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Crion posted:Reilly predicted the Super Bowl to end 35-34 in OT today, btw (ESPN backtracked it after the fact to be 35-34 in regulation). You know, I kind of want this to happen now. We need more bizarre scorelines. Either that, or have it end 11-5.
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R.D. Mangles posted:This is a great article about the potential of Smush Parker to cause a chain reaction to preventing the collapse of a Greek commercial titan: Yeah, The Classical's been pretty good of late. I liked this piece by David Roth on Roger Goodell, the Super Bowl and one hell of a parade float.
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R.D. Mangles posted:This is a great article about the potential of Smush Parker to cause a chain reaction to preventing the collapse of a Greek commercial titan: This article is amazing. I'm a sucker for any sports journalism from athletes, though.
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I enjoyed his Ricky Rubio piece too: http://theclassical.org/articles/the-ricky-rubio-experience
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Grittybeard posted:On the subject of people worth disliking, Jeff Pearlman hates super bowl parties. Someone goatse this dude again.
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barkingclam posted:Yeah, The Classical's been pretty good of late. I liked this piece by David Roth on Roger Goodell, the Super Bowl and one hell of a parade float. A friend of mine from high school helped make the Goodell Vagina float. Her Facebook stream has been a constant mix of posts about the float and "I'm so sorry, Grandma."
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Grittybeard posted:On the subject of people worth disliking, Jeff Pearlman hates super bowl parties. I think the subject at hand has potential. There are quite a few goons I've seen in TFF who have said thay hate the Super Bowl because it invites a lot of people who have no clue about the sport to watch it. Points could also be made that the media hype that surrounds it takes away quite a bit from the game itself. Like, I think if you're a fan of either of these teams, or off football itself, I don't think you really care about the etrade baby or beyonce. The article was definitely poorly executed though.
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MourningView posted:Someone goatse this dude again.
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Just dropping by to remind you all that Sam Donnellon has a job
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double post but oh my god that isn't even the worst thing you'll read today The worst think you'll read today would be courtesy of Jason Whitlock who is "devastated" to be rejected for an award that he is ineligible to win in the first place. Here's some fun quotes: quote:When I showed up at the Kansas City Star in 1994, I shook the entire Midwest and eventually the country. quote:Last year, it’s my belief, I had my best year as a columnist. It all came together. I perfected my column style. For years, I’ve tried to take sports headlines and transform them into lessons about American society at large. quote:I’m devastated and sad my dream has been stolen. OK, I gave it away unwittingly. Whatever, it still hurts. I spent 20 years chasing something that I can no longer obtain. quote:Pursuing the Pulitzer in an honest, transparent fashion has been one of the things that has kept me from selling out and simply pursuing money and fame. I pride myself on being a journalist. I feuded with and never made peace with ESPN because I see the Worldwide Leader as the enemy of sports journalism. quote:I’d like for you to read the 10 columns I submitted for Pulitzer consideration. Yes, I’ve been reduced to begging you to tell me I did not sell out my goal of being like Mike Royko. I don't really have a coherent response, just a lot of  , so in closing, gently caress YOU JASON WHITLOCK(H/T Drew Magary)
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Yes clearly only the rules are preventing Jason Whitlock from winning the Pulitzer.
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quote:George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin: OJ Simpson Part II 04/02/12 Ugh
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FairGame posted:Mods please change my name to The Enemy of Sports Journalism Mods please rename him to Jason Whitlock.
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There's so much stupid stuff in this article I got linked to on HBT that I don't really know where to start aside from 7 and 1 being particular gems.
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jeffersonlives posted:There's so much stupid stuff in this article I got linked to on HBT that I don't really know where to start aside from 7 and 1 being particular gems. I saw "fangraphs..." loading and I was already starting my "Jesus christ, Cameron, what the gently caress?" He's nothing if not predictable(ly useless as a writer/analyst)
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uublog posted:double post but oh my god that isn't even the worst thing you'll read today He doesn't even report, he just gives his dumb opinions. And he made a huge fuss about office politics about the last paper he worked at and accused his boss of loving her boss in an "exit interview" on one of the sports talk stations.
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jeffersonlives posted:There's so much stupid stuff in this article I got linked to on HBT that I don't really know where to start aside from 7 and 1 being particular gems. hahahahahahaha no way. there's no way anybody could possibly even think the blue jays acquiring melky cabrera was more important than them acquiring Reyes, Josh Johnson and Mark Buerhle+, let alone that both of those were not as good as Denard Span going to Washington. This has to be some elaborate troll to get more/better players to Seattle.
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St1cky posted:He doesn't even report, he just gives his dumb opinions. And he made a huge fuss about office politics about the last paper he worked at and accused his boss of loving her boss in an "exit interview" on one of the sports talk stations. I think he missed his calling. I enjoyed his radio show more than most sports radio and the best thing he's ever done might have been when he was just bullshitting for an hour with his barber about Tebow.
