Finally, the Mid-Majority returns
Posted: Sunday, November 01, 2009 8:09 PM
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The hardest working man in college hoops is back.
OK, there are plenty of people out there logging long hours. Andy Katz, Jeff Goodman and Gary Parrish churn out enough copy to rival Proust. Beat guys like Gary Bedore and Jerry Tipton do the same on a local level.
The Bally Club members know who I’m talking about. Sunday marked the return of Kyle Whelliston and the Mid-Majority.
And did Whelliston ever open with a doozy of an essay.
His 5,300-word prologue to Season 6 of the Mid-Majority chronicles his poor health during the end of Season 5 (brought on by inhaling carbon monoxide because he often was sleeping in his car, among other things), his marriage, the end of his ESPN tenure and what drives him to do what he does.
He loves college hoops. It’s easy enough to say because most people reading this blog feel the same way. Yet it’s clear Whelliston feels something toward the sport most of us only wish we could fully express or experience. He’s doing everything he can to be part of the sport in the best way he knows how, and he’s – to borrow the cliché – giving 110 percent.
That’s to say, if you’re not already reading the Mid-Majority, start now. It’s a marvelous site, awash in insight, stats and enough stories to fill up a week of sick days. And it’s no longer just Whelliston. Damon Lewis is on board for 2009-10. And if you’re really game, join the Bally Club. It’ll help the Mid-Majority do its thing for another year.
And we’ll all benefit from that.
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