Some occasions transcend special interests.
Such was the case with Monday night's retirement party for St. Petersburg Times sports columnist Hubert Mizell. As you who consistently read my column know, I do not care about sports. My knowledge of them collectively would fit into a shuttlecock. But I enjoy reading Mizell. He is, to me, a classic sports writer and one who has helped make sense of a world I often view as esoteric and internecine.