Re: Allen Barra defends Limbaugh's football comments

[joanna bujes <jbujes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Carrol Cox wrote:

> This wanders far from the original focus of this thread, but is perhaps
> distantly related. I listened on the radio to the Ali-Liston fight in
> which Ali won the title. Afterwards the reporters were trying to
> interview Ali, and this led to the greatest radio episode ever. Ali
> refused to answer any questions until all the assembled reporters
> chanted in unison: "You're the Greatest."
>
> I never have liked sports reporters. Hearing them grovel to Ali was a
> thing of beauty.
Your prejudices are not unwarranted. When tennis was very, very hot, I
had a friend who edited a tennis magazine. He paid me to cover a
tournament in SF, which I dutifully did. I have to say, that I have
never encountered a more sorry bunch of slobs in my entire life than the
journalists covering that tournament. Basically, what they did was grab
all the free food and then they went and sat in the press room and
watched football. Once in a while, they'd check in to see what was
happening on the tennis court. Ugh.

Joanna