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Article: Conduct Unbecoming: The Rise and Ruin of Finley, Kumble.
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- The Washington Monthly
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- January 1, 1991
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Conduct Unbecoming: The Rise and Ruin of Finley, Kumble
I once had a wicked but satisfying dream. I had rented a boat on a winter evening and invited aboard a selection of the most repellent people I know. The guests were chosen to include the full range of offensive qualities--hypocrisy, self-obsession, arrogance, greed, spite, etc. I floated my dreamboat, this Ark of Vice, far out onto a deep sea. There I watched the monsters mingle. I believe I even scribbled notes for a Vanity Fair profile or two. At last, when the irritation became unbearable, I pulled the plug (my boat had a plug) and slipped ever so quietly over the side, into a waiting skiff. There ...