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Check out this article on BBook.com: http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/espn-writer-name-drops-hitler-apologizes ESPN Writer Name Drops Hitler, Apologizes One of the hardest parts about writing is crafting good similes. Constructing a good simile is as hard as climbing a really big mountain. See? ESPN.com columnist Jemele Hill might need a writing workshop or two, as is evidenced by a recent comparison she made in an article entitled “Deserving or not, I still hate the Celtics.” In it, she wrote “Rooting for the Celtics is like saying Hitler was a victim. It’s like hoping Gorbachev would get to the blinking red button before Reagan.” Wha? Huh? Whazzuh? Evoking Hitler when writing about a basketball team, unless it was a German basketball team during the thirties, can't possibly be a bright idea. The comparison was deleted within a few hours, and ESPN, the faceless sports titan, was left red-faced. A statement released read “the column, as originally posted, made some absolutely unacceptable comparisons. We’ve spoken with Jemele, and she understands that she exercised poor judgment." A spokesperson for the company also added that there was a “breakdown in the system of editorial checks and balances. We’re normally quite proud of the editorial judgment exercised here, but this was clearly an exception to that.” But we don't take offense to Hill's comparison as citizens of the human race. We take offense to it as writers. www.bbook.com