The Boston Celtics won their first NBA Championship since 1986 tuesday night. The moment was biggest for Foward Kevin Garnett, a player who has been long time mocked by puny anaylists in cheap suits for not winning the big one.
As the former MVP was achieving his dream, basketball fans everywhere were wearing an indeering smile. Former teammates were applauding. Former coaches and family members were wiping off tears. As we all were watching this future hall of famer celebrate with raw emotion, Michelle Tafoya enters the picture.
"Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, you just won the NBA Championship, how do you feel?"
I wonder if it took her all four quarters to come up with that question.
Is there any class left in journalism? When Micheal Jordan won the championship after his father was killed and was kissing the trophey, no one stuffed a microphone in his face to ask him how it felt, because we knew how he felt and we felt it along with him.
Why is it that we feel the need to send these women out to run up to athletes in their most euphoric or tragic moments to ask them how they feel? If they ask me how I felt, I'd say, "I feel bad for you because ESPN is making you think that somehow you're a journalist."
There are second graders who's interviewing skills trump that of Tafoya. I'm sure they could come up with more interesting questions. If she asked what Kevin Garnett's favorite crayon is, at least viewers would be hearing something new.
One has to wonder if interview legends like Bob Costas die a little inside everytime Michelle turns on a mic.
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