link, but...
I REMEMBER THAT! I REMEMBER THAT!
The big thing was, everyone thought Conrad was going to pummel Kaplan and Kaplan was actually good. Can't remember if he won or not (as I said, I don't have time to look at the video), but I remember watching it and rooting for Gabe and being so proud of him.
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