Jamaican Bobsled Team Songs (Lyrics & Movie clips)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases videos of & lyrics for the Jamaican bobsled team chant from the "Cool Runnings" movie and "The Bobsled Song", the official song of the 2014 Jamaican Bobsled team. Historical information about Jamaican bobsled teams is also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the members of Jamaica's bobsled teams. Thanks also to the cast of the Cool Running movie, the composers of the two featured songs, and the vocalists and musicians who are featured in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAMS
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_national_bobsleigh_team
"The Jamaican national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsledding competitions. The team first gained fame during their debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where they were seen as underdogs in as much as they represented a tropical nation in a winter sport. The team returned to the Winter Olympics again in 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002. The team failed to qualify for the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Led by driver Winston Watts, Jamaica qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in the two-man coming at last place...

This [1988] team was the inspiration for a major motion picture, Cool Runnings. The characters in the film are fictional, although the original footage of the crash is used during the film. The film's depiction of the post-crash rescue was changed to show the bobsledders carrying the sled over the line on their shoulders for dramatic effect...

The team returned to the Olympics in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, but finished poorly.[2][3] They qualified again for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. There, the Jamaican four sled stunned many of their critics by finishing in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, Australia and France."...
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Click http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-story-of-the-cool-runnings-bobsled-team-2014-2 for more information about the true story about the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team.

Here's a video about the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team:
16x9 - Cool Runnings: Truth Behind Original Jamaican Bobsled Team [1988 team]



16x9onglobal Published on Jun 6, 2012

16:9 catches up with the brothers of the original Jamaican bobsled team. Two decades later, find out why a last minute switch kept these Olympians in the running. Mike Armstrong reports

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FEATURED SONG EXAMPLES & LYRICS

Excerpts from "Cool Running Movie" about the 1988 Bobsled Team

Example #1: It's Bobsled Time!



Jorgey Porgey It's Bobsled Time!
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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Runnings
for information about the 1993 American movie Cool Running.

Also, click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBLvgHQYg2c for a movie clip of with sub-titles of the last Jamaican bobsled race.

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LYRICS: JAMAICAN BOBSLEDDING CHANT
(Disney movie production)

nuff people say they know they cant believe,
jamaica we have a bobsled team
(repeat once)
we have the one derice,
and the one jr.,
yule brenner,
and the man sanka

the fastest of the fastest of jamaican sprinters,
go to olymipcs,
fight for jamaica
(repeat everything except for that last part)
the fastest of the fastest of jamaican sprinters,
respect to the man irv blitser

Source: http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/d/disney6472/jamaicanbobsledchant511816.html

According to this page of quotes from the movie http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cool_Runnings, the saying "cool runnings" is a blessing that means "peace be the journey." My sense is that this saying was made up for the movie. According to http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-story-of-the-cool-runnings-bobsled-team-2014-2 "A popular quote from the movie — "Feel the Rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it’s bobsled time!" — was also made up for the movie".

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2014 Bobsled Team Official Song

The Bobsled Song



MyJamaicaJTB, Published on Feb 13, 2014

Song by Sidney Mills & Jon Notar, and Groove Guild.

Download the Bobsled Song at BobsledSong.com and press play the exact moment our Jamaican Bobsled Team begins their big race this Sunday. You'll be amazed how the song syncs perfectly with the rhythms of the bobsled track itself.

LYRICS: THE BOBSLED SONG
(Sidney Mills & Jon Notar, and Groove Guild)

Run The Track. Run The Track.
Run The Track. It’s Bobsled Time.

We’re Off Mon!

Make Room On The Ice. Uh huh!
Start Off Feelin’ Nice. Uh huh!
You Know We Do It Right!
Source: LYBIO.net

To The Right! To The Right!

To The Left! It’s Bobsled Time.

On This Freezing Night,
Watch Jamaica Slide By.

To The Right!
It’s Bobsled Time.

To The Left!

It’s Bobsled Time.
To The Right!

Fly Top Speed On This Ice Wall
Green, Black, And Yellow
So We Nahga Fall
So We Nahga Fall
So We Nahga Fall
No!

To The Left! To The Left!

Goin’ Fast,
Feelin’ Free,
Feel The Rhythm
Like The Rhythm Of The Sea.

Last Turn. Keep Ya Head Down.
I See The Finish Line.
Jamaica Rock The Whole Town!

Run The Track. Run The Track.
Run The Track. It’s Bobsled Time

Run The Track. Run The Track.
Run The Track. It’s Bobsled Time

Run The Track. Run The Track.
Run The Track. It’s Bobsled Time
It’s Bobsled Time
It’s Bobsled Time
It’s Bobsled Time

Source: http://lybio.net/tag/the-bobsled-song-lyrics/

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Richard Sherman & Talking Trash (Talking Smack), Part II

Edited by Azizi Powell

The terms "talking trash" and "talking smack" appear in a number of articles about Seattle Seahawks [American] football player Richard Sherman's January 19, 2014 post game televised interview.
This post presents additional excerpts from selected articles & blog comments about Richard Sherman and his post game interview.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/richard-sherman-talking-trash-talking.html for Part I of this post.

