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My job title at The New York Times is, on reflection, probably a touch too grand. Officially, I’m a global sports correspondent, but that’s not the sort of title you can mention to people and expect them not to assume you’re boasting. “Correspondent” sounds serious. “Sports” sounds fun. “Global” probably involves hotels.
The job can be quite intimidating. There are a lot of sports and a reasonable amount of globe. Global sports correspondents should ultimately concern themselves with the seismic, the urgent and, crucially, the far-flung.
They should not necessarily devote several months of reporting to a story that can conveniently be combined with a trip to the municipal dump.
