ESPN.com columnist Jemele Hill was suspended yesterday after sparking outrage by comparing rooting for the Boston Celtics [team stats] to Adolf Hitler and nuclear war.
ESPN has a habit of hiring hacks as writers; Jemele Hill being a good example. You can find better and more informed writing on numerous amateur blogs, yet Hill is paid to write for the biggest sports site on the internet. When trying to entertain the lowest common denominator you’ll hook more fish with cliched drivel than substance. In that respect, Hill delivers consistently. Her appearances on ESPN’s First and 10 are equally embarrassing, though with Skip Bayless as co-host the show is already more comical than anything else.
Comparing anyone to Adolph Hitler is a bad idea when writing your first High School paper, and just as bad when writing for ESPN. Perhaps Ms. Hill missed the first day of Journalism 101.