Ok Bill, I'm a big fan. My brother introduced me to you about ten years ago as "some guy who writes about Boston sports... he's pretty funny." I love almost all your columns (except I skip past the poker/boxing ones - not my thing), but I can't take the Kobe bashing anymore. Your "different take" on the NBA Finals was to post quotes from an old book to bash Kobe in close to 30 ways, and then write loosely, barely, hardly related comments. Come on! And then, why does every feigned attempt at giving Kobe credit is so backhanded and sarcastic?