JOHN WIGHT writes on legendary boxing trainer and philosopher, Cus D’Amato
The punch-up in the press room
JUST once in a while, the dull ritual that is a press conference unexpectedly becomes the story, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
FOR sports reporters (and likely most other beats, too), the press conference is a tedious ritual during which we are fed pat answers to often equally banal questions.
If you have a really good question, you’d rather hold it back, because otherwise all of your colleagues are privy to the answer. No scoop there.
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