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I would tell you what I like, but let's be honest, it is much more fun to read about what I don't like. In no particular order:

1. Bill Simmons: I used to love reading his "columns" and enjoyed laughing at his pop culture jokes from a total selection of 7 movies. Now I call him the boy band of "columnists" because he is a one trick pony that writes his "columns" on Boston sports related themes and throws in references to famous people he knows. I will post about him a lot.

2. Sportswriters in particular. Sportswriters write very poorly, hyperbolized and infantile articles that can aim to a mass audience of idiots. This includes puff pieces and articles that should never have been written because they are self explanatory. Many sportswriters and journalists hate blogs and the internet is because they revel in getting the inside scoop on an athlete and knowing that person one on one. That is the nature of their job, to know athletes and ask them questions and find out information, not to think. The same people who like Jay Mariotti, Bill Plaschike (don't care to spell it correctly), and a bunch other wonderful sportswriters are the same ones who don't like "The Wire." "The Wire" makes you think, and so would an informed, intelligent article about David Eckstein, as opposed to another Mighty Mouse Strikes Again back rub we usually get. Sportswriters know most people are lazy. The articles they squirt out are aimed at those who like good entertainment and an easy read, and it makes the athletes talk to them more, which makes them look good. Unfortunately there is a group of people who are as well informed about sports who don't get paid to write about sports. Those people take the words the "expert" sportswriters say and make them look like asses. That makes them sad inside and hate the internet. You will find much more of this.

3. Boston sports. Does there have to be a Boston sportswriter on every show? What do they know that a writer from Michigan does not? Oh yeah, Boston sports. I am tired of Boston sports, not a huge fan of New York sports either, but ESPN is a huge fan of both!

4. I will have links and much less exposition in the future, I promise, I just wanted to give an introduction on what I don't like.