Part I of this post provides definitions of "talking trash" and "talking smack". A definition for the vernacular term "going off on [someone]" is also given as that term is used to describe Richard Sherman's interview in the summary statement of the video which is also included in Part I and is found below. Part I also provides excerpts from two online articles about that interview.

Editorial Comment:
It's my position that Richard Sherman's self-boasting and opponent insulting (put down, dissing) comments during his January 19, 2014 post game interview are reflective of the African American tradition of talking trash (talking smack). As the article found below and other articles in Part II suggests, Sherman is known for his trash talking. Boxer Muhammad Ali is another African American professional athlete who was known for his self-boasting and opponent insulting talk. And some non-African American athletes are also known for trash talking.

This doesn't negate the fact that during that televised interview Sherman's tone of voice was probably louder than it usually is when he talks smack. Nor does it dismiss the fact that Sherman and Michael Crabtree, the African American wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers really don't like each other. Actually, I think that it would be more accurate to say that Richard Sherman "went off on" Michael Crabtree instead of saying that he "talked trash" or "talked smack". (Definitions and my comments about those terms are found below.) However, it seems to me that the cultural tradition of talking smack particularly as it relates to the self-boasting and insult exchange traditions which have their source in African American culture should be factored into any analysis of that now famous (or infamous) Richard Sherman's post game interview.

UPDATE: January 23, 2014
From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/richard-sherman-micd--up-michael-crabtree_n_4640849.html
"The audio and video released by the NFL on Wednesday fits with Sherman's account of events from his column about the incident and ensuing criticism for "The Monday Morning Quarterback."

"I ran over to Crabtree to shake his hand but he ignored me," wrote Sherman in a piece published on Monday. "I patted him, stuck out my hand and said, 'Good game, good game.' That’s when he shoved my face, and that’s when I went off."

Moments after being shoved in the face by Crabtree, Sherman had a microphone put in his face by Erin Andrews of FOX Sports. At that point, he excoriated Crabtree and loudly proclaimed himself the best cornerback in the NFL."
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Notice Richard Sherman's use of the phrase "went off", which is a form of the phrase "going off on [someone]".

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UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2, 2014
Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks for winning Super Bowl XLVIII
(Score: Seattle: 43 Denver Broncos 8).

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FEATURED VIDEO: RICHARD SHERMAN POST GAME INTERVIEW (ORIGINAL)



mrhoopstafilms, Published on Jan 19, 2014

Richard Sherman Goes Off in Post Game Interview!!!! (2014 NFC Championship)

Richard Sherman Going Off on Michael Crabtree w/ Erin Andrews! richard sherman trash talk crabtree (2014 NFC Championship)
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WARNING: Some comments on this video's viewer comment thread include profanity and racist language.

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EXCERPTS FROM SELECTED ARTICLES
These excerpts are presented in no particular order and are numbered for reference purposes only.
It should be noted that when quoting what is generally called Richard Sherman's postgame "rant", none of these articles or commenters quoted include Sherman's ending exclamation "LOB!"(although the writer of the article given below as Excerpt #4 does allude to that exclamation with the comment that "He [Richard Sherman] even lauded his teammates").

When he ended his comments with the exclamation "LOB!" (Legion of Boom) Richard Sherman was giving a "shout out" (kudos) to the section of the Sea Hawks team that he belongs to. Information about the origin of that unofficial name for those players is given in Part I of this post.

Excerpt #1
From http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/20/22373530-richard-sherman-leads-seahawks-to-super-bowl-brings-the-trash-talk?lite By Erik Ortiz, Staff Writer, NBC News
"Richard Sherman leads Seahawks to Super Bowl, brings the trash talk

All eyes will be on Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning in this year’s Super Bowl, but all ears are pricking up to hear the Seattle Seahawks’ cocky cornerback, Richard Sherman.

The third-year defensive star has grabbed the spotlight for Feb. 2’s big game — and that has to do with his noisy talk as much as his outstanding play.

Sherman made a game-clinching move in the final seconds of Seattle's win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, then dove headfirst into a trash-talk tirade in front of a national TV audience moments later.

“I’m the best corner in the game!” an animated Sherman told Fox Sports’ Erin Andrews. “When you try me with a sorry receiver like (the 49ers’ Michael) Crabtree, that’s the result you are going to get! Don’t you even talk about me!”

“Who was talking about you?” Andrews asked.

