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Take That Bill Simmons
by Paul on 06/27/07 at 11:09 AM ET
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from Steve Buffery of the Toronto Sun,
I was going to write about my impressions of last week’s NHL draft, but Bill Simmons, a popular American sports columnist, beat me to the punch and I don’t want to be accused of being a copycat.
Never mind I wasted a good part of the night sitting in front of the TV taking notes.
Simmons’ piece was humorous, although there does seem to be a tried and tested formula that all American sports columnist must follow when they write about hockey, and that is:
- Right off the bat, establish the fact that you used to like hockey, but not anymore.
You don’t have to explain why, although an inability to follow the puck is often cited, which is surprising because you can’t follow a bullet yet the No.1 sport in the U.S. is, well ...
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