It’s a shock to no one that I love sports. I also love to look at questions of sports in the context of the larger world. To that end, Ralph Wiley of ESPN.com is one of the most interesting, provocative sportswriters around, and while I don’t always agree with him, I find that his points are always well-made, always thoughtful and often force me to confront my own assumptions.

So I looked forward to reading his take on the Limbaugh-McNabb dust-up. I wasn’t disappointed. Wiley’s take on the events was insightful, controversial and tied it into the larger context that Limbaugh operates in.