The recent media attention being paid to Andy Pettitte was fun for a while. Now all thats happening is a rehashing of the same statements that we've already heard over and over and over again. This is the one thing that always gets old and tired about sports media. Whenever there is a big news story, as the Mitchell Report certainly was, it doesn't matter if there is any new news or not, regardless it gets hyped up and beaten into the ground. Why not just let the story develop as it might in the courts and give a short recap. Also, why is it always the negative that gets played this way? I cannot remember the last time I read a positive story in which no new news was uncovered, yet it kept getting headlines everyday.
The problem with sports news is that it is becoming less about the players lives on the field and with their teams and more about the players personal lives with their families. (see Tony Romo's
vacation with Jessica Simpson) What ever happened to writing about an unsung hero making a play to win a game, or thriving while a star is injured? Maybe we'll hear about it if that star was suspended for steroids, or hes in jail for abusing his wife. People watch sports to hear good news and to be entertained. In today's world there is enough negative to go around, why focus on that when there are so many great sports stories that get swept under 
the rug?
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