Sports fans have probably already seen the article on ESPN, but music fans take note: Chuck Klosterman has some fascinating commentary on hip hop, the media, and Muhammed Ali.
I love it when a piece that, by all accounts, should be nothing more than synergistic network propaganda (ESPN is airing a doc called “Ali Rap”) turns out to be far more provocative than the event it’s promoting.
It’s the “Olbermann ” effect: The sports guy you might write off as an intellectual lightweight turns out to be brighter than the “hard news” people…