Results tagged “Negativity” from The Sports Desk

I'm looking forward to reading Scott Wolf's column in today's paper. Scott writes about why he put USC only No. 3 in the ranking he submitted to the Associated Press pollsters after the Trojans' blowout victory over Ohio State on Saturday. Scott is one of three AP voters -- on a 64-member panel -- who don't have the Trojans No. 1 in the nation.

Jerry Brewer of The Seattle Times has a column (which you can read by clicking here) about the perception that sportswriters are too negative.

There's a great gap between perception and reality on that subject, Brewer writes. To put it simply, most sportswriters aren't predisposed to highlighting the bad. We are critical thinkers who analyze the news, and in general, our tone in stories and columns is a reflection of a team's performance. We like good news, too. We like writing about winning. The players are friendlier. The stories have more personality. But when bad things happen to good athletes, we don't ignore the train wreck.

Now, my thoughts on the subject.