Neff almost has a clue. Some people, as Neff suggests, read the BDN for entertainment and don't want "joyless stories". However, the problems many people have with the BDN and its sports editor(ializer) are with the insidious editorializing, often negative. In story after story, and not just with Maine hockey, BDN preaches and moralizes rather than reports the news. When Maine people discard the idea of a "Sound Off" column by not writing, BDN writers take the "opportunity" to again voice their personal opinions. I used to complain about Larry Mahoney's formula writing, but he's far and away the star sports reporter now at BDN. How sad that Neff can cite attributes of the professional reporting that we all want, yet he and his editor cannot execute in their daily business. Bud Leavitt and his predecessors must be rolling in their graves :-( I've got to get an opinion on this someday :) Discuss! wayne smith old town landing