“Keith Gave was this asshole who wrote a column for the Detroit Free Press. We never got along because he was always one of those reporters that was just waiting for something, so he could report the (expletive), you know?” — Bob Probert, in his book, “Tough Guy.”
Bob Probert deserves some credit in that line he penned for his book — and repeated in the film that documents his short but eventful life; he pretty much nailed the job description of a newspaper beat writer.
He might have been onto something else, too. As beat guys go, I was kind of an as … er, jerk.