My Hatred of 'Shank' Shaughnessy Continues to Grow

This morning I was on Boston.com and for some reason unbeknownst to me I decided to click on Shank's latest column and read what he was today trying to pass off as profound sports writing/knowledge. Afterwards, I felt like the principal in Billy Madison during the Academic Decathlon.

"what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. "

Though in the interest of full disclosure, I did find the Rickey Henderson story the end of the column amusing.

But let's look through the other tidbits of knowledge that Dan drops on us. Here are some of the highlights.

"Not sure when the episode aired, but count "Jeopardy!'s" Alex Trebek among the legions of Belichick bashers. Under the category of "Sore Losers" was this answer: "One second from defeat in the 2008 Super Bowl, this losing head coach threw a hissy fit & stalked off the field." The contestant correctly asked, "Who is Bill Belichick?"

Dan, that item was only on multiple websites a couple of weeks ago. Way to stay current and in touch.

"A lot of college basketball fans probably have no idea that Duke's Gerald Henderson has a dad who was a pretty good ballplayer back in the day."

Wow, this puts watching Duke basketball games in a whole new context the next time I tune in to see the Blue Devils. Watch me dazzle my friends with that nugget of knowledge. I'm ready for March Madness now.

"Renee Zellweger grew up in Katy, Texas. Wonder if she ever met Roger Clemens."

I was wondering the same thing. I won't rest until I get that answer. Though I'd be more curious to know if Clemens did meet Renee Zellweger did he treat her like Mindy McCready? Or was Zellweger too old for Roger at the time? I grew up in Billerica, Ma. I wonder if Shank will put me in one of his columns, wondering if I ever met Tom Glavine, because we grew up in the same town.

"Bad news on the doorstep: Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the day the music died, when Buddy Holly's plane crashed in an Iowa cornfield."

Again, way to stay current Dan. No wonder you're viewed as a fossil.

Nice of Shaughnessy to throw a bunch of crap together and try and pass it off as a column worth anyone's time to read it. Talk about mailing it in. Should he feel quility for cashing in a paycheck based on tidbits like, "Speaking of the Rocket, Brian McNamee goes back on the attack Monday on "The Howard Stern Show."

I find it amusing that the title the editors over at the Boston Globe gave Shank's piece was "Pieces of his mind," when you know they were dying to call it "Pieces of crap from Shank's ass."

This is why Deadspin, or Barstool Sports or SI.com's Hot Clicks or ESPN's Bill Simmons along with dozens of other sites on the web will continue to be the go to sites/people on the Web for people looking for entertaining, informative sports news.

Time to give it up Shank. Please stop. I can't take it anymore.