How TV is borrowing from the sporting playbook

Some people say TV has ruined sport but there’s a strong case to argue that the opposite is true, writes Brendan O'Brien

If there’s one thing some people believe to be poxier than the random act of fashioning a career out of sportswriting then it’s that select group of journalists for whom pontification about the games we play is performed from the comfort of their own couches, remote control at the ready, and kettle constantly on the boil.

Yep, the TV sports critic has quite the life.