“Crabtree. Don’t open your mouth about the best or I’m going to shut it for you real quick,” Sherman piled on.

The rant was enough to make a pro wrestler blush and it sparked a wildfire on social media, much of it critical of the Seahawks star...

[Article includes other examples of Sherman “talking trash” to his football opponents.]

Kostya Kennedy, assistant managing editor of Sports Illustrated, said that while Sherman’s trash talk might turn off some, his latest antics after Sunday’s game did help raise his profile.
“Richard Sherman likes to crow, and if you’re not going to crow now when your team is going to the Super Bowl, then when?” Kennedy said...

[Keith] Donerson [Sherman’s high school football coach] called Sherman’s swagger superficial, saying it’s his way of puffing up his chest and intimidating opponents. Deep down, he said, Sherman “really cares about people. That’s the type of family he grew up in.”...

Sherman wrote Monday that his actions on the field should not be all by which he's measured.

"To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field — don’t judge a person’s character by what they do between the lines. Judge a man by what he does off the field, what he does for his community, what he does for his family."
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Comment from that article's reader discussions section:
"you guys know that this spat between Sherman and Crabtree. In addition, there was a couple attempts at post game handshake, but Crabtree slapped away => THEN BOOM....

Oh, there was the trash talk at Charity event in AZ by Crabtree directed at Sherman.... not recorded by media... It is really one of those that we see the 2nd foul, but not the original instigation (non-called foul)."
Thturd, Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:19 AM EST

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Excerpt #2
From http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogergroves/2014/01/20/richard-sherman-and-the-economics-of-trash-talk/ "Economics Of Trash Talk" by Roger Groves
"Until a post-game interview of the NFL Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers, only fantasy fans and NFL insiders knew Richard Sherman was a premier defensive back in the League. Most people don’t know he was making a mere $555,000. But millions of other pundits know of highly publicized Michael Crabtree, a receiver matched up against Sherman in the game...

two events occurred within 5 mintues that brought [Richard] Sherman an orchard of publicity and future money and crab apples for his nemesis. One: Sherman made an acrobatic play that turned a potential touchdown to [Michael] Crabtree into an interception. Two: After that play, Sherman said:

“I’m the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that’s the result you gonna’ get. Don’t you ever talk about me…Don’t you open your mouth about the best or I’m gonna’ shut it for you real quick.”...

Sherman was highly agitated yet concise. He didn’t thank God for the opportunity to play the game, thank his teammates and coaches for putting him in the position to win. He didn’t analyze the play from a technical standpoint. He told the 49ers and Crabtree if you throw the ball my way, I’m going to win, and especially if you choose to throw to a “sorry” receiver who makes over $2 million more than me who’s trash talked me before this game"...

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Excerpt #3
From http://www.king5.com/sports/seahawks/Richard-Sherman-honed-trash-talking-241476001.html "How Richard Sherman honed his trash-talking skills" by Laken Latman / USA TODAY Sports 'For the Win' KING5.com; Posted on January 22, 2014 at 7:35 AM
"By now everyone knows Richard Sherman. He’s the Seattle cornerback who set up the interception that sent the Seahawks to the Super Bowl. Following the play, Sherman mocked San Francisco 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree, and gave one of the most memorable post game interviews in history...

Back home in San Francisco, [Kellen Kiilsgaard, one of Sherman’s former teammates and roommates at Stanford] smiled. He wasn’t surprised at how his friend reacted. He’s seen this passion firsthand, be it on the football field, or in their college living room playing video games.
“He takes his Madden games*, his NBA 2K games* the same way he takes his NFL matchups,” Kiilsgaard said, laughing. “If you lose, you’re going to hear about it for a week. I’ve been called a sorry Madden competitor plenty of times by him.”

So to a very small extent, Kiilsgaard can empathize with Crabtree.

“Richard has a way with words,” he continued. “Sherman finds a way into your head and I think that’s never going to change about him. That’s part of the way he competes.”
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"Madden" are football video games. "NBA2k" are basketball video games.

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Excerpt #4:
From http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/22/1271688/-Richard-Sherman-Story-Underscores-America-s-Intolerance-Uneasiness-Toward-Black-Males "America's Overreaction to Richard Sherman Is Case Study In Its Uneasiness With Black Males", By Kwik, Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 12:29 PM PST.

[Note: The words in brackets are my additions for informational purposes.]

"Richard Sherman's epic postgame rant didn't scare [White female television reporter] Erin Andrews, but it sure shocked the hell out of America...

I ask those of you who are so outraged about Sherman's antics this question: Did the sight and sounds of [White football player] Tom Brady literally chasing a referee off the field and cussing him out after a game on national TV make you equally upset? If not, then perhaps you should ask yourself why not?....

