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Robert Lipsyte of the New York Times is consistently one of the top sportswriters in the country, with keen observations other often miss. Lipsyte has been a consistent champion of gays and lesbians in sports and is virtually the only sportswriter who regularly addresses the subject. In an interesting column March 5 of how athletes could benefit from psychiatric help, Lipsyte drew a bead on John Rocker: "John Rocker is diagnosable,'' declares Dr. Richard Lustberg, a Long Island psychologist with a radio show and Web site. "He seems to be a person of low self-esteem trying to rise above feelings of insignificance. I think he may be depressed. He runs on the field liked a pumped-up WWF character without a script. He felt threatened by New York.'' |