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VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES:THE CASE OF BARRY BONDS
Horsefeathers ^ | 3-8-2006 | Stephen Rittenberg

Posted on 03/09/2006 6:46:19 AM PST by ritt

Horsefeathers has lamented the decline of quality in American popular culture. We wonder what the ghosts of Jo Stafford and Frank Sinatra would have to say about this year's Oscar winning song, a ghastly assault on the senses, depicting the hard life of a pimp. This decline has been evident in other spheres as well: one that particularly bothers Horsefeathers is the quality of newspaper sports writing. We long ago ceased reading the New York Times sports pages because the writing had less to do with sports than with politically correct social agendas. The writers seem aggrieved affirmative action hires, determined to hit the reader over the head with the racist, sexist horrors of sport. When the New York Sun began to compete with the Times, we turned with trepidation to the sports pages. We were amazed to find writers who are knowledgable about the sports they cover, and interested in the actual games played and their role as entertainment. Today's issue has a special treat: two articles by Tim Marchman. One about Kirby Pucket's death and one about Barry Bonds's drug use...

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TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: ambition; baseball; drugs; popculture

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