The Mayne Event

Posted on June 04, 2008

kennymayne.jpgTonight at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, SportsCenter's Kenny Mayne reads from his new book, An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport. I spent countless hours watching Kenny Mayne and his other mid-90's SC counterparts (Keith Olbermann! Remember? Isn't that crazy?) riffing hilariously on sports scores in the pre-middle school hours. Judging from this blurb about the book, it would seem his trademark dry wit is still sharp as ever:

Painstakingly faithful to its title, Kenny Mayne’s book is neither complete nor is it particularly accurate. Ostensibly an A-to-Z encyclopedia of all known sports, many sports are never mentioned. There’s not a word about rugby, volleyball, Roller Derby, swimming, or (shockingly) Basque pelota or shinty. There is a chapter about sliding, but none about skiing. Competitive eating and rhythmic gymnastics will have to wait for another book. However, there are roughly eight chapters about tackle football—“the greatest sport in the world, and everyone knows it”—and a good four or five about horse racing, so quit complaining before you’ve even read the book. There will be plenty of time for complaining after you’ve finished it (about an hour from now—tops).

You can see Mayne read from the book for only $5. He's appearing with Hot Lather's As the Diamond Burns: An Improvised Soap Opera, which looks pretty hilarious as well.

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