It's been 122 days since the 122nd Boston Marathon. Of what the two exceptional people who won that day accomplished, William Shakespeare summed it up better than any other commentator in his Sonnet 122: Beyond all date, even to eternity; Or at the least, so long as brain and heart Have faculty by nature to subsist; Till each to razed oblivion yield his part Of thee, thy record never can be miss'd. What else needs to be said? But the other thing that remains from that day is, of course, this: Worst punditry ever? #Yuki pic.twitter.com/AwjeuZDtOt — Xempo Running (@xempouk) April 16, 2018 In the 122 days since Boston this clip has been on my mind a lot. The commentary here by Larry Rawson and Al Trautwig was exceptionally bad, but it wasn't unique to them and highlighted many of the problems with marathon TV broadcasts and especially their hosts and commentator...
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