LeBatard's column on Jason Taylor and playing with pain

[Azrael]

Dude.

 

[Alma]

Yeah, I've worked with him and six other columnists who have won Top 10 in 250K-above. Pretty comfortable saying he's the best. I'm a big fan because I've seen him do his thing. He's a reporter at heart. A terrific interviewer and even better writer. People tell him things. He broke a lot of stories and handed those to his reporters or at very least assisted significantly in the process, then explained why it mattered, did or didn't make sense. He's the guy you want to read when anything significant happens in Miami and occasionally beyond. And yeah, he often writes above the noise. People get mad at that, call him an apologist. Those people normally are part of the noise. Dude sees things because he's usually as close to it as the players.

You can't consistently write "above the noise" and be so close to it that it doubles as the players' perspective.

 

[Boom_70]

When writing about Ricky Williams or any "U "players Lebatard loses all perspective.

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

Yeah, I've worked with him and six other columnists who have won Top 10 in 250K-above. Pretty comfortable saying he's the best. I'm a big fan because I've seen him do his thing. He's a reporter at heart. A terrific interviewer and even better writer. People tell him things. He broke a lot of stories and handed those to his reporters or at very least assisted significantly in the process, then explained why it mattered, did or didn't make sense. He's the guy you want to read when anything significant happens in Miami and occasionally beyond. And yeah, he often writes above the noise. People get mad at that, call him an apologist. Those people normally are part of the noise. Dude sees things because he's usually as close to it as the players.

Yeah, I was agreeing with you. I'm saying that when the people who have edited someone's stuff day after day think he's great, there is no better praise a writer can get.