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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 2053352" data-attributes="member: 26473">Is there any better job in the world than sportwriter, other than rock star, of course?Unlike 'hard news' reporters who must be concerned with 'balance' and 'objectivity,' sportswriters get to indulge in buckets of wry humor and penetrating sarcasm that even most columnists don't get to touch with the proverbial 11' pole.Guys like Ring Lardner, Roger Kahn, and Jim Murray are not simply among my favorite sportswriters, they're among my favorite writers, period.One of the pleasures of my week are the columns on ESPN's Page 2 by Bill Simmons, the "Sports Guy." He speaks in a voice that cuts through the static - I imagine this must be what it's like for ol' Blue to hear a dog whistle in a crowded city park - and can leave me in tears, from laughing and from smiling.Are there any other Sports Guy fans out there?Oh, and here's a short excerpt from today's column - this isn't meant to be representative of his best stuff, but it made me laugh and I like to share laughter... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>