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For Love of the Game by Minervacat (g)
Fandom: SPORTS NIGHT
Pairing: None explicit. Natalie, Jeremy, Dan, Casey.
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
minervacat
Author Website: when the floods roll back
Why this must be read:
'Cause it's got a healthy swack of Natalie being the Natalie we love: passionate and passionate about sports ("...And The Crowd Goes Wild" anyone?). 'Cause it's got Dan and Casey being bored and irritated by a slow news day. 'Cause it has Jeremy, and what the world needs now is more Jeremy.
It's set this very season: Grinnell's men's basketball team has a stellar record of 0 and 24. Dana has ordered the fiercesome foursome to craft a feature on "freak show teams in college basketball." And Dan has told the Athletic Director of another school in question (Savannah State) that it won't be a negative story.
excerpt:
"Where the hell did you come from?" Casey said.
"Dana's office," Natalie said. "No, listen to me: there are 330 Division 1 men's basketball teams in the country. 25 are ranked every week, maybe 40 get national attention every year, and 65 get to go to the tournament, some of those by the grace of God alone. And you know most of them by name – the North Carolinas, the Arizonas, the Indianas. But if 65 go to the tournament, that's what, 265 who don't? Think about it."
"You have clearly surpassed living in the realm of the surreal and moved into the realm of the crazy like a loon, Natalie," Danny said. "This has nothing to do with Savannah State, they're clearly not going to the Big Dance in any universe."
"265 teams, with scholarships to give and rosters to fill, and they're not springboards to the NBA like the SEC or the Big East. So you get kids like Jeremy to play, because they love to play," Natalie said.
"Still missing the point here," Casey said.
"There is no point here," Danny said. "Just a story we've got to put a good spin on, and how do you spin 24 losses by an average of 26 points into something good?"
/excerpt
How, oh how, will our heroes save the day this time?
A bit short, but it feels like the first big scene in the A-plot of a great episode.
For Love of the Game byminervacat. Originally read at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
inthetallgrass.
ps: I am bj,allcanadiangirl on lj, and I shall be driving the SN van this month. Um. I love Dan/Casey and Natalie/Jeremy, but I also have a healthy affection for "unconventional" pairings (though, in a fandom with so few characters, it's hard to really consider Natalie/Dan or Jeremy slash unconventional, y'know?). Yes. Fear my candy!
pps: Feedback. C'mon. It's an lj entry, for heaven's sake. Click the link, type some stuff, press the button. Puddin'!
Pairing: None explicit. Natalie, Jeremy, Dan, Casey.
Author on LJ:
minervacatAuthor Website: when the floods roll back
Why this must be read:
'Cause it's got a healthy swack of Natalie being the Natalie we love: passionate and passionate about sports ("...And The Crowd Goes Wild" anyone?). 'Cause it's got Dan and Casey being bored and irritated by a slow news day. 'Cause it has Jeremy, and what the world needs now is more Jeremy.
It's set this very season: Grinnell's men's basketball team has a stellar record of 0 and 24. Dana has ordered the fiercesome foursome to craft a feature on "freak show teams in college basketball." And Dan has told the Athletic Director of another school in question (Savannah State) that it won't be a negative story.
excerpt:
"Where the hell did you come from?" Casey said.
"Dana's office," Natalie said. "No, listen to me: there are 330 Division 1 men's basketball teams in the country. 25 are ranked every week, maybe 40 get national attention every year, and 65 get to go to the tournament, some of those by the grace of God alone. And you know most of them by name – the North Carolinas, the Arizonas, the Indianas. But if 65 go to the tournament, that's what, 265 who don't? Think about it."
"You have clearly surpassed living in the realm of the surreal and moved into the realm of the crazy like a loon, Natalie," Danny said. "This has nothing to do with Savannah State, they're clearly not going to the Big Dance in any universe."
"265 teams, with scholarships to give and rosters to fill, and they're not springboards to the NBA like the SEC or the Big East. So you get kids like Jeremy to play, because they love to play," Natalie said.
"Still missing the point here," Casey said.
"There is no point here," Danny said. "Just a story we've got to put a good spin on, and how do you spin 24 losses by an average of 26 points into something good?"
/excerpt
How, oh how, will our heroes save the day this time?
A bit short, but it feels like the first big scene in the A-plot of a great episode.
For Love of the Game by
minervacat. Originally read at inthetallgrass.ps: I am bj,
allcanadiangirl on lj, and I shall be driving the SN van this month. Um. I love Dan/Casey and Natalie/Jeremy, but I also have a healthy affection for "unconventional" pairings (though, in a fandom with so few characters, it's hard to really consider Natalie/Dan or Jeremy slash unconventional, y'know?). Yes. Fear my candy!pps: Feedback. C'mon. It's an lj entry, for heaven's sake. Click the link, type some stuff, press the button. Puddin'!
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