Rick Reilly Thinks Bloggers Hate Jesus
Today, Rick Reilly said something hilarious and original about blogs:
“I don’t really go on the blogs, because they don’t really like anybody,” he said. “Jesus could do a column and they’d be like, ‘What the hell is with the hair?’ It’ll always be something. Charles Barkley told me a long time ago always half the people are going to hate you and half the people are going to love you. If you suddenly change who you are, the other half will hate you. I don’t really care what people holding down couch springs do or say.”
HAHAHA COUCH SPRINGS. Wait, do couches have springs? I thought that was beds.
NEVERMIND. That’s not the point. The point is that Rick Reilly is wrong about us bloggers. We like people. Let’s use his example: Jesus. I like Jesus. I’m not a religious person at all, but I find Jesus’ teachings in the Bible to be, like Buddha’s, admirable in ways that are universally applicable. Dude invented “Turn the other cheek,” and the Golden Rule. That’s impressive. Blogger verdict on Jesus: Like.
There are many other examples. Sticking to sports, or sports media: Scott Van Pelt. Joe Posnanski. Pat Forde. Ron Jaworski. Despite everything, Tony Kornheiser and Bill Simmons. Bob Knight. Rece Davis, and pretty much everyone on the college basketball beat. Selena Roberts. At least half of the usual SportsCenter anchors. Al Michaels. Chris Sprow. Doris Burke. T.J. Quinn. Michael Lewis. Nate Silver. Hell, John Madden. (Why not?)
I could seriously sit here and keep naming people all day. Know why? Because they’re smart and they’re good and they bring some semblance of sports knowledge into my day. They improve my sports consumption experience. Hey Rick? I could keep typing, here on my couch that apparently has springs, for as long you wanted me to before ever coming to your name. Know why? Because you write silly little 800 word columns that are either a) totally mundane and unoriginal and geared toward the 40-year-old dolt demographic, or b) blatantly toy with readers’ emotions. “This young athlete is sick and LOVES SPORTS! Isn’t that sad?” These columns are the written equivalent of pop country music.
I hate pop country, but it’s not because I don’t love music. I hate Rick Reilly, but it’s not because I don’t love sportswriting.
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