What I saw in that interview was an exhausted, excited, articulate football player getting the last word on his arch nemisis on the last play of the game. He didn't say anything disrespectful to Andrews. He didn't use profanity. He even lauded his teammates....

Anyway, even more alarming and damning are the number of racist tweets sent to and about Sherman. The common thread among those hateful communiques being that he's a black, ignorant, loud-mouthed thug. Black? Obviously. Loud-mouthed? Okay. Ignorant thug? Oh hell, no.

Richard Sherman graduated second in his high school class and went on to graduate from presitigious Stanford University. He also launched his own charitable nonprofit group called Blanket Coverage – The Richard Sherman Family Foundation. Its mission is to level the playing field for children enrolled in grades K-12 who have a strong combination of potential, goals and a desire to make the most of their education. Hardly the stuff thugs are made of...

The not so subliminal message America is sending to its black males: Unless you're entertaining us on a field, on a court, on a diamond or inside a ring we don't want to see or hear you being bold or aggressive. Be subservient. Be humble. Be meek. Otherwise, we'll see you as the uncouth threats we already believe you are...while we revere and see similar behavior from guys like Tom Brady as fiery and spirited...

I saw a little bit of Muhammad Ali in Sherman during that interview. And I loved it….
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Other comments (numbered for referencing purposes only)
1. "...this young man has accomplished a lot, on and off the field. He's earned his bragging rights.
And as Ali would say, it't not bragging if you can back it up."
by gramofsam1 on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 02:42:35 PM PST

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2. "Do you think Muhammed Ali had grace and class?
Cause this is right out of Ali's playbook. You can probably find video of him yelling at reporters "Eat your words! I am the greatest!" (Which he was.)
He had some things to say about his opponents too.

I think it's kinda crazy for people to expect all of the adrenaline and aggression that goes into football or boxing to turn into sweetness and light two seconds later."
by gramofsam1 on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 01:17:05 PM PST

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3. "It looks to me like he was mostly repeating what Crabtree had said to him during the game.
Many (most?) players do a lot of trash talking during the game to their opponents."
by GeorgeBurnsWasRight on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 01:06:58 PM PST

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4. "It's football... Not a chess match.
If a white dude went on a similar rant, people would react differently. They'd say he was amped up, the adrenaline was pumping, talking smack, whatever. But it's a black dude, and so people are clutching their pearls."
by MarthaPeregrine on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 01:09:45 PM PST

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5. "Yeah, the hate towards Sherman was surprising.
Crabtree was talking trash to him the whole game. There's a picture showing Sherman at the end of the game trying to shake Crabtree's hand and say "good game" and crabtree shoved him in the face.

Who's the bad sport now?

Crabtree talked sh&t*, and Sherman proved to be the better player."...
-Failure in Shear on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 12:49:05 PM PST
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This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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6. "You need to look at what he has done Against the best wide receivers in the league. Sherman walks his talk. The kid missed being valedictorian of his high school by half a percentage point and he graduated from Stanford with a gpa of 3.9 and he grew up admiring Ali. He goaded a bunch of his high school team members into going to college and texted and called them to make sure they were doing good in school. He grew up in Compton and was drafted late. He is now the best at what he does and he's only 25. This kid lives his life walking his talk."
by jbou on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 02:29:17 PM PST

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7. "I think some people are taking this way too seriously. It's a show. Remember [Muhammad] Ali's trash talking [Sonny] Liston, or [Joe] Namath's "classless" boasts before Super Bowl III?"

I believe the hard feelings between the two players is fairly well known, but ultimately... it's a show, a show about a game..."
by chuckvw on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 01:15:02 PM PST

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8. "... Football fans are such hypocrites, they cheer on a rough, violent sport but pass out the moment they're exposed to one of the players!

And it's clear to anyone with a brain that he's not attacking Erin, he's mocking his opponent. He's rubbing the dirt in...."
by dclawyer06 on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 01:01:54 PM PST

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9. "I'm not conflating anything..
I'm perfectly capable of weeding out racist reactions to Sherman from non-racist ones. You're the one struggling here.

Now, let's say someone non-racist were to watch the Andrews interview(and the heated reaction from the public, including the overtly racist comments excerpted above) and didn't like the things Sherman said. Bad sportsmanship, rude, whatever.

That non-racist person wouldn't come into a diary discussing those racist reactions and wave his hands around frantically that race isn't the issue. Stomp his feet angrily that it wasn't about race. Without acknowleging that some of it clearly was.

How about this instead: 'I didn't like Sherman's interview and I don't like trash talk because it's bad for the game(blah, blah, whatever) but some of that stuff on twitter is toxic and racist.'

