I’m not the columnist I used to be
If you read my columns in this paper, you might be surprised to find out I’ve been doing this for a long time. But I have.
I’ve been a sports columnist since the end of ninth grade, when I decided I had something to say and someone decided he’d publish it for me. My entry into the profession was glorious:
“Hey, I’m Pete, and I’m your sports columnist. Consider this our formal introduction. You and I have a special relationship, one that not many are lucky enough to experience. As your sports columnist, I feel I have several responsibilities to you, just as you have...
I know I like it when the Pete Martin in my family, also a writer, is funny and personal, so I suggest you maintain that style