The GQ article on A.J. Daulerio made me want to quit sports blogging
Friday, January 21st, 2011Since we’re living in the era of Instapaper, I thought it best to wait a few days to post about the longform profile that came out earlier this week about probably the sports blogosphere’s most prominent blogger of late, A.J. “Tethered to the Machine” Daulerio. He got a bunch of quotes in the article, and one of literally said You’re just kind of tethered to the machine.
In reality, I’m not going to quit sports blogging, because as Daulerio’s friend and the founder of his site Deadspin, Will Leitch, said recently: writing about sports is infinitely fun. However, this profile about how the rigors of the job contributed to Daulerio seeking counseling earlier this year definitely put me at my most solemn this week (and I saw Blue Valentine this week).
I guess call me naive for not assuming that dads were calling up Daulerio – weeping – about watching their daughters have sex in urine on a stadium floor bathroom.
Check out the story at GQ.com. Leave your own thoughts on A.J.’s profile in the comments or @mikehayes19
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