How One Man Got Roger Federer Completely Wrong
At the very least The Betting Fool admits it. He reviews some hits and misses in his 500th column today:
"*Speaking of hacking up a lung, and a kidney and -- eventually -- some spinal fluid, I wrote this in 2003 about Roger Federer. He had just won Wimbledon. I was not impressed. (Man it's fun to narc on yourself.)
I had blasted the Williams sisters for being too good (it was a great column all the way around) when I decide to type: "As for the men, I don't see anyone making a star out of Roger Federer. He'll be one in a series of flavor-of-the-week men's players, forgotten by next year's Aussie Open."
Well said, you freaking MORON. Lesson here: Don't write about a sport you know almost nothing about."
Methinks The Fool is a bit harsh on himself. It is nice however (Peter King) to see a writer go back and hold himself a little bit accountable for the stuff he gets dead wrong.
