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Monday, July 2, 2007

NBC fires Bud Collins

I'm sure this move by NBC is upsetting a lot of people, but I'm not one of them. I have always found Collins excessively annoying, despite his knowledge of tennis. And a few years ago, when he lumped some very talented young players into a group he described as "players who cannot play," I was really ready for him to go.

This is Collins' last Wimbledon. If NBC is getting rid of Collins because of his age, shame on them. If they are getting rid of him because he is creepy, I'm all for it.

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About the blog author

Diane Elayne Dees is a writer, a retired psychotherapist, a former speech communication instructor, and a former public relations specialist. She is also a life-long fan of women's professional tennis.

For several years, Diane published the progressive blog, The Dees Diversion, and she also contributed regularly to the Mother Jones MoJo Blog. Diane has published political essays, short fiction and creative nonfiction. For the past several years, she has concentrated on writing poetry.

A nine-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Diane has published four poetry chapbooks, Coronary Truth (Kelsay Books), The Last Time I Saw You, (Finishing Line Press), The Wild Parrots of Marigny (Querencia Press), and I Can't Recall Exactly When I Died (Kelsay Books). (See ordering information at the top of the page.)

She has also published four microchaps with the Origami Poems Project: Beach Days, Pandemic Times, Missing Amy, and Yogic Truth. Her nature poetry was read on Martha Stewart Living Radio's "The Naturalist's Datebook."