Paul Oberjuerge: The Dahnce
Journalists mockingly refer to ice-dancing as "The dahnce." With a flat, stretched "a" ... like we'd imagine the French pronouncing it.
A good-ol'-boy columnist was assigned to the dahnce last night, and he spent an hour (while we waited for the medalists) telling everyone in sight that he would buy beer for everyone in the Olympic Village before he ever -- EVER -- covered ice dancing again.
Mary Carrillo of NBC seems to have a feel for silliness of it, which she got at last night.
MARY CARILLO ON ICE DANCING--THE PLACE FOR REAL SPORTS ACTION:
"Big time football? Cotton candy. The Daytona 500? Child's play. Hockey? Please.
"You want your sports no-hold-barred, take-no-prisoners tough, then put on your battle armor and come on down to the original dance."
This may be kinda twisted, but I sorta like the dahnce. I believe it's tougher than it looks. And the ladies tend to be easy on the eye.
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