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Sports journalism: an up-and-down career

By Jeff Pearlman
Special to Page 2

Monday, May 19, 2008

In the wake of Buzz Bissinger's, ahem, ill-advised anti-blogger meltdown during a recent segment of "Costas Now," I have been repeatedly asked by the lawyers and plumbers and accountants among us why a man who covers sports for a living could be so bitter. Not knowing Bissinger personally, I can only guess that he's traveled his own happy-go-angry path from optimistic young scribe to scornful vet. Instead of speculating, however, I will share my own journey, which is responsible for my metamorp ...

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