HAS BASEBALL REPLACED THE NFL AS THE NO. 1 PRO SPORT IN AMERICA?
Face it, pigskinheads: Your beloved NFL is drowning in a cesspool of mediocrity. Last weekend, there was only one game between teams with winning records (Panthers-Cowboys) and last season’s Super Bowl foes are both redefining ineptitude. Meanwhile, perennial losers like the aforementioned Panthers and the team formerly known as the Bungles are leading their divisions. It’s not like the Writers’ Bloc to kick the great game of pro football when it’s down, but some WBers are beginning to wonder if baseball hasn’t reclaimed the coveted title of Best Sport. They still call it, ‘the No Fun League’ | From Tim Keown I’m a baseball guy. I’ll watch anything — OK, I confess to having a tough time with the whole bass-fishing thing — but I’m a baseball guy because it’s the last of the big-time sports still driven by performance and competition. “And in the year ahead, I plan to rid the league of ‘do rags.”Baseball is the one sport that stands there and says, “Prove it,” before you can say you’ve
