Tom Brady as Paris Hilton

I often disagree with this writer, but he hit the nail on the head with this one. In Self-Parody and Sports Illustrated, he does a good job. Best lines:

Last week’s edition of Sports Illustrated featured the inevitable selection of Tom Brady, who appears on the front cover monthly at this time of year, as its Sportsman of the Year.

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over the past several years it has moved further into the traps of cultish sports celebrity worship (Brady has become the magazine’s version of Paris Hilton)

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