sportswriter

This column is a blatant rip-off of the column Charlie Vincent, a retired sportswriter from the Detroit Free Press, used to deliver to his readers.

Thanksgiving in July 2000

Also, I've always figured hating a sportswriter is the same thing as supporting their career.

Gelf Magazine 2009

I follow moments, and to me, as a sportswriter, that is what has become the essence of sports: those stories that you're pretty lucky and pretty fortunate to get to tell on a regular basis.

Gelf Magazine 2009

Born and raised on the Lower East Side, Holman was described by one sportswriter as “an artist” on the court who “directed the short passing, weaving, meshing, game” and “revolutionized basketball.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

But their recognition of what these two players have faced is a smack-down to every Peter King the U.S. Congressman, not the sportswriter and Fox News hack who thinks Arabs and Muslims exist only to be demonized.

Dave Zirin: Kazemi and Abdul-Qaadir: Recognizing the Courage of Muslim Athletes Dave Zirin 2011

Zirin, the nation’s most unabashedly progressive sportswriter, writes as colorfully as any classic sportswriter from years gone by, and his passion for the games he covers shines through everything he writes.

Sam Pizzigati: A Game-Day 'Program' for the NFL Lockout Sam Pizzigati 2011

When the great US sportswriter George Plimpton told Muhammad Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee that the Italian heavyweight Primo Carnera used to wrap a stout rubber band round his member at night to prevent arousal, Dundee laughed scornfully.

Sportsmen and their women: history's great divide Harry Pearson 2010

Zirin, the nation’s most unabashedly progressive sportswriter, writes as colorfully as any classic sportswriter from years gone by, and his passion for the games he covers shines through everything he writes.

Sam Pizzigati: A Game-Day 'Program' for the NFL Lockout Sam Pizzigati 2011

But their recognition of what these two players have faced is a smack-down to every Peter King the U.S. Congressman, not the sportswriter and Fox News hack who thinks Arabs and Muslims exist only to be demonized.

Dave Zirin: Kazemi and Abdul-Qaadir: Recognizing the Courage of Muslim Athletes Dave Zirin 2011

But their recognition of what these two players have faced is a smack-down to every Peter King the U.S. Congressman, not the sportswriter and Fox News hack who thinks Arabs and Muslims exist only to be demonized.

Dave Zirin: Kazemi and Abdul-Qaadir: Recognizing the Courage of Muslim Athletes Dave Zirin 2011