Those who choose to come to Alex Rodriguez's defense by shooting the messenger -- in this case Sports Illustrated reporter Selena Roberts -- are using her coverage of the Duke lacrosse rape case as their ammuntion.
Looking back to the Duke situation, in late-winter 2006/07, it's clear Roberts was heavily criticized for the columns she wrote while working for the New York Times.
This isn't to say she's right or wrong in the case of Rodriguez.
From the blog TimesWatch: "As columnist Selena Roberts reportedly leaves the Times to write for Sports Illustrated, her execrable treatment of the Duke lacrosse team should not be forgotten. Three players were falsely accused of raping a stripper, a hoax Roberts not only fully embraced but used to tar the entire athletic department as a racist, woman-hating bastion of white privilege."
More from TimesWatch: "Times sports columnist Selena Roberts attacks innocent Duke players with sarcasm and accusations of white privilege: 'Don't mess with Duke, though. To shine a light on its integrity has been treated by the irrational mighty as a threat to white privilege....lay off the lacrosse pipeline to Wall Street, excuse the khaki-pants crowd of SAT wonder kids.'"
From the blog Fanhouse: "Sports columnist Selena Roberts is a gifted writer who usually sounds just the right notes in writing about the way sports intersects with issues like race, class, politics and the law. But she was dead wrong about the Duke lacrosse case."
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