Where’s the beef in sports column?

In his review of the Daytona 500, which encompassed half of the front page in the Sports section, Mike Imrem devoted the vast majority of his tabloid-style article to Danica Patrick and commented only on the sensationalism of a female driver. No references to her past accomplishments as a driver, only to her current tabloid relationship. Imrem proudly stated he doesn’t “know a carburetor from a windshield wiper,” or “a dipstick from a grilled cheese sandwich.” On the front page of Sports.

The Associated Press coverage of the race was on Page 5. Don’t motor sports enthusiasts deserve better treatment than this: prominent, front-page coverage of “sizzle” and incidental, Page 5 coverage of “steak”?

Dennis Costis

South Barrington