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I still read deadspin a lot, but yeah, it's gone down. It's always been more entertainment than actual news, but the balance definitely has gone much more TMZ-ish lately. I don't particular care since I really don't go there expecting hard hitting poo poo. Magary makes me laugh like hell though. For good journalists, I used to like Adrian Wojnarowski when he did general columns for The Bergen Record. He actually came and spoke with my class for a couple of hours. Very cool dude. Don't really read him as much on yahoo because I don't care for basketball too much.
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# ? Aug 16, 2010 22:06 |
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# ? May 21, 2024 15:32 |
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This is on the ugly side of things: Plagiarism! Long story short: Pension Plan Puppets, which SAS poster Chemmy contributes to, translated a quote in a foreign hockey magazine about a Maple Leafs player. The Toronto Sun picked up these translations almost verbatim (see last link) and attributed it to the original source instead of the blog. Check for yourself. The Sun's ripoff: http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2010/08/19/15081386.html PPP's: http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2010/8/18/1628909/frantisek-kaberle-sr-i-dont The aftermath: http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2010/8/20/1633273/if-imitation-is-the-most-sincere#storyjump http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2010/8/20/1633616/the-toronto-sun-classy#44832286 A handy little graph to illustrate just how blatant it was: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=18oNfUJkMSymWyuaxVzkGEIvhSBIPSiQoKGs3XPFLkgM
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# ? Aug 20, 2010 22:33 |
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Jason Whitlock is in the midst of a live radio meltdown about how he is quitting/getting fired/who the gently caress knows. http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/entercom/player/?id=KCSP
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# ? Aug 20, 2010 22:46 |
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I cannot stress how good this is.
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# ? Aug 20, 2010 22:50 |
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Holy poo poo "The people that don't know me, they're gonna attack me!"
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# ? Aug 20, 2010 22:59 |
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Jon posted:Holy poo poo It is literally a three hour window in to the mind of a crazy person on the radio.
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# ? Aug 20, 2010 23:09 |
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Jason Whitlock is in the midst of a live radio meltdown about how he is quitting/getting fired/who the gently caress knows. From what I've heard he basically spent the first hour ripping everyone in the area media and accused his editor of screwing her way into her position. I hope Fox fires his rear end for being completely unprofessional about everything.
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# ? Aug 20, 2010 23:25 |
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Today on PTI Dan Lebetard mentioned a profile on Roger Clemens(I think he said it was by Pat Jordan?) where Roger apparently yelled to hod "don't gently caress with me" or something along those lines. Does anyone know where I can find this article?
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# ? Aug 21, 2010 02:46 |
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dokomoy posted:Today on PTI Dan Lebetard mentioned a profile on Roger Clemens(I think he said it was by Pat Jordan?) where Roger apparently yelled to hod "don't gently caress with me" or something along those lines. Does anyone know where I can find this article? Maybe this one? I haven't read it, but I can't imagine Jordan's written more then one profile on Clemens. Elsewhere, here's a selection from noted sports journalist Bill Simmons latest mega-column: quote:Aniston's life resonates with that demographic better than anyone. Now she's 41, still hunting for a man, her ovaries rumbling like Earl Campbell, but we're all a little confused because … I mean, how could Jennifer Aniston, of all people, not find a man? I know he's low-hanging fruit, but even for Simmons this is pretty egregious.
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# ? Aug 21, 2010 03:25 |
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Thought this was the proper place to put this. Seems on par for Jay. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/espn-personality-jay-mariotti-arrested.html quote:ESPN's Jay Mariotti arrested by L.A. police
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# ? Aug 21, 2010 17:13 |
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Vertical Lime posted:Thought this was the proper place to put this. Seems on par for Jay. I love the derisive terms they describe Fanhouse in. "Some loving website" Also, I wonder when ESPN.com will update their front page with this news?
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# ? Aug 21, 2010 17:15 |
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It'll probably make the front page of the Sun-Times
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# ? Aug 21, 2010 17:23 |
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According to the Chicago Sun-Times it's some sort of physical altercation with his girlfriend. Can't really say I'm shocked. http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2623460,mariotti-arrest-082110.article
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# ? Aug 21, 2010 19:05 |
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I found it! I found it! The worst article ever. Paul Daugherty thinks replay at the Little League World Series is a sin because it's denying the kids a chance to deal with it like a man when an umpire who may or may not admit his mistake crushes the hopes and dreams of a 10 year old with a bad call. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/paul_daugherty/08/19/ll.replay/index.html?eref=sihp
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# ? Aug 22, 2010 08:33 |
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From that article: "If a mistake at work gets you fired, do you scream for a do-over?" If I got fired because of a mistake that could have been easily corrected by watching 5 seconds of video (or something else requiring minimal effort and existing technology), you better believe I would be screaming for a goddamn do-over.
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# ? Aug 22, 2010 08:39 |
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This idiot gets it completely wrong. The correct analogy is "If somebody else makes a mistake which gets you fired, do you scream for a do-over?" and 90% of people would answer "Hell yes."
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# ? Aug 22, 2010 10:52 |
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Is there a highlight real of Jason Whitlock's meltdown on the internet somewhere?
