Confessions of a recently converted sports junkie

High school basketball is over and withdrawals have sunk in.

Hi, I’m Marc and I’m addicted to sports and sports coverage. Things weren’t always thus.

When I accepted the position of editor with the Sentinel, one of the things I knew I’d have to take on was sports reporting. I dreaded it. My previous experience in that field of journalism was limited to editing sports stories, giving feedback on page design and discussing story ideas with reporters. As long as I didn’t have to attend a game or try to speak the lingo, I was perfectly fine in that role.

What did I know about documenting games? “T...