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Courtside seats, without the court... or the seat
March 16, 2006
Posted by Qi Ke, Software Engineer
Starting today you can get up-to-the-minute sports scores and schedules using
Google SMS
on your mobile device. Just text message a school or team name to 46645 (GOOGL). "Why?" you ask? Because:
The big game is on tonight, and while your cable was cut 3 weeks ago, you've still got a recliner couch and a pair of battle-worn, nacho cheese-stained text messaging thumbs
Your newly purchased tickets make the nosebleeds feel like a fireside chat, and you lent your binoculars to your ornithologist cousin
You recently secured a new job, and you need to look like you're preoccupied with important business at all times
The love of your life dragged you to the ballet on game day, and made you leave your 60-inch liquid crystal TV at home
It's time for your family reunion (and the playoffs) again, and you don't have the heart to tell your relatives that you majored in basket... weaving
The restraining order filed against you by multiple
sports
professionals mandates that you find a way to "look but not touch"
When it comes to your personal sports soundtrack, you prefer the
Crazy Frog
to the National Anthem
You've developed an allergic reaction to commercial time-outs (or even commercials, for that matter)
It's triple over time, and your too-cute-to-say-no nephew wants pizza from a restaurant six blocks from the stadium
The
BIG DANCE
!
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