{"id":68037,"date":"2017-08-25T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T12:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=68037\/"},"modified":"2019-11-04T22:43:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T20:43:48","slug":"heres-breakdown-best-sports-talk-game-thrones-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/entertainment\/heres-breakdown-best-sports-talk-game-thrones-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a breakdown of the best sports-talk about \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019 this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/4e825b4e-8643-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s because it falls on a Sunday night, traditionally the time when we\u2019re watching football. Or perhaps it\u2019s because this season of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d is nothing but battles to set up more battles. Or maybe it\u2019s just because we use sports analogies for almost everything these days (just look at how we speak about politics). But sports-talk has dominated what\u2019s been written and said about \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d these past six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Sunday\u2019s season finale, let\u2019s untangle several sports references the show has conjured in Season 7, some of which could play a significant role in the series\u2019 future.<\/p>\n<p><em>Warning: Spoilers abound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Gendry made like Pheidippides\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Jon Snow and Co. were trapped on a rock encircled by a frozen lake and about a million zombies, Gendry Blacksmith (or whatever his last name is) was sprinting full-steam to send an S.O.S. raven to Daenerys. \u201cYou\u2019re the fastest,\u201d Jon had told King Robert Baratheon\u2019s bastard son as he sent him off to the races in Episode 6. And how right the King in the North was proved! Gendry\u2019s run was ludicrously far and fast \u2014 one site crunched the numbers and concluded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/tv-radio-web\/game-of-thrones-how-long-did-it-take-gendry-a-raven-and-a-dragon-to-travel-westeros-1.3194458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201che seemed to be running for about four to five hours at least\u201d<\/a>while noting that the distance traveled seems to stretch much further. Even the episode\u2019s director\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/tv\/news\/game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-6-beyond-the-wall-timeline-director-1202534403\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alan Taylor admitted<\/a>\u00a0they were trying to \u201cfudge the timeline\u201d and perhaps \u201cstraining plausibility a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the ground Gendry needed to cover, not to mention dispatching the raven and awaiting the Khaleesi\u2019s airstrike, Jon and friends \u201csort of spent one dark night on the island in terms of storytelling moments,\u201d Taylor told Variety. Thus, Gendry\u2019s record-setting gallop caused more than a few writers to recall Greek history in referencing the legend of Pheidippides, a messenger who ran from Marathon to Athens (about 40 kilometers, or 25 miles) to deliver word of a battle victory against the Persians. This feat led to Pheidippides being credited as the father of the marathon. Both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/game-of-thrones\/2017\/8\/21\/16178694\/game-of-thrones-beyond-the-wall-characters-escape-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Ringer<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cGendry [made] like Pheidippides \u2026 hauling [tail] back to Eastwatch for help\u201d) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/20\/arts\/television\/game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-6-recap-viserion-dragon-night-king-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-thoros-benjen.html?mcubz=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the New York Times\u00a0<\/a>(\u201cGendry made like Pheidippides \u2014 he\u2019s a better runner than rower\u201d) made note, while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/08\/game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-6-review-beyond-the-wall-recap-spoilers-1201868153\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indie Wire<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gameofthrones\/comments\/6vaiz0\/everything_nice_parallel_between_gendry_and\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Reddit thread pointed out<\/a>\u00a0the symmetry between Gendry\u2019s collapse at the Eastwatch gate and the original tale of Pheidippides, which concludes with the messenger heroically delivering his triumphant news \u2014 before collapsing and dying.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gendry is a founding father of the Nike Run Club <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kGxYUNdaiM\">pic.twitter.com\/kGxYUNdaiM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boikanyo AF (@ThatoAllDay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThatoAllDay\/status\/899534812750503937\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With this season\u2019s plot in hyper-speed, with characters crisscrossing Westeros as if\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/got-701-cerseis-map.png?w=635&amp;h=343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they\u2019re simply walking across Cersei\u2019s floor map<\/a>, can we expect more marathon moments that defy space and time? In the meantime, we\u2019re still wondering how exactly Gendry worked up his leg strength after spending all those years rowing around the Seven Kingdoms. There probably isn\u2019t enough time remaining to dig into that plot hole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Night King\u2019s incredible arm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cBeyond the Wall,\u201d the Night King and his perfectly tossed ice-spear javelin did what Cersei and Qyburn could not with their silly wooden spear doohickey: take out one of Daenerys\u2019s dragons (there seems to be a consensus that the felled beast was Viserion). In remarking on his throwing skills,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2017\/08\/21\/white-walker-explainer-wights-game-of-thrones-season-7-beyond-the-wall\/#1w7V2d6eDmqX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mashable wrote that<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthis guy can wing it like Uwe Hohn\u201d while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/20\/arts\/television\/game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-6-recap-viserion-dragon-night-king-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-thoros-benjen.html?mcubz=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the New York Times went a similar route<\/a>, saying \u201cthe Night King revealed himself to be the Uwe Hohn of the Known World.