Jason Whitlock weighs in with a 'Costas Now' take
Yes, it's true, I wrung part of my Friday newspaper column out of Tuesday night's instantly infamous "Costas Now" show on HBO. Who wouldn't?
But before bothering with reading that, check out this take on the night from one of the panelists, Jason Whitlock.
I certainly don't agree with everything in this column, but as usual Whitlock has done as good a job as anyone of bluntly laying out the issues and offering pointed opinions. He is among my handful of favorite newspaper/Internet columnists.
Whitlock and I talked Wednesday about how the show went. I told him I found it interesting and worthwhile, despite the distraction caused by Buzz Bissinger's manic outburst.
In retrospect, the green room before the show was a hothouse incubating the fireworks to come. I had pleasant chats with Michael Strahan and Chris Russo, but not at the same time.
I talked to Whitlock and Will Leitch. They also were cheerful.
Bissinger was a few feet away, looking intense.
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Whitlock's takes are always interesting and refreshing. Interesting opinion on what Leitch wrote in his book and yes, he spent the whole summer flaunting that book. While he's right that Deadspin is not the best sports blog out there, it has led to other blogs, Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead started there, and also led people to look at other blogs through links and blogrolls. His ideas for panels was funny. Seems that Bissinger made it clear what his feelings toward blogs were. So please tell how Costas didn't know that going in?
Bob did know of Buzz's blog opinions going in, but not that he'd express them quite the bluntly.