I didn’t come up with the nickname, Lance Berkman did (on a local sports radio show about a year ago.) Stephanie Stradley of AOL FanHouse recently wrote a particularly damning piece about the Houston Chronicle’s sports writers and their irresponsible reporting following the Texans’ selection of defensive end Mario Williams in the 2006 NFL Draft. Reading priceless gems like this 20 months later, it’s not hard to see why:
The Texans decided their need for a pass rusher was more pressing than taking the best player on the board. There’s a word for this kind of logic in professional sports. It’s called stupidity … All we know for sure this morning is that they look dumb … Once the Texans are finished explaining their decision today, they can release one other bit of information: the phone number that fans can call to cancel season tickets.
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