The newspaper beat writers, in their rumpled khakis and dress shirts, had formed a semicircle in front of Lambert’s locker, waiting to collect quotes. This was a job no one relished. For all the attention he attracted on the field with his expressive, high-energy play, Lambert loathed the press. He was openly contemptuous of reporters and didn’t like being the center of attention. His scorn wasn’t only reserved for people with tape recorders. Lambert could be hard on his teammates, too, barking at them if they lined up wrong or showed a lazy attitude. He once told the team’s offensive captain,
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