Aug 04 2011 02:20 PM
Dave McKenna, the DC-based sportswriter mostly famous for being sued by Dan Snyder, is a personal favorite of mine, collecting stories from the deepest amateur ranks to the pinnacle of sports power --- Dan Snyder, for instance --- and digging into the into the deeper meaning sports have in society. The stories in his column, "The Cheap Seats, criss-cross his obstensibly athletic subject matter through the societal spectrum, allowing engrossing tales of sports to meaningfully reference jazz, politics, Alex Chilton, civil rights, faith, and other important societal touchstones. I love him.
Last week he gave the column over to a remembrance of an obscure local tennis figure/chronic bullshitter. If you don't know, love, and sometimes hate a guy just like this, you'll feel like you knew the original by the end of the article.