Author: John Ondrasik
Summary: This article talks about how "our beloved SportsCenter is more often an episode of COPS." How every sports fan is the same: they love one minute of their favourite sport, then something happens and boom... They hate it. It's a reoccurring cycle. They hate it so much they feel like they are going to stop being die-hard fans, of say... The New York Knicks. However, the one thing that stands true through all the love and hate is that a fan will stay a fan, no matter how much a fan complains, hates on, and discriminate on his/her team. They will continue to turn it to SportsCenter over a nice cold beer. They will still wear their Knicks jersey in the city.
What I learned about writing: This article was extremely captivating for me. Truly, even for a sports article. It flowed so nicely from beginning to end. It makes you feel as if the intensity is rising up as ever superstar name is mentioned. It makes a fan (like me) realize that indeed I couldn't stop being a fan. Its a hobby, and a habit.
I learned that by being as openly opinionated in such a social issue, like sports, you are still able to write an interesting, intriguing story. I feel like by the author making the fan/ reader recognize that he was a fan too (because he so mentions in the article all his favourite sports teams), the reader is able to truly appreciate the author's effort to communicate a respectable article. I really liked this.
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