I missed this story, because I regard auto racing as interesting as beetle mating, but it is an important one.
"Yeah, I report on it, but I really don't give a damn."
Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 last month, and the unexpected victory of the youngest Daytona champion ever provoked audible glee in the press box. One of the reporters on the scene, Sports Illustrated freelancer Tom Bowles, explained on Twitter and his blog why his applauding for a sporting result, considered a cardinal sin in the sportswriting profession, was not a sin after all.
Ethics Alarms 