\u201d Both writers went deep on the sports references to name-check Hohn, the only athlete to throw a javelin more than 100 meters and a man who set the world record with a 1984 throw in which no dragons were killed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/pbox.php?url=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/early-lead\/files\/2017\/08\/night_king_spear.gif&amp;op=noop\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/game-of-thrones\/2017\/8\/22\/16181532\/game-of-thrones-night-king-javelin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Ringer took the javelin thing a step further<\/a>, talking to three-time U.S. Olympian Kara Winger about the Night King\u2019s form. She praised his windup, but,\u00a0clearly, the show\u2019s creators were not striving for proper javelin form after that (results be darned).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has no speed coming into the throw; he\u2019s not nearly patient enough with his upper body to generate dragon-killing force,\u201d said Winger, who has read all five \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d books. \u201cHe shortens the arm at the last second, and he loses his chest \u2014 he doesn\u2019t keep the tension, as we say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even the actual U.S. Olympic team was impressed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anyone have the Night King&#8217;s contact info so we can recruit him to throw javelin? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash\">#GameOfThrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7uUiEDL1xs\">pic.twitter.com\/7uUiEDL1xs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamUSA\/status\/899472770723045376\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Well kids. The Night King got his ice dragon. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameofThrones?src=hash\">#GameofThrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DE5kEDFRWQ\">pic.twitter.com\/DE5kEDFRWQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 skillalicious (@skillalicious) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skillalicious\/status\/899450538043092992\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to sports references and the Night King\u2019s magic arm, you knew the New York Jets would figure into this thing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The only way to destroy the Night King is for the Jets to sign him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash\">#GameOfThrones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Khaleda (@Khaleda_A) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Khaleda_A\/status\/899472217406410753\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Night King could trade in hunting the living for the NFL, where it just so happens that author George R.R. Martin\u2019s favorite team could use a quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyjets\">@nyjets<\/a> expected to announce the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NightKing?src=hash\">#NightKing<\/a> as their Week 1 starter. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameofThrones?src=hash\">#GameofThrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ALbeF3df3\">pic.twitter.com\/0ALbeF3df3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Worthington (@danWorthington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danWorthington\/status\/899608913699631106\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Internet is too fast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash\">#GameOfThrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R898XiLJhm\">pic.twitter.com\/R898XiLJhm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Florival (@StephenFlorival) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenFlorival\/status\/899458004956979201\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hey, he has a high motor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The only way to destroy the Night King is for the Jets to sign him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash\">#GameOfThrones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Khaleda (@Khaleda_A) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Khaleda_A\/status\/899472217406410753\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He isn\u2019t the only \u201cGoT\u201d character with a future in the NFL, either.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">sign the hound up as the browns new qb<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby Kalland (@RKalland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RKalland\/status\/899448317293322240\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-content inline-html\"><\/div>\n<p>Of course, the fact that the Night King is so talented with an ice-spear has huge, terrifying ramifications within the show itself. He now has a zombie dragon in his employ, which he can ride (cue the Kentucky Derby jokes) while simultaneously picking off the two other dragons with his javelin tosses. This show is coming down to a living vs. dead, dragons vs. dragon duel. And worst of all, the leader of the White Walkers has one hell of an arm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cleganebowl!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As if all that weren\u2019t enough, there is the very real, very delicious possibility that bowl season has arrived early this year.<\/p>\n<p>The first mention of the somewhat clumsily dubbed \u201cCleganebowl\u201d \u2014 one mega-clash between The Hound and The Mountain for all the Tostitos \u2014 appears to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/cleganebowl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">date from a message board<\/a>\u00a0in 2013, so a payoff now would be satisfying. Perhaps the Season 7 finale? If not this year, well, there\u2019s always the final Season 8.