That's a non-racist reaction.
Try it out sometime."
by dclawyer06 on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 03:09:51 PM PST

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10. "...I remember people saying a lot of the same things when Ali, then Clay, talked some sh&t* on Sonny Liston. It was all part of the show, and it was a good show... Your sport may require you to beat the crap out of your opponent, but whatever you do don't be rude."
by chuckvw on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 01:09:47 PM PST
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*This word is fully spelled out in that comment.

I believe that last sentence is snark (sarcasm).

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11.
The NFL has some truly bad guys playing in it.

I can think of more than a few.

According to a database compiled by U-T San Diego, 31 NFL players have been arrested since the Super Bowl in February 2013. During the 2012 off-season, according to an article on the If It Ain't Steel website, 31 players and a cheerleader were involved in criminal activity in nearly the same time period; with Time reporting that player infractions are rising 75 percent year after year in the NFL.

http://www.examiner.com

But Richard Sherman dared to be a black dude -- and the dreads make him extra scary! -- who ranted about a rivalry he has with another player on camera.

He didnt use profanity, didnt make threats. He was just kind an overblown ego that quickly cooled off.

He should be fired, fined and kicked out of the league, just like that probable rapist QB from Pitt.. Oh wait, that guy is white, isn't he?

/eyeroll

by grover on Wed Jan 22, 2014 at 02:09:41 PM PST
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"eyeroll" is an indication of a gesture that may or may not actually be done. This gesture and word serves the same or very similar purpose as "smh" - "shake my head" [in disdain, or exasperation, disgust, and/or annoyance.]

That word indicates that the first part of that immediately preceding sentence should be understood to be what people say who the writer doesn't agree with.

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Richard Sherman & Talking Trash (Talking Smack) , Part I

Edited by Azizi Powell

The terms "talking trash" and "talking smack" appear in a number of articles about Seattle Seahawks [American] football player Richard Sherman's January 19, 2014 post game televised interview.

Part I of this post provides definitions of "talking trash" and "talking smack". Because it is mentioned in the summary statement for the embedded video of that interview, I also included a definition of the vernacular term "going off on [someone]" along with my comments differentiating that African American Vernacular English (AAVE) phrase from the other two AAVE terms.
That video is included below as well as in Part II of this post. Part I also provides an excerpts from an online article about Richard Sherman's January 19, 2014 post game interview.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/richard-sherman-talking-trash-talking_23.html for Part II of this post.

Part II of this post presents additional excerpts from selected articles & blog comments about Richard Sherman and his post game interview.

Editorial Comment:
It's my position that Richard Sherman's self-boasting and opponent insulting (put down, dissing) comments during his January 19, 2014 post game interview are reflective of the African American tradition of talking trash (talking smack). As the article found below and other articles in Part II suggests, Sherman is known for his trash talking. Boxer Muhammad Ali is another African American professional athlete who was known for his self-boasting and opponent insulting talk. And some non-African American athletes are also known for trash talking.

This doesn't negate the fact that during that televised interview Sherman's tone of voice was probably louder than it usually is when he talks smack. Actually, I think that it would be more accurate to say that Richard Sherman "went off on" Michael Crabtree, the African American wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers instead of saying that Michael Sherman "talked trash" or "talked smack". (The definitions of those terms are found below.) Sherman and Crabtree really don't like each other. However, it seems to me that the cultural tradition of talking smack particularly as it relates to the self-boasting and insult exchange traditions which have their source in African American culture should be factored into any analysis of that now famous (or infamous) Richard Sherman's post game interview.

UPDATE: January 23, 2014
From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/richard-sherman-micd--up-michael-crabtree_n_4640849.html
"The audio and video released by the NFL on Wednesday fits with Sherman's account of events from his column about the incident and ensuing criticism for "The Monday Morning Quarterback."

"I ran over to Crabtree to shake his hand but he ignored me," wrote Sherman in a piece published on Monday. "I patted him, stuck out my hand and said, 'Good game, good game.' That’s when he shoved my face, and that’s when I went off."

Moments after being shoved in the face by Crabtree, Sherman had a microphone put in his face by Erin Andrews of FOX Sports. At that point, he excoriated Crabtree and loudly proclaimed himself the best cornerback in the NFL."
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Notice Richard Sherman's use of the phrase "went off", which is a form of the phrase "going off on [someone]".

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UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2, 2014
Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks for winning Super Bowl XLVIII
(Score: Seattle: 43 Denver Broncos 8).

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FEATURED VIDEO: RICHARD SHERMAN POST GAME INTERVIEW (ORIGINAL)



mrhoopstafilms, Published on Jan 19, 2014

Richard Sherman Goes Off in Post Game Interview!!!! (2014 NFC Championship)

Richard Sherman Going Off on Michael Crabtree w/ Erin Andrews! richard sherman trash talk crabtree (2014 NFC Championship)
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WARNING: Some comments on this video's viewer comment thread include profanity and racist language.

