In a pretty in-depth piece over at RANDBALL, Michael Rand explores the latest explosion & controversy regarding Erin Andrews‘ recent conversion from news reporter to actual news story herself, and gets a nice quote from Andrews herself in the process. In short: Erin Andrews doesn’t want your attention.

Rand begins with a brief summary of the outrage, starting with the recent print hit job by Mike Nadel for the GATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE and the ensuing explosion on the blogosphere.

Andrews’ reaction to the Nadel piece, and our own exploration of the phenomenon, after the jump.

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After the Cubs stomped the White Sox to the ground and took their wallets and loogied on their faces and gave them atomic wedgies Sunday for a decisive three-for-three on the weekend, old muscle triggers fired for our Cubs fan friends. Hints of gloating could be heard over the tinkling of martini glasses.

One friend couldn’t help but feel a little glee at the crotch-kicking of the crosstown rivals; another resisted taunting her Sox friends because of next weekend’s scheduled contests at New Comiskey. (We don’t cotton to this Cell nonsense. We think it has something to do with Joan Cusack.)

However, the fierceness of the rivalry seems on the wane for the moment for many Cubs fans. (Don’t be fooled, Eamonn; you’re witnessing a media circus without a tent pole.) A commenter on one of our other sites related this story, which we are compelled to relay verbatim (mostly because we can’t find the original quote):

“A reporter asked Aramis (Ramirez) this morning if he would rather sweep the White Sox or the Cards. After a moment of silence, he said, “You know the Cardinals are in our division, right?””

We did find this quote after Sunday’s contest, though, from Ramirez (four home runs in the series): “We’re winning all the games. That’s what makes it fun. Not because of the White Sox.”
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