in related news, i think Usain Bolt is a cocky ass and i wouldn't be sad to not have to watch him showboat again. there's a fine line between exuberance and showboating. he's nowhere near the line.
I don't have a problem with showboating at all.
As Heather notes, whose idea is it that you go about playing sports impassionately.
Man, I say if you're the fastest man on the planet, you go on with your bad self. If you engage in showboating *before* your event and then you don't win, well, that does make you an ass. But if you win an event that breaks a record, nets you a gold, and makes you the fastest man alive, why wouldn't you bust out with the celebrating?
Besides, what Costas, et al., are calling Bolt's "showboating" was really -- what? He slowed down at the ~80 meter mark and made some arm gestures? THAT'S "showboating"? Have these commentators never seen football games? Does no one remember Dennis Rodman?
When "slowing down" = "showboating," I say: UR DOIN IT WRONG.
I had no purple mountains or waves of grain. Land of the pilgrims' pride seemed much closer.
I always thought "Amber Waves of Grain" would be a damn fine name for a breakfast cereal.