Here's a definition for "going off on [someone"] from http://americanenglishyo.blogspot.com/2012/01/to-go-off-on-someone.html
"'To go off on someone' means to tell someone how angry you are about something they did."
In my opinion, Richard Sherman did indeed "go off on Michael Crabtree while he was talking trash. But I think that because "talking trash" ("talking smack") isn't necessarily done in anger, "going off on someone" isn't the same thing as "talking trash" ("talking smack").

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DEFINITION: TALKING TRASH
From https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8#q=trash+talk+definition
"trash talk
noun: trash talk; noun: trash talking; plural noun: trash talkings
1. insulting or boastful speech intended to demoralize, intimidate, or humiliate someone, esp. an opponent in an athletic contest.
"He heard more trash talk from the Giants before the game than during the game."

verb: trash-talk;
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I don't think that African Americans use the plural form "trash talkings". Also, I believe that African Americans say that a person “talks trash” or "is taking trash" and not “trash talk” or "trash talking". My statement about the plural form & what I think is the usual way African Americans say that term also applies to the synonymous African American derived vernacular term "talking smack".

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DEFINITION: TALKING SMACK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smack_talk
[The first definition given refers to cyber bullying which doesn't apply to that term's use in the articles about Richard Sherman.]

".... Smack talk is also a slang term used in sports. It refers to inflammatory comments made by a person or team in order to insult, anger, or annoy opponents. Although it began as a term used by sports fans and athletes, it has spread to all areas of culture where competition takes place. In the United States, it is synonymous with "trash talk"".
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I disagree that “talking smack” began among sports fans. Instead, it began in self-boasting and put down exchanges among African Americans, probably as a prelude to or as part of the verbal insult exchanges known as “the dozens”.

"The Dozens is a game of spoken words between two contestants, common in African-American communities, where participants insult each other until one gives up. It is customary for the Dozens to be played in front of an audience of bystanders, who encourage the participants to reply with more egregious insults to heighten the tension and consequently, to be more interesting to watch. Among African-Americans it is also known "sounding", "joning", "woofing", "wolfing", "sigging", or "signifying",[1][2] while the insults themselves are known as "snaps".[3][4]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dozens

Also, click http://www.elijahwald.com/dozens.html for more information about the dozens from a book by Elijah Wald about that tradition.

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EXCERPT FROM AN ARTICLE ABOUT RICHARD SHERMAN'S JANUARY 19, 2014 POST-GAME INTERVIEW
From http://blog.seattlepi.com/football/2014/01/19/richard-sherman-slams-49ers-michael-crabtree-talks-smack-after-seahawks-win-nfc-title/#19776101=0 "Richard Sherman slams 49ers’ Michael Crabtree, talks smack after Seahawks win NFC title" Posted on January 19, 2014 | By Nick Eaton
"Richard Sherman loves being in the spotlight. And as the stage gets bigger and bigger and bigger, he’s taking his trash-talking further and further and further.

On Sunday, after the Seahawks beat the rival 49ers to win the NFC championship and advance to Super Bowl XLVIII, Seattle’s star cornerback took the opportunity in his postgame interviews to talk smack about San Francisco — namely Niners receiver Michael Crabtree.

“Michael Crabtree is a mediocre receiver,” Sherman said. “Mediocre. And when you try to beat the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, that’s what happens. Game.”…
[Sherman] didn’t waste much time to make his feelings known, starting the smack-talk from the field as he was interviewed by Fox sideline reporter Erin Andrews.

“I’m the best corner in the game,” Sherman yelled into the mic. “When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that’s the result you gonna get. Don’t you ever talk about me.”

“Who was talking about you?” a surprised Andrews asked.

“Crabtree,” Sherman said. “Don’t you ever open your mouth about the best, or I’m going to shut it for you real quick. LOB!”

(LOB stands for Legion of Boom.)*

In his later postgame comments — once he had calmed down, taken a shower, and donned a suit and bowtie — Sherman explained that Crabtree had been talking trash about Sherman all year, starting in the offseason and continuing through the end of Sunday’s NFC title game.”
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*By ending his comments with the exclamation "LOB" (Legion of Boom) Richard Sherman was giving a "shout out" (kudos) to the section of the Sea Hawks team that he belongs to. Here's information about the referent "Legend Of Boom" from http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2013/story/_/id/10259323/nfl-playoffs-seattle-secondary-comes-first “In Seattle, the secondary comes first”

"With its swagger, the "Legion of Boom" has captured the hearts of Seahawks fans
Updated: January 10, 2014, 1:54 PM ET By Elizabeth Merrill | ESPN.com
"SEATTLE -- There was always a plan. To the rest of the league, it was obnoxious: four defensive backs strutting, dancing and flapping their gums in a faraway corner forgotten by football. "I love you, Bro," they'd say to each other during warm-ups. And opponents hated playing them.
But this is just the way Richard Sherman choreographed it. He'd sit up at night, going over his material like a comedian about to take the stage. I've seen better hands on a snake. You're a bunch of bad routes and talk.