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Yet another Whitlock column in which a nugget of gold is lodged under 10,000 feet of pure poo poo. In this case, the nugget is online journalism worthy of the Pulitzer Prize, something Whitlock certainly has no firsthand knowledge of.
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I'm like 99% sure at this point that Cameron's entire purpose as an 'analyst' is to sell fWAR as the be all and end all stat for Appelman even though everyone knows it's a joke. There's just no way it makes sense any other way
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I wanted to say that Cameron should just stay behind-the-scenes and stop writing, but honestly, I have way too much fun picking apart his terrible 'analysis' every couple days or so for me want it to go away.
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Camerons the new wave of Bill Plaschkes, where at some point he's going to stop listening to criticism and just publish whatever garbage he feels like because it gets page views and being relevant is more important than enlightening people. He will probably outlast Bill Baer, Mike Petriello, Mark Simon, Cistulli, etc., because he literally doesn't give a poo poo about being wrong.
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I just want to say Ron Cook's tears right before and after the Super Bowl were delicious  You Steelers fans shouldn't care about the 49ers winning a 6th Super Bowl, Ray Lewis is going to go out a champion!!!! Also they moved Chris Mueller to the afternoon?
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achillesforever6 posted:Also they moved Chris Mueller to the afternoon? It's a promotion!
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The broken bones posted:Camerons the new wave of Bill Plaschkes, where at some point he's going to stop listening to criticism and just publish whatever garbage he feels like because it gets page views and being relevant is more important than enlightening people. I think I'd probably be fine with Cistulli not outlasting him
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Crion posted:I think I'd probably be fine with Cistulli not outlasting him yeah he's sucking up too much of wikipedia's bandwidth
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I propose gathering all the elite writers and putting them at one Voltron-type blog. To be allowed in you must prove you can disagree with anything Cameron argues. All content is edited before publishing; anyone who tries to poo poo it up with dumb "contrarian for the sake of contrarian" articles without any facts supporting it is immediately sent back to write with the common plebeians. The first important decision is do we let Crion in
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uublog posted:I propose gathering all the elite writers and putting them at one Voltron-type blog. To be allowed in you must prove you can disagree with anything Cameron argues. All content is edited before publishing; anyone who tries to poo poo it up with dumb "contrarian for the sake of contrarian" articles without any facts supporting it is immediately sent back to write with the common plebeians. gently caress no
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The broken bones posted:He will probably outlast Bill Baer, Mike Petriello, Mark Simon, Cistulli, etc., because he literally doesn't give a poo poo about being wrong. Dave Cameron might not be wrong, but his red blood cells sure are.
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Cameron had a rebuttal to Jim Caple's WAR article last week that basically amounted to "Well, WAR isn't the perfect statistic, but it's definitely the best one." I think Jeff Sullivan and Dayn Perry are okay at Fangraphs, although they're less about analysis and more about kickin' rad GIFs and whatever NotGraphs is, respectively.
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Dave Cameron might not be wrong, but his red blood cells sure are. SHEESH
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The broken bones posted:Camerons the new wave of Bill Plaschkes, where at some point he's going to stop listening to criticism and just publish whatever garbage he feels like because it gets page views and being relevant is more important than enlightening people. He does give a poo poo about being wrong, which is why he'll tell you he's actually right in the form of multiple blog posts.
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Buster Olney continues to wag his finger at the MLBPA for not 'doing enough' on drug testing. You know, after they just agreed to HGH blood testing like two weeks ago? I swear he's written about 5 of these articles since the Biogenesis drug list came out. Most importantly, he seems to compare MLB players to children who won't admit to spilling milk on the floor. No, seriously. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/olney_buster/id/8933326/baseball-complicated-ped-situation-mlb (Insider Only)
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Manti Te'o is a very good linebacker who would be an excellent value where the Ravens are picking, congrats on picking out one of the least dumb things Peter King has ever written.
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MourningView posted:Manti Te'o is a very good linebacker who would be an excellent value where the Ravens are picking, congrats on picking out one of the least dumb things Peter King has ever written. That's why I posted it. I was so shocked.
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Darren Rovell Takedown Alert http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/41529820/ quote:He thinks he is better than everyone else. You can see this when Rovell was famously duped by an 18-year-old kid into thinking he was an escort. (The whole story is here.) When Rovell had to apologize for his mistake -- something we've all had to do -- he couldn't resist a dig at the person who had decided to point out how shoddy Rovell's reporting was in the first place: "As a result I will do fewer stories on the real life impact of big events which I do think the public enjoys. There will always be people out there who want their 15 minutes of fame and not really care how they get there." From a hater: "Someone I know from a publication that will remain nameless said he's a total jitbag when he deigns to call and seek info for a tweet or story. As in, WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T TALK TO HIM/HER IMMEDIATELY? I. AM. DARREN. ROVELL!!!" (Anecdotally, I can confirm this: I've had several people whom Rovell has needed info from who have felt harassed and pushed around. Though, to be fair, "politeness" isn't necessarily the first word that should be associated with a journalist. Rovell's renowned rudeness when he needs information is something I'd prone to give him a pass for.)
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