The Wall Street Journal Abandons Honorifics in Sports Section
In what must be a move to become more hip, or merely to catch up with the times (and the Times), The Wall Street Journal is no longer using honorifics in its Sports section.
Jason Gay, a columnist for the section, has mixed feelings about the change:
Sports can be a messy, crude business—and the courtesy conferred by a ‘Mr.’ or ‘Ms.’ signaled a baseline of respect that has almost vanished. Calling a chill guy like Tim Lincecum “Mr.
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