i wish howard cosell was still alive (or, i'm a 5 year old)

nbc was showing coverage of the american women's volleyball team this morning. they were playing japan, which had a team member with the last name of takeshita. read that again. takeshita.

now of course, the announcer didn't pronounce it they way her name is actually spelled. he said something along the lines of tak-e-she-ta.

instantly i wished cosell was alive. he would have kept it real. i can hear the call now: "Take-shit-a drops another one on the Americans."

boys really do never grow up.