Show The Sports Peek By Clint Barber 1 Of all the that of a sports writer is held by opponents as one of the lowest in There are many who would even doubt that sports writing is a The sports writer is probably the most persecuted individual in Some of the things said about sports writers shouldn't happen to the proverbial With the exception of the obituary the sports writer gets more beefs than any other in the newspaper If a feature writer or a straight news writer makes a rash statement it is frequently Amen But just let the poor guy on the sports desk make a for instance reporting the wrong score of a baseball The number of people who write to him or call him up and rake him over the coals is Let a political writer praise a certain politician and most folks would moan yer under their But just let a sports writer call Joe Blow the greatest shortstop of his immediately sets off a hot and the sports writer is considered a dumb The boys on the literary page and some of the other would outlaw the sports as trivial and On the small it's the sports page which gets the most Why is it that the sports writer is And why do sports despite opponents stick with Amen To answer the first One reason the sports writer is criticized is because of his style of It is true his stuff is often full of cliches and poor In defense of we might say that sports writing is one of the most difficult forms of At first that sounds anyone can write someone will anyone can write But how many can write it The names of these who can are Bill Grantland Dan Bill Corum to mention a mighty Amen Some of the country's greatest writers were sports writers Westbrook Bob the late Damon Run-yon and Paul Gallico were top-notch sports And there can be no denying that they rank near the in popularity and There are many reasons why sports writers stick with But we can list at least three basic Love of the The sports writer is really in his glory when he's writing about Tiis first That free ticket to the ball game draws many to the Free In few forms of writing is such a chance for free The editorial writer writes what he is to fit the newspaper's The movie writer writes to please the The sports writer writes just about as he with few A good a lazy man's To quote a well-known easier than working for a |