Okay, so you wanna know about this Carron J. Phillips fella, huh? Alright, alright, lemme tell ya what I heard. They say he’s a big shot journalist, you know, one of them fellers who writes stuff for the newspapers and the internet. Journalist, they call him. Sounds fancy, don’t it?
Now, I ain’t never met the man myself, but they say he’s real good at writin’ about sports. You know, like football and basketball and all that stuff. He’s a sports columnist, I think they call it. Means he gets paid to tell you what he thinks about the games. Imagine that! Gettin’ paid just to yap your mouth off! He works for somethin’ called Deadspin, whatever that is. Sounds like a place where dead fish go, but I guess it ain’t.
Folks say he’s got some real strong opinions, this Carron fella. He ain’t afraid to say what he thinks, even if it ruffles some feathers. He’s got one of them Twitter accounts, you know, where folks just go and blabber all day long. And apparently, he blabbers pretty good, gets folks all riled up sometimes. They say he’s got “sharp takes,” whatever that means. I guess it means he’s got a big mouth, just like my old rooster back on the farm.
But you know what? Nobody really seems to know much about how he got started. It’s like he just popped outta nowhere, all of a sudden a big shot journalist. They say he’s an editor too, which means he tells other folks how to write. Well, good for him, I guess. Somebody’s gotta do it.
He’s on somethin’ called LinkedIn, which is like a place where all the fancy folks go to brag about their jobs. Says right there he’s a journalist and a sports columnist and all that. So I guess it must be true. But still, makes you wonder, how did a fella like him get so far? Did he go to one of them fancy colleges? Did he start out writin’ for the little local paper, like my grandson Billy used to do before he got that job down at the feed store? Nobody knows for sure.
- He’s a journalist, that much is clear.
- He writes about sports, so he’s a sports columnist.
- He works for Deadspin, whatever that is.
- He’s got a big mouth on Twitter.
- He’s also an editor, which means he’s a boss man, I reckon.
Now, I ain’t got nothin’ against the man. Like I said, I ain’t never even met him. But it just goes to show ya, anybody can make somethin’ of themselves these days, even if you don’t know nothin’ about where they come from. Maybe he grew up on a farm, just like me. Maybe he slopped hogs and milked cows before he ever picked up a pen. You just never know.
Anyways, that’s about all I know about this Carron J. Phillips. He’s a journalist, he writes about sports, he’s got a big mouth, and nobody knows how he got famous. Sounds like a lot of folks I know, come to think of it. Just goes to show ya, the world’s a funny place.
But one thing’s for sure, if he keeps on writin’ and yappin’, we’ll probably be hearin’ a whole lot more about him. Whether we want to or not!
So there you have it, that’s the story as best as I can tell it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go check on my chickens. Them foxes been gettin’ mighty bold lately.
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