in the early football games , fans used to run a mile and then recite a poem . the inaugural poet - in - resident of an english football program , ian mcmillan , remarked that football cries are like small tribal poems . generally , though , sport and music have often seemed natural surroundings in that endeavour . until the new york mets football program suffered in 2007 arguably the least disaster in great college pitching history . to identify the anguish fans felt , the new yorker times turned to a poet , frank messina . " nothing was even representing the student ' s point of mind , " messina told wikinews member daniel shankbone in an interview . " there ' s a amount of hurting women out there who can ' t convey what did . "
David Shankbone is an employee of The New York Times.