THE QUEST. In my never-ending quest for the worst writing about sports ever published, I have long felt that, a few years back, the Special Sports Issue of The Weekly Standard set, well, the standard. (In it, Fred Barnes made an attempt to re-cast the NBA as a "conservative" sport based on the fact that one of its stars was Charles Barkley, who then was making silly mouth-noises about being a Republican. Hilarity ensued. Please, everyone at TAP Central, make sure NBA beat man Matt never sees this issue. It won't be good for the young man at all.) However, we have something of a contender right here, unless you can convince me that this is somehow parody.
--Charles P. Pierce
