Hey everyone! Got a calendar handy? I do, right here on my trusty Apple Newton, and yep, just as I thought: it's still July. That means that there's really not all that much going on, and that we still have time to argue about things not as wholly related to college basketball as I'd like. Still, this is sort of important, so let's get into it anyway. Cool? Cool.

Dudes of sportswriting -- columnists, bloggers, TV people, whoever -- stop fawning about Erin Andrews. Stop it. Stop. Please? Stop.

Whoa, you just said. Who is this dude to tell us not to talk about Erin Andrews? She's hot! Why does Eamonn get to play high and mighty? The answer is that I'm no one, really, just someone who reads lot of blogs and a lot of columns and watches a lot of college basketball, and in all that "research" I've learned one thing: there's nothing more played out, at this point, than breathlessly panting at every Erin Andrews item under the sun.

For example, The Sports Culture, who seem like decent gents, I guess, and whom I mean not to call out specifically but to provide an example of the sort of thing I'm talking about, had this yesterday:

Ever wonder how ESPN sideline goddess Erin Andrews likes it in bed? Sure you have. She recently told Sporting News that she can do without all the stuff that usually goes on beds — like pillows, the blanket and the comforter.

The writer, Lance, then reblogs a quote from the Sporting News where Andrews says, as a superstition, she takes all the stuff off her bed for Florida games. Pretty innocuous stuff, but it's BED plus ERIN ANDREWS, so you know what's coming next:

If she's this emotional in bed while watching sports, you can only imagine what goes on when she's in bed doing what she does best in bed during the night. … Sleeping. What were you thinking?

Get it? Of course you do. We all do -- and it's fair sport, sort of. I highly doubt Andrews cares too much what one blog does with her likeness, especially if it's a really unconvincing Photoshop of her sitting on a blank bed alongside some lame innunedo. All in all, The Sports Culture's post is relatively harmless, and again, I don't mean to call them out specifically, which is what I'm getting to right now.

A LOT of blogs still do this, and it is really played out. Why? Two reasons:

1). People have been salivating at Andrews since the dawn of sports blogging. If there's one subject more tired Ms. Andrews, it's the fact that Stuart Scott sometimes says "boo-yah." Comedy gets a pass in these sorts of situations, but it's getting really, really hard to be funny about Erin Andrews now, and really, really annoying to see people try. You have to be on point, and so few really are. (I certainly don't have the courage to try it.)

2). More seriously, posts like this contribute to this weird blogging (and column-writing, and TV bloviating) pack mentality that it's somehow in bounds to make backhanded comments about Andrews' appearance, looks, or whatever. One post isn't much, but it snowballs, and next thing you know you've got Rick Sutcliffe on air talking about how nice Andrews' skirt looks. It's incredibly demeaning. Noticing Andrews is fine; turning her into the mascot for every sports guy's pent-up sexual energy isn't.

So, bloggers and writers and TV people of the world, again, I beseech thee. Let's focus less on Andrews' appearance and more on her work. Maybe the two are too intertwined now, but if they are, let's find out, and let's fix it. We're all smart people, and this is getting pretty ridiculous.

Headline with apologies to Manohla Dargis.

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