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That saddens me. It saddens me that the immediacy of the spoken word carries more weight, more strength, more puissance in today's society than the written word.
93Devil said:He made vague references to this on PTI the last week or so.
I think he mentioned to Wilbon about not typing anymore or somnething like that.
93Devil said:WaylonJennings said:This is fine. I didn't know him in his heyday, but to me, there is nothing more annoying than a sports writer who constantly brags about not knowing anything about sports. I know it's part schtick, but I'm just not into that. I think a lot of it is drudgery, too, as do most of us. But there is nothing cute about not being informed.
I know he plays it up, but to think that a person can be all knowing about football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, olympic sports, boxing, soccer and whatever else is out there is unreasonable.
Cadet said:93Devil said:WaylonJennings said:This is fine. I didn't know him in his heyday, but to me, there is nothing more annoying than a sports writer who constantly brags about not knowing anything about sports. I know it's part schtick, but I'm just not into that. I think a lot of it is drudgery, too, as do most of us. But there is nothing cute about not being informed.
I know he plays it up, but to think that a person can be all knowing about football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, olympic sports, boxing, soccer and whatever else is out there is unreasonable.
Agreed. And his unapologetic stance on this has made my perfectionist self feel a lot better about not knowing everything about every sport. Plus it was always educational for me when Wilbon tried to give him reasons to care about certain things.
poindexter said:Cadet said:93Devil said:WaylonJennings said:This is fine. I didn't know him in his heyday, but to me, there is nothing more annoying than a sports writer who constantly brags about not knowing anything about sports. I know it's part schtick, but I'm just not into that. I think a lot of it is drudgery, too, as do most of us. But there is nothing cute about not being informed.
I know he plays it up, but to think that a person can be all knowing about football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, olympic sports, boxing, soccer and whatever else is out there is unreasonable.
Agreed. And his unapologetic stance on this has made my perfectionist self feel a lot better about not knowing everything about every sport. Plus it was always educational for me when Wilbon tried to give him reasons to care about certain things.
It's unreasonable to expect a Kornheiser to know everything about every sport. It was irritating to hear him say, with pride, "I can't name two players on team XYZ".