Also ruining sports journalism? Irony. [ESPN Boston]
This is a clip from an Around The Horn episode about a week ago, in which the four journalists du jour took on the March Madness selection process — a topic that seemed to be on everybody's mind.
A long, long time ago, when writers puffed on cigars in the press box and sipped scotches with their sources, the best sports journalism lived in print. And nobody did it better than The Boston Globe.
Yeah, we tend to agree that maybe Bob should be a little more camera shy until whatever is going on there clears up. Again, hope he's okay. [Barstool Sports]
We've received a lot of feedback about our selection of The Boston Globe's Bob Ryan as today's bad hometown columnist
By all accounts, Bob Ryan was once a good writer. But then something happened. The molten lava, burning his features. The painful reconstruction. The cryptic words: "Rise, Lord Vader." Yes, Bob Ryan's journey to the dark side is now complete. With his ubiquitous presence on Around the Horn and Pardon the Interruption, he …