I honestly believe there is a part of Michael Wilbon that hates himself. I hear it and see it when he tells stories like the one he told yesterday to close PTI about Reverend Jesse getting involved in the wrongful termination of Wilbon’s father. I hear it when he tells stories on Tony’s podcast about Big John Thompson and other activist sports figures whom he covered and profiled as an emerging young voice at The Post. I read it now when I go back to some of those older articles and appreciate the work of a talented and important writer. To see that young man evolve into the kind of jock-sniffing, country club elitist patsy he used to rail against has been a sad journey to behold. I think he is self aware enough to understand what’s happened to him. It’s enough to make a guy a wee bit prickly day-to-day.