Mark Winegardner on the Alabama teabagger and LSU victim in ESPN the Mag

Definitely worth your time.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/LSU-Bama-Fans/last-time-met

 

It really is a great story. Mark approaches the story seriously but puts just enough of a, "Hmmmmmm, I'm writing about teabagging" on it. There is plenty of there there, and Mark finds it.

I especially liked this line: "Downing falls nuts first onto Stamp's face." Who doesn't wish they had a chance to seriously write a line like that?

 

I'm sure it's a good story, and I'm trying to read it, but ... do we really need arrows pointing to cutlines above photos? This reminds me, to a lesser degree, of the kind of design overkill that made it all but impossible for me to enjoy ------> ESPN the Magazine.

 

I tried to read it, but it won't load properly on my computer.

They need to relax with the web design over there at ESPN.

 

It's good to have these stories posted, because for whatever reason it's quite difficult to find ESPN the magazine on the newsstand.

 

I get it along with my ESPN Insider subscription. I rarely crack it open, unless I have nothing else to read on the can.

 

Thanks for posting, DD — was about to myself. Thought this story was really well done.

 

Read this one this morning. A great story. I do feel like the punishment the perp got was a bit steep. I'm sure much worse happens every day on Bourbon Street and goes unpunished.

 

It often has stories that are worth reading. But its newsstand availability is iffy, at best. Insider isn't anything I'm interested in, so paying for the package isn't worth it to me.

 

Take a look at it when you get home.

It looks great, but has an "adult" disclaimer on it.

 

No kidding. 10 months in a bootcamp jail for a harmless drunken prank? Committed in the middle of civic-sanctioned drunken chaos? Bullshit.

 

Pretty good story. Never knew until I read that story that I actually know his birth mother. Crazy, small world we live in.