\u00a0Given that brothers Sandor \u201cThe Hound\u201d Clegane and Gregor \u201cThe Mountain\u201d Clegane are still alive with only seven total episodes of the series left, the two have to square off. They just have to, darn it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a classic little brother-big brother battle (Michigan State-Michigan?), one that has been anticipated since the moment The Hound fled King\u2019s Landing after the Battle of the Blackwater and The Mountain was resurrected via the dark arts after his supposed death during a trial-by-combat battle with Oberyn Martell. The backstory on the two bros is that, when they were children, The Hound\u2019s face was melted in a fire by his brother as punishment for playing with one of his toys. There\u2019s 100-percent pure hatred here. As\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/tv\/news\/a57130\/game-of-thrones-cleganebowl-mountain-hound-season-7\/\">Esquire points out<\/a>, the two did briefly clash in the first season, when The Mountain\u00a0was\u00a0beaten in a jousting contest by Ser Loras Tyrell and ambushed him. The Hound stepped up to fight his brother, but King Robert Baratheon stopped the match.<\/p>\n<p>And now, with The Hound and Co. heading south to meet with Queen Cersei and her enormous zombie bodyguard for the Season 7 finale, the most anticipated fight since Mayweather-McGregor (ironically the same weekend!) could be upon us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-content inline-html\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Get hype. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash\">#GameOfThrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Po6XgFkPkt\">pic.twitter.com\/Po6XgFkPkt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Pixel Factor (@ThePixelFactor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePixelFactor\/status\/900392975385145346\">23 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My prediction for the season finale this weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThones?src=hash\">#GameOfThones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CleganeBowl?src=hash\">#CleganeBowl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ugFq3AUNiA\">pic.twitter.com\/ugFq3AUNiA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Drake (@KiDrake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KiDrake\/status\/899974120972177411\">22 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With The Hound going to King&#8217;s Landing and The Mountain already there&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CleganeBowl?src=hash\">#CleganeBowl<\/a> CONFIRMED?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash\">#GameOfThrones<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tJM2bYyaC5\">pic.twitter.com\/tJM2bYyaC5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GameOfThronesAddict (@GameOfThroneGuy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameOfThroneGuy\/status\/900717761562906625\">24 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dany is blowing a three-dragon lead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In another building plotline, Daenerys Targaryen and everyone\u2019s favorite bastard, Jon Snow, appear to be in deep smit with one another. They made googly eyes with each other in the penultimate episode of the season, with some sort of consummation (as well as a political and military alliance) on the horizon. Ordinarily, this would be pretty creepy because everyone believes that Daenerys is Jon Snow\u2019s aunt, which would definitely put the \u201cew\u201d in nephew. But this is \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d where the Lannister twins have actually had children together (with another on the way, if Cersei is to be believed).<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, Dany is crushing big-time, probably spelling her name \u201cDani\u201d and dotting the \u201ci\u201d with a heart. So all would appear to be well, except for that darn overconfidence thing. She has \u2014 ahem,\u00a0<em>had<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 three dragons until Uwe \u201cthe Night King\u201d Hohn figured out that the best defense is a good offense. And now she has one less dragon than when she held a 3-0 dragon lead.<\/p>\n<p>This, of course, resembles what happened with the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Indians, two teams that blew commanding 3-1 leads in their respective championship series last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m convinced that Daenerys will somehow blow a 3 dragon lead<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kofie \u30b3\u30d5\u30a3\u30fc (@KofieYeboah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KofieYeboah\/status\/886321281406312448\">15 \u0399\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But remember what happened to those Warriors that blew a 3-1 lead? They went out and signed a dragon, then scorched the rest of the NBA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"el\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The white walkers stealing a dragon from Dany fills me with the same sense of numbing inevitability I felt when KD joined the Warriors<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seerat Sohi (@DamianTrillard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DamianTrillard\/status\/899534775265878016\">21 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Coach Jon Snow would probably get himself fired after one season<\/p>\n<p>If Dany\u2019s new boyfriend were a coach, well, let\u2019s just say that he might be Rich Kotite.<\/p>\n<p>The King of the North took a motley band of men north of the wall to capture a zombie White Walker to show Crazy Queen Cersei, thereby convincing her to join in the epic battle of the living vs. the dead (a.k.a. the Red Sox-Yankees; you decide which is which). This seemed idiotic because the Magnificent Seven plus what Uproxx\u2019s Alan Sepinwall refers to as a bunch of redshirt Wildlings took off without hats and were badly outmanned by the zombies. To paraphrase Duke fan Ben Swain, Jon Snow can recruit, but he stinks as an Xs and Os guy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0washingtonpost.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe it\u2019s because it falls on a Sunday night, traditionally the time when we\u2019re watching football. Or perhaps it\u2019s because this season of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d is nothing but battles to set up more battles. 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