Wow, you know there really is nothing out there when beat writers like Erik Boland of Newsday (E-Bola, as Bassett has christened him) is writing about a Jets outing to the Eisenhower Park driving range.

Things we now know:

• Vernon Gholtson is a lefty.
• Erik Ainge’s finger is doing better.
• Ainge also apparently knows something about using an open-faced club, a sand wedge. (Mmm … open-face club sandwich … ahhhhhh.)
• Nick Mangold likes to take his locks to the links.
• There is definitely nothing going on in Jets land this week.

E-Bola also manages to work a few other bits of semi-football related information, including Mangold’s take on the new additions (players and coaches) to the O-line mix.

I give Boland a lot of credit — although new to the Jets beat, he has made a concerted effort to cover the team as best he can in the off-season (he even “forced” himself to go to Flight Crew tryouts), as well as taking the time to read the comments in his blog and respond. (Gasp! Heresy among beat writers!) He also provided detailed non-Baker info during mini-camp.

Hmm . . . a beat reporter actually covering the team and reporting information rather than trying to create stories? What are the chances? Only a matter of time before someone at Newsday notices this (or one of the other beat reporters) and “straightens” him out.

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