Sherman, a fifth-round draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks in 2011, was doing this before he had any clout in the NFL. Now in most NFL cities, this wouldn't fly. But Sherman's coach is Pete Carroll, a free thinker who allows his men to be who they want to be, just as long as their creativity doesn't hurt the team. But by the midway point of the 2012 season, after Sherman taunted New England quarterback Tom Brady and started calling himself Optimus Prime, even Carroll was wondering what was up.

So Carroll summoned Sherman to his office. Carroll didn't yell; he just wanted to know where Sherman was going with all of this.

Sherman turned serious. He told Carroll that he wanted to be a Hall of Famer, wanted people to call the Seahawks' defensive backs the best in the league. Sherman said he knew they were the best, but they had to get noticed, and he didn't want to wait.

"Cool," Carroll said. "Go for it."...

Every great defense has a nickname, right? The Steel Curtain, the Monsters of the Midway … Only the Seahawks, never short on words, couldn't quite come up with anything on this rare occasion. "The Four Horsemen" was suggested, but no, that had been done and was sort of exclusionary. "There's more than four of us," Sherman said.

[Seattle SeaHawks football player Kam] Chancellor was on a radio show when he was asked about what type of player he was, and the walloping 6-foot-3, 232-pound safety said he liked to bring the boom.* Shortly after that, a fan offered up the "Legion of Boom" nickname via Twitter. T-shirts were printed. Floormats, bumper stickers and legends were made...

The day before the regular-season finale against the St. Louis Rams last month -- a game that would clinch the Seahawks' NFC West title -- Carroll brought in Bill Russell to speak to the team.
"He was like, the night before the playoffs, everyone would ask him, 'Are you nervous?'" cornerback Byron Maxwell said, recalling the speech from Russell. "And he's like, 'No. I'm not playing Bill Russell and the Celtics.' So it's kind of like that mindset. They've got to deal with us.

"It's not cocky. It's confidence."...
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It seems to me that "bringing the boom" means "bringing the power, energy, and excitement" ["boom" being the sound that dynamite makes when it explodes.

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RELATED LINK
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/10/two-muhammad-ali-raps-this-is-legend-of.html
"Two Muhammad Ali Raps (This Is The Legend Of Cassius Clay & Float Like A Butterfly) Two Muhammad Ali Raps (This Is The Legend Of Cassius Clay & Float Like A Butterfly)"

Here's an excerpt from that post:
"Muhammad Ali's raps are stellar examples of this tradition of telling "big ole lies", combined with the African American tradition of self-boasting. Examples of the tradition of self-boasting (which is known nowadays as "biggin up oneself") and insulting ("dissin") another person or persons can be found in Blues music, Hip-Hop, and other Black oral and written compositions. One African American self-boasting tradition which is relatively unknown in mainstream America is "Toasting" (telling usually explicit oral narratives about bad Black men)."

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Video Tributes To Eusebio, Soccer (Football) Player

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post features excerpts from articles about the great Afro-Portuguese soccer (football) player Eusebio (January 25, 1942- January 5, 2014). Two video tributes to Eusebio are also showcased in this post.

This post is presented as a means of introducing people like me to Eusebio and also celebrating his life for those who had previously known about him.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

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INFORMATION ABOUT ESUEBIO
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eus%C3%A9bio
"Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ewˈzɛbiu ðɐ ˈsiɫvɐ fɨˈʁɐjɾɐ]; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), commonly known simply as Eusébio, was a Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time.[2][3] During his professional career, he scored 733 goals in 745 matches.[3]

He helped the Portuguese national team reach third place at the 1966 World Cup, being the top goalscorer of the tournament with nine goals (including four in one match against North Korea)[4] and received the Bronze Ball award. He won the Ballon d'Or award in 1965 and was runner-up in 1962 and 1966. He played for Benfica for 15 years out of his 22 as a footballer, thus being mainly associated with the Portuguese club, and is the team's all-time top scorer with 638 goals scored in 614 official games. There, he won eleven Primeira Liga titles, five Taça de Portugal titles, a European Cup (1961–62) and helped them reach three additional European Cup finals..."

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From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/eusebio-dead_n_4544361.html
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Eusebio, the Portuguese soccer star who was born into poverty in Africa but became an international sporting icon and was voted one of the 10 best players of all time, has died aged 71, his longtime club Benfica said....

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira became affectionately known as the Black Panther for his athletic prowess and clinical finishing that made him one of the world's top scorers during his heyday in the 1960s for Benfica and the Portuguese national team.

