Boston.com - Sports Illustrated editor and writer for high school sports Kevin Armstrong said he chose Newton South High School as the top athletics program in the state for its running program’s achievements and consistency. “Obviously, [South’s] track program, as well as cross country, were excellent,” said Armstrong.” The recognition came as a surprise for some, as Newton South did not field particularly noteworthy teams in the big three high school sports: baseball, football, and basketball. Baseball went 9-11 this year, football 4-7, and boys basketball just managed to finish above .500 at 10-9. ‘Armstrong grew up in Nanuet, N.Y. and went to high school in New Jersey. He graduated from Boston College in 2006 where he covered sports for the college’s newspaper, The Heights,.

As I was reading this I kept shaking my head in disbelief wondering how it was possible that an article as utterly idiotic as this could exist. I even glanced over my shoulder a couple times to make sure I wasn’t on Candid Camera or something. But then at the end you find out the kid who wrote it went to BC and suddenly it all makes sense. Because only a Superfan who was stuffed in lockers his entire life could come up with something this outrageous. I mean I’m not even sure I should dignify this with a response? I guess I’ll just leave it at this. If any football, basketball or baseball team in the state trained for 2 weeks they’d smash Newton South’s track team to smithereens. After all it’s a known fact that the only people who run cross country and play volleyball in high school are the kids who can’t make the team on real sports. So if this jackass wants to crown Newton South then crown them. But if I were this kids boss at Sports Illustrated I’d fire him  so fast it would make your head spin for effectively flushing all of their street credibility down the drain for the next 100 years.

PS – Twerps like this are the exact reason Lance Armstrong and swimmers and joke sports get so much hype. Because very few good athletes end up being journalists. It’s all the guys who weren’t good enough to play a real sport in high school so they run track and join the cable club or the school newspaper and build up their resumes while everybody else is practicing. Then they go to college and are in the loser crowd and keep building their resumes while everybody else is partying. Naturally they end up getting the jobs at SI and ESPN etc and hold grudges the rest of their lives against the “jocks” and say bike riders and water polo players are the best athletes in the world because that’s what they and their buddies did. I wish I was joking, but I’m not.