Sports reporter to undergo sex change

http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-oldmike26apr26,1,6474659,full.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-sports

 

Damn. Good for her.

 

This just got thrown on the random thoughts thread.

 

Whatever. I don't care one way or another. But why did she have to dread writing this story for so long? Why would it enter her mind we gave a damn? Just another example of a writer thinking a personal story is so important the readers MUST know.

My wife had a miscarriage last year. How dare my editor not let me write about that ...

 

You're a world-class asshole. That is all.

 

Penner is/was married to Lisa Dillman, another Times staffer. No mention in the story about her.

 

Wow. Didn't see this coming.

I noticed that too, SoCalDude. Interesting to see/hear what comes out of that variable to the equation.

As a wordsmith and turner of phrase, Penner is one of the best on that staff, although I could really do without his/her lecturing me about why soccer is the greatest sport and if I don't think it is, than I'm one notch above plankton on the evolutionary scale.

Glad to see that Penner is finally finding inner peace, however.

 

Took me a second to remember that tidbit about Lisa Dillman . . . . . .

Penner is a very good writer, a dude who really embraced soccer after being part of the 1994 coverage. And a good guy. He should do what he feelss best for himself and for his own psyche.

Good for him, and good luck to him.

 

If I don't give a fuck about a transvestite sportswriter who writes under his byline, what makes you think I give a fuck what you think anonymously?

Your opinion means less to me than Penner's self-important column. If he wants to unburden himself, the sports pages of the LA Times isn't the place to do it.

 

Apparently, the LA Times editors thought otherwise.

 

I have nothing against the guy's personal beliefs or decisions. Sorry if I don't think this has a place in sports. If the features section wanted to do a story on him, fine. But a first-person spiritual catharsis? Not appropriate in the sports section.

 

No, not "apparently." The editors clearly thought otherwise.