I usually defend my journalistic brethren when someone around society wants to take a dig at them. But recently, I’ve noticed that our particular field is taking a lot of heat.

Last night cinched it for me.

While watching the postgame interview of Kansas coach Roy Williams, after the toughest loss the man has ever had to deal with, CBS inteviewer Bonnie Bernstein asked Williams a few questions. But they weren’t the questions about his team; Why they didn’t make their free throws down the stretch? Why Kirk Hinrich was off for the night or how good Carmelo Anthony was for ‘Cuse?

“Coach, have you given any thought to the North Carolina job at all?” asked Bernstein, who had obviously heard the rumors that the Kansas head man might leave the state in peril to head to North Carolina to receive the Tar Heels job.

Williams reacted as you might expect. He was sad for his team, upset at the question and generally in a foul mood.

“I haven’t given it any thought,” he said. “I don’t think that’s the question to ask right now. I understand you have to ask those questions because that’s your job, but the person who’s telling you to ask that isn’t very sensitive.”

Then, Bernstein proceeded to inquire further after Williams had already said he hadn’t thought about it.

“If they asked you to take the position, would you consider it?”

“Bonnie, I haven’t thought about it and to be quite honest, I don’t give a [expletive] about North Carolina right now. I have 13 guys in that locker room that I love.”

Bernstein, bad move, girl. While I enjoy your sideline reporting and I think you’re really informative, you made a huge mistake on that one. Even if your boss was telling you in your earpiece, “ask him again!” you don’t do it.

Then, I get to listen to FoxSports Radio afterwards when I hear John Renshaw tell his listening audience that he used to make fun of Williams when Williams used to shed tears after a tough loss.

Renshaw will never sniff a basketball court and, for that matter, never coach in NCAA. He doesn’t know what it’s like to spend seven months or more a year with the same guys, hoping and wishing for those players to win.

Then, I get to the boys in print.

I work for the Boston Globe and there has been some things written in that paper that I don’t necessarily agree with. But Boston Herald writer Steve Buckley recently went after Nomar Garciaparra again after the Red Sox infielder was quoted in a Dan Shaughnessy story as wanting to re-affirm his position to stay in Boston.

Last season, Buckley told Garciaparra to leave Boston after the shortstop was quoted as saying, “No wonder no one wants to come here.”

Buckley read Shaughnessy’s column and went off on Garciaparra saying that Nomar was calling him a liar. He told the reading public that Nomar just couldn’t let well enough alone and that he was a whiny shortstop who doesn’t care about the city. He made fun of Nomar, he made fun of Shaughnessy and worst of all, without realizing it, made fun of himself.

Buckley, you’re a chump. You use the power of the pen to cry about Nomar calling you a liar. Now, everyone will read your article and start to believe your crap about Nomar “not wanting to let it go.”

Steve Buckley, John Renshaw and Bonnie Bernstein have recently made the media look like a bunch of overzealous, insensitive jackasses.

I got news for you guys, you’re killing me as a journalist. You’re making my job tougher to do. Get a clue guys and do your job professionally.

In the Locker room:

I had a feeling last night that Syracuse was going to win that game. I thought that Anthony was outstanding and I would like to see him drafted over LeBron James. To me, Anthony is instinctive and I really see him being much more refined after only one year in college … For the first time since I’ve been at Northeastern, the Huskies are returning as Beanpot champs. Neil McPhee and his baseball squad will be playing the Beanpot in the next two weeks a Fenway … Finally, I would like to congratulate the cheerleading team on another fine performance this year.