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The Sadness Of Concrete Charlie [The Dark Side Of The Locker Room]

The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae found this 6/4/2008 on deadspin.com

Being a sports reporter is, at times, an absolutely horrible job. Sure you get to watch games, travel and interact with athletes, but there is a horrendous downside. (Which is pretty much everything else.) And this is never more disturbingly clear than when a reporter has their first (or 50th) awful experience with a half-naked, exhausted athlete. Sometimes they'll be openly dismissive, ...