Say hand-outs, say Escape

Hand-outs can sometimes be unnerving. More than an exclusive story. They tire you out and challenge your concentration. More often than not, people are happy if the other man does the "dirty" work.

In sports, there are results in hockey, cricket, football...As many sports as many hand-outs, mostly badly written.

If there is anything the sportx journalists would like to share, it is the hand-outs. They have no by-line, they don't really demand your intelligence.

There are legendary stories of how senior people slip hand-outs into the young man's desk, without the latter's notice.

The poor young thing is perplexed of a sudden appearance of a mangled paper.
Surely, hand-outs are like allies in politics. You don't want them but you can't do without them.