Marbury vs. Jewsbury

Published: July 29, 2007, 10:56 pm

Tags: extrapolater, jack jewsbury, stephon marbury, soccer

by Extra P, The ExtrapolaterOver the weekend, I was looking up articles to include in my weekend column at Awful Announcing. It's a newspaper critique/roundup called The Press Buffet. So I browse online newspapers and pluck interesting articles, basically.This week I happened to be looking at the Kansas City Star and ran across this article about a Kansas City MLS player named Jack Jewsbury. In reading about his humility and team spirit, it hit me that this man might be the anti-Marbury. Given the similarity in their names, I felt the comparison must be made.Hometown Hero: Stephon Marbury grew up in New York City and currently plays for the Knicks. Jack Jewsbury played his collegiate soccer at St. Louis University and now gets his kicks on the other side of the state in Kansas City.Skeelz: Starbury is known for his quickness and scoring, despite technically being a point guard. Jewsbury scored 59 goals in a single season during high school, but has steadily dropped back to fill

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