tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8317310.post114892747296006486..comments2023-11-02T09:28:05.181-04:00Comments on Daily Revolution Archive: Who's On First? The Heavy Hitters of Sports JournalismBrian Donohuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03247660397233913297noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8317310.post-1149216384503618462006-06-01T22:46:00.000-04:002006-06-01T22:46:00.000-04:00Just connected with John Rolfe myself. He has a co...Just connected with John Rolfe myself. He has a column on SI.com declaiming ESPN's inclusion of spelling and poker in its broadcast pantheon, while turning its back on hockey. Funny, incisive, thought-provoking, and most of all fresh. Since I had literally never heard his name before I Googled him and came across your blog entry comparing him to Rick Reilly, whose intelligence and humor set him apart from every sportswriter of his generation. (He was also way out ahead on the Tiger Woods story, writing the definitive story on Tiger and Dearly Departed Daddy Earl -- the capital letters are meant as a tribute, not some lame, mocking gesture -- that still stands up today, fifteen years after it was written, as the essence of their relationship. But I digress.) Obviously I'm going to have to read more Rolfe. And if you want another hilarious sportswriter, check out Norman Chad. Find him under the heading -- mordantly brilliant. Ironically, he also works as an "analyst" on ESPN's poker coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com