The humanity of sports coverage

Column: Are human moments allowed in sports media?

I know how I’m supposed to feel.

I know I’m supposed to get on my journalistic high horse and shout down the Jacksonville reporter that offered support to first-year coach Liam Coen after Sunday’s loss to Buffalo.

I know everything I’ve been taught during my journalism career and everything I teach to my journalism students comes down to the fact that you’re not there to be a cheerleader for the team you cover.

There’s even a book written by the great Chicago journalist Jerome Holtzman entitled “No Cheering in the Press Box.”

I know all of this, and yet, I’m not here to brandish my pitchfork in the name of journalistic objectivity.