Perhaps his biggest accomplishment was to lead Portugal to a third-place finish at the 1966 World Cup, but his agility and speed made him one of Europe's most dangerous forwards for most of a career that lasted two decades.

He was awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1965 as Europe's player of the year and twice won the Golden Boot — in 1968 and 1973 — for being top scorer in Europe. According to football's world governing body FIFA, he scored 679 goals in a total of 678 official games...

In 1998, a panel of 100 experts gathered by FIFA named him in its International Football Hall of Fame as one of the sport's top 10 all-time greats.

"Look, there are only two black people on the list: me and Pele," Eusebio commented on the honor, referring to the Brazilian great who was a friend. "I regard that as a great responsibility because I am representing Africa and Portugal, my second homeland."

Eusebio was born in Maputo, the Mozambican capital, during the Second World War when the southeast African country was still a Portuguese colony. He came from a poor family but sparkled for his local team and was lured by Benfica to Portugal when he was 18.

Known for his unpretentious and easy manner as well as his courage and ball skills, his popularity in Portugal was such that in 1964, when Italian clubs offered to buy Eusebio for sums that were astronomical for the time, the country's then-dictator, Antonio Salazar, decreed that the player was a "national treasure" — meaning that he could not be sold abroad.

"A football genius and example of humility, an outstanding athlete and generous man, Eusebio was for all sports fans and for all Portuguese an example of professionalism, determination and devotion to the colors of the national jersey and of Benfica," Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said in a statement.

In a playing career unparalleled in Portugal, Eusebio was a cornerstone of the Benfica team that won back-to-back European titles in the early 1960s....

Eusebio then moved to North America where he spent the last years of his career playing for the Boston Minutemen, Toronto Metros, Las Vegas Quicksilver and Buffalo Stallions through 1980.

Eusebio stayed on at Benfica as an assistant coach after his retirement and traveled widely with the Portuguese national side as a paid "soccer ambassador.""...

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FEATURED EXAMPLES

Example #1: Eusébio | R.I.P Tribute | (1942-2014)



FootballTv776Published on Jan 5, 2014

Eusébio | R.I.P Tribute | 1942-2014 (Rip)
RIP Eusebio: A true legend for Portugal & Benfica
Descansa em Paz Pantera Negra
Homenagem a Eusébio mais conhecido por " Pantera Negra "
Eusébio - The Black Panther

"Sempre eterno Eusébio, descansa em paz" -- Cristiano Ronaldo

"Uma das grandes figuras do futebol português, uma das grandes figuras de Portugal, Eusébio é mais do que uma figura do futebol, Eusébio é Portugal". "[Se hoje jogasse]seria uma coisa assombrosa" -- José Mourinho

"Eusébio era como se fosse meu filho. Estou triste, triste, triste" - Mário Coluna, antigo jogador do Benfica e da selecção. [Google translate from Portuguese to English - "Eusebio was like my son I am sad, sad, sad." - Mario Column, former Benfica player and selection. "

"The king!! Grande perda para todos nos! O mais grande!! -- Luís Figo. [Great loss for all of us! The greatest!]

"RIP Eusebio (1942-2014). One of the greats." -- Xabi Alonso

"Estamos tristes por ter sabido que morreu Eusébio, lenda do Benfica. Ele era um jogador fantástico e um amigo do clube" -- Manchester United. [We are sad to (learn about the death of) Eusebio, Benfica legend. He was a fantastic player and a friend of the club".]

"De Eusébio vamos recordar o talento, o exemplo e o carácter de um homem que marcou o futebol português e se transformou numa referência do futebol mundial", SL Benfica ["(We remember Eusebio's) talent, the example and character of a man who marked the Portuguese football and became a reference in world football."]

«Morreu um dos maiores símbolos da modalidade. O maior jogador português da sua geração e sobretudo um grande ser humano e um exemplo de fair-play. É um dia triste para o futebol português» [ (One of the greatest symbols of the sport died). The greatest Portuguese player of his generation and above all a great human being and an example of fair play. It is a sad day for Portuguese football]

"Que triste notícia Deus. D.E.P Eusébio. Serás sempre recordado" -- Salvio. [What sad news God. (R.I.P) Eusebius. You'll always be remembered "]

"Triste muito triste. Descansa em paz King. És eterno !! RIP Eusébio" - Simão Sabrosa [Sad very sad. Rest in peace King. You are eternal]

Some of Eusébio (1942-2014) greatest moments with Portugal & SL Benfica.

Song: PIANOFORTE un uomo suona e RIFLETTE (TRIST ) A MAN PLAYING THE PIANO AND THINK ABOUT THE PAST (SAD)
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The words in parenthesis are my changes to the Google Translate words to standard American English.

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Example #2: Eusebio Tribute



wwemaddave, Uploaded on Jul 13, 2011

One of the greatest footballers ever

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