And they say that a hero can save us

If I hear one more person call a marginally-trivial act "heroic", I may have to beat someone with a history textbook. For example, every freakin ESPN announcer called Terell Owens performance in the Superbowl heroic. For people that don't know, he missed two weeks with a bad ankle, then came back and played a pretty good game. He played a pretty good game! Since when was that heroic? Professional wrestlers get a really bad rep, but Kurt Angle is a real hero. He wrestled in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and won a gold medal with a BROKEN NECK. He risked his life just for the opportunity to represent his country, to do it honor. THAT is heroic. Risking your life overseas, defending people that don't even appreciate what you're doing for them, THAT is heroic. Pulling a man out of a burning building, THAT is heroic. Calling playing a game with a bad ankle heroic misrepresents the epic scope of the word, and is an insult to all those who are real, american heroes(GO JOE!:).

Here's a Thought... Why do you think announcers call things like that "heroic" in the first place? I'd say so they can make something so trivial seem important. Build up the games they watch into something that sounds important to justify their very existance. I love playing sports, I love watching sports, and my life would barely change if sports disappeared tomorrow. THAT is why these english majors abuse the dictionary; to hide the fact that people probably wouldn't even notice if the Hawks and the Clippers weren't playing on our TVs.