REALI BITES

Quizzed by the Washington Post for its overhyped Sunday Source section, which curiously showed up at my door on Saturday morning, ESPN's Tony "Stat Boy" Reali held forth on the sporting nature of our fair city:

Is it a sports town? That's an interesting question. It has what it takes to be a sports town, because it has so many people from different areas. . . . There are passionate people about sports here. But there is not one sports bar I would go to in this entire city. Not one.

That's an interesting answer. I thought one of the reasons why Washington was a less than stellar sports town was, in fact, because it has so many people from different areas. In fact, that was about the only thing Amy Sullivan got right in her overreaching overview of local fandom.

Also... did he just disrecommend ESPN Zone? Lucky for Reali, Eisner's not around anymore — otherwise, he might've been Easterbrooked.

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posted by WWB at 11:00 AM |