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# ? Aug 22, 2010 15:43 |
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Man, you know your sports journalism sucks when your own newspaper is accusing it's team of taking steroids. Damien Cox is basically saying "Bautista is hitting dingers, bet he's on steroids!" http://thestar.blogs.com/thespin/2010/08/gotta-at-least-ask-the-question.html quote:The Blue Jays, we know, have quietly become known as a bit of a nest for alleged steroid abusers over the years. Clemens played here. Gregg Zaun has been implicated. Ditto for Troy Glaus.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:26 |
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holy poo poo that guy has to be trolling, right?
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:33 |
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That article also has the best comment ever "The list starts at Jose Bautista. I think you can add Aaron Hill as well. The guy has a 200 batting average yet has almost 20 home runs? A bit suspicious to me."
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:35 |
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Dave Kingman was a roid freak.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:39 |
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Is the joke that Aaron Hill is clearly having a down year or that anyone who hits 20 DINGERS is on roids?
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:40 |
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I love the rationalization of people who point the steroids finger. Literally ANY type of season where a player hits for power can be construed as due to steroids.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:43 |
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What do you mean a guy can suddenly get better during his prime years
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:43 |
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Bigass Moth posted:Is the joke that Aaron Hill is clearly having a down year or that anyone who hits 20 DINGERS is on roids? He is only hitting 200, he's a terrible hitter how is he hitting so many homeruns
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:44 |
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Citoball isn't swinging at pitches as hard as you possibly can and take no pitches, it's Cito Gastion in a back room injecting steroids into his players' rear end. The gig is up, which is why he's retiring at the end of the season.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:47 |
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seiferguy posted:Citoball isn't swinging at pitches as hard as you possibly can and take no pitches, it's Cito Gastion in a back room injecting steroids into his players' rear end. The gig is up, which is why he's retiring at the end of the season. hahaha
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 18:53 |
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Damien Cox is a notorious shithead, he mostly writes about hockey and tennis. He really does just openly troll his readers, has been known to turn about face on his own opinions week to week, and it's best to just treat his bullshit as background noise.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 19:00 |
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That disastrous Sarah Silvermen tie-in that deadspin did really turned me off from the site. Is it any surprise that it completely blew up in their faces?
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 19:02 |
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haljordan posted:That disastrous Sarah Silvermen tie-in that deadspin did really turned me off from the site. Is it any surprise that it completely blew up in their faces? I missed this; what happened?
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 19:06 |
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morestuff posted:I missed this; what happened? this, apparently: http://www.mediaite.com/online/sarah-silverman-deadspin/ I didn't know about it before, but my appreciation for Silverman has risen after seeing this masterful low-effort trolling of Daulerio
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 19:26 |
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Koopa Kid posted:Damien Cox is a notorious shithead, he mostly writes about hockey and tennis. He really does just openly troll his readers, has been known to turn about face on his own opinions week to week, and it's best to just treat his bullshit as background noise. I have a downgoesbrown.com NHL suspension flowchart pinned to my cubicle wall that includes "Did Damien Cox turn it into an anti-fighting Column anyways?", so yeah pretty much par for the course from him.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 19:29 |
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seiferguy posted:Man, you know your sports journalism sucks when your own newspaper is accusing it's team of taking steroids. Damien Cox is basically saying "Bautista is hitting dingers, bet he's on steroids!" I know, I know, Deadspin comments, but I thought this was pretty good: quote:Not everyone has the balls for the "I don't have any evidence, but wouldn't it be great if it were true?" slant AJ prefers.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 19:42 |
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DNS posted:this, apparently: Yeah, this sounds like a non-issue that Daulerio blew up about for no reason. I can understand the frustration with the situation, but throwing a hissy fit about tech issues is an odd reaction.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 19:49 |
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Just my opinion, but Deadspin has gone from a fairly entertaining and refreshing sports blog when Leitch was EIC to a hateful, snarky TMZ/Gawker hybrid that's almost unreadable at this point beyond Drew Magery. If they've gotten rid of Dashiell Bennett, that's at least a step in the right direction.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 19:59 |
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At least Deadspin is better than Bleacher Report.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 20:14 |
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swizz posted:Just my opinion, but Deadspin has gone from a fairly entertaining and refreshing sports blog when Leitch was EIC to a hateful, snarky TMZ/Gawker hybrid that's almost unreadable at this point beyond Drew Magery. If they've gotten rid of Dashiell Bennett, that's at least a step in the right direction. Craggs is good too but yeah that's pretty much the universal consensus.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 20:15 |
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seiferguy posted:Citoball isn't swinging at pitches as hard as you possibly can and take no pitches, it's Cito Gastion in a back room injecting steroids into his players' rear end. The gig is up, which is why he's retiring at the end of the season. He's not injecting it into their rear end dude. Citoball and all. It is more effective that way.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 20:18 |
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Craggs is good too but yeah that's pretty much the universal consensus. The bottom line would argue otherwise.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 20:25 |
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MassRayPer posted:He's not injecting it into their rear end dude. Citoball's and all. It is more effective that way.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 20:46 |