Yeah, he’s JUST what newspapers need

November 30th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

Woody Paige cares. He cares about print journalism, people. Cares about newspapers. Cares about the Denver Post. That’s why he’s coming back to grace the mountainous people of Colorado with his enlightening prose. To save newspapers!

“I care passionately about newspapers, and I think I can be of help to the Denver Post. ESPN can survive with or without me. They’ve survived without Keith Olbermann. They can survive without me.”

OK, Woody. 1. - You are not Keith Olbermann. 2. - This entire quote insinuates that the Denver Post - nay, the newspaper industry at large - could not survive without you, which is wrong. Really wrong. Most would probably argue that the Denver Post - again, and newspapers in general - are better off without you, at least in terms of raising the level of sports discourse in the country and the Colorado region.

Remind me not to move to New York, “star” on a TV show across from Skip Bayless, and then try to honestly evaluate my own place in the world. Because apparently it’s impossible to be even semi-reasonable. Or maybe that’s just Woody’s signature touch at work.

But anyway, in case you haven’t heard, newspaper publishers are setting up a holiday - Paige Day is the unofficial moniker - the day Woody saved the crumbling print archetype! Hooray!