Well, sports fans, you asked for it, you got it. On the homepage today is an expansion of a piece that appeared in the recent National Review. It’s called “Safe-Zone Violation! Why sportswriters, and others, should be penalized.” It’s about the intrusion of politics — partisan politics — into sports columns. And about other violations of “safe zones,” which is to say, zones that ought to be free of partisan politics. I have been banging this drum for a while, and it’s an important drum to bang (pardon the expression).

When I brought up the issue of politics-in-sportswriting a few weeks ago — this was here on NRO — I received an e-mail from a sportswriter who works for a major daily. He said, “Dear Sir: What the f*** [no asterisks, of course] are you talking about? Love, The sportswriting community.” Well, my piece is sort of an answer to this question. As I say at the end of it, “Take an honest look at sportswriting in America today and you’ll see. Love, Me.”

Anyway, for this piece — go here.