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The ESPN.com front page right now contains two of the worst pun headlines I’ve ever seen in professional sportswriting: “Tar Nation” and “Heel of a Night.” Jeez, kind of blowing your load all at once ESPN. Why didn’t you save one of those for the next time UNC wins a championship (you know, it happens like every 3 years or so).

When did writing become so difficult? When did it become excusable to use these trite, cliche and sorry attempts at wordplay? And don’t say it’s just sports, and nobody cares. Some sportswriting is incredible, powerful work. Sports deserves good writing just the same as politics or news. Nobody deserves “Heel of a Night.”