The semifactual experiment
e.g. if he’d tripped left instead
of right with the ball dribbling
at that speed would he still have
scored an own-goal, is essential
in clinical sportswriting. Now
of course this can be extended
to ponder other types of situations.
Tonight the writer spares you that.
does the reader wish to be spared?
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e.g. if he'd just fallen to the right
instead of the left hitting his head
would he still have scored an own-goal,
is critical in criminal sportswriting.
Please never try this at home.