"So if Kofi Annan wants to broker a truce, I'm amenable."

Alan Shipnuck still appears uncertain about what caused his Twitter blocking by Team Pavin. However, he's reaching out in an attempt to smooth things over. Touching, I tell you.

As for the Pavins, I've recently had a little tongue-in-cheek fun pretending to be upset that I'm being blocked on Twitter by both Corey and his wife Lisa. Turns out mock indignation makes good fodder for tweeting. But despite what they think, it's all good. I've always admired Corey, going back to 1995 when I wrote a long feature about him for SI. In the course of reporting that story, we went fishing, hit balls at a driving range and took in an Orlando Magic game. (To give you a sense of how many epochs ago this was, Penny Hardaway was the best player on the floor and hit a shot at the horn to win it for Orlando.) So if Kofi Annan wants to broker a truce, I'm amenable.