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So, Sports on Earth. Crion's stuff I love, but goddamn if this isn't a dumb article: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/47382842/ Haha, he got rejected by AJ, miss-spelled Mike McKenry's name, and generally lacked a point 
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jeffersonlives posted:Rich Cimini, perhaps the biggest rear end in a top hat writer for a major sport in New York (and think about how much ground that covers), accidentally tweeted what was obviously supposed to be a DM or text completely burying Jane McManus, who is one of the best journalists ESPN has. They're co-workers and it looks like Cimini is scared McManus might take the Jets beat from him. quote:We’ve all been there. If you haven’t, you eventually will. So a reminder: email is better. Text is better. Direct messages often end in disaster. Yes, commit your shittalking to a medium that you have zero control over once the message is sent.
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I don't really expect much from sports radio, but blech.
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morestuff posted:I don't really expect much from sports radio, but blech. Love the black slang he throws in there. God, sports radio should just be eliminated in all its forms. I haven't listened to our ESPN affiliate in months because they hired some dipshit named Bruce Jacobs who's worked for like, 57 different stations in the past 4 years. I have to imagine if you wind up working the 4p-7p shift in Albany, NY, your career isn't exactly on fire. edit: I just checked the latest Arbitron ratings and the station went from a 3.1 to a 1.3 (hah) in the latest book so maybe he'll be out the door soon anyways. haljordan fucked around with this message at 20:58 on May 13, 2013 |
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May 13, 2013 19:13
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Rick Reilly probably earned more for writing that than you or I will make in several years.
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morestuff posted:I don't really expect much from sports radio, but blech. Defending someone being called a bully by insulting the columnist's looks first thing.
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R.D. Mangles posted:Rick Reilly probably earned more for writing that than you or I will make in several years. Yes, but money is not infinite, and his assholery is.
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May 13, 2013 19:37
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I reread his Steve Garvey article yesterday and god it's amazing how lovely he's become
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In light of Rick Reilly's latest piece of poo poo column, Deadspin friendly reminds us that he used to be a brilliant writer http://deadspin.com/5295590/rick-re...dium=socialflow I wonder when was the exact moment Reilly stopped giving a poo poo. Even before he took the millions at ESPN his SI columns were on a steady decline for years.
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The Marge Schott piece linked in that Deadspin article is one of my favorite SI articles of the '90s, if not ever: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008139/index.htmquote:During a rain delay in the game against Philadelphia, the Jumbotron was showing highlights of the classic 1970 World Series between the Reds and the Baltimore Orioles, in which Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson was merely Superman.
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Be sure to pair any article on Marge Schott with YouTube clips of Billy West's impersonation from the Stern show.
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Benne posted:In light of Rick Reilly's latest piece of poo poo column, Deadspin friendly reminds us that he used to be a brilliant writer I remember the exact moment, actually. For four weeks, he ran articles about the banality of sports in comparison to the much bigger picture--about kids with cancer fighting their battles OFF THE COURT and kids who got broken necks from celebrating a victory (no joke). Then Hurricane Katrina happened and he wrote a half-hearted article about why sports complexes are great for disaster relief. After that, you could see the twinkle in his eye dying, but with flashes of who he was. This Rex Grossman article had some awful jokes, but with a surprisingly great twist when he said quote:And it's a shame because after the murderous week he went though in Miami, getting shot full of loaded questions from the world's media—many of which sounded like, "Are you surprised how much you suck?"—it got to where you really started to pull for him. You wanted him to chew up Peyton Manning himself, dachsund over Doberman, and make them all stick it where the blog don't shine. He could've gone forward with that and how Grossman is a decent human being who accepts his faults, but then he went back to tearing apart Grossman with poop jokes and how Grossman could serve him at the Olive Garden.
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haljordan posted:Be sure to pair any article on Marge Schott with YouTube clips of Billy West's impersonation from the Stern show. Thanks for this. Jesus. "There have been talented darkies in science and the ahhhhrts."
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Though she never had children, Marge Schott was basically America's Grandma.
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:Thanks for this. Jesus. I know people were feeding Billy some of those lines but I think a lot of that is just him going off and improvising. He really seems to relish letting those racial slurs fly.
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haljordan posted:I know people were feeding Billy some of those lines but I think a lot of that is just him going off and improvising. He really seems to relish letting those racial slurs fly. So did Marge Schott
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haljordan posted:Be sure to pair any article on Marge Schott with YouTube clips of Billy West's impersonation from the Stern show. holy poo poo
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Politicalrancor posted:So did Marge Schott Anytime you have to issue a press release defending your authentic nazi swastika armband....
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Do you like running? Yes? No? Whatever. Just read this piece and get back to me.
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Do you like running? Yes? No? Whatever. Just read this piece and get back to me. As a runner that spent his summers as a youth in the North Woods, that article is amazing. Go Hodags. 
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Do you like running? Yes? No? Whatever. Just read this piece and get back to me. Well, I didn't before. drat. Grantland has a pretty interesting piece that just went up by Ