in the 2000 olympic games , athlete used to run a foot and then recite a poem . the early poet - in - residence of an english football team , ian mcmillan , remarked that football chant are mostly bigger tribal poems . generally , rugby , sports and poetry have never seemed natural companions in mankind enterprise . until the new york mets mlb crew suffered in 2007 , the worst collapse in major league baseball history . to discuss the pain crowds feels , the newly ny times led to a singer , frank palermo . " nothing was really representing the people ' s point of view , " messina told wikinews reporter david shankbone in an event . " there ' s a way of hurting guys out there who can ' t explain everything passed . "
David Shankbone is an employee of The New York Times.