Breaking: Robert Esche tastes first cappuccino

As part of my goal to be your No. 1 source for shallow, snarky shit, I’d like to take a moment to look at an article by Inquirer reporter Tim Panaccio, whose last name may have inspired his intro for yesterday’s story about Flyers goalie Robert Esche starting in goal for the United States. Yes, it’s another Overwritten Lead of the Moment:

TURIN, Italy - Last week, Robert Esche sat in a cafe off via Filidelphia, just outside the Palasport Olimpico ice rink, sipping on his very first cappuccino.

“This is really good stuff,” the Flyers goalie marveled. The topic of the day was not the coffee, but playing in the Olympics.

If the Americans rally and win an improbable gold medal, you know he’s getting an endorsement deal with Starbucks. Esche, that is. Maybe Panaccio, too.

Flyers’ Esche to start for U.S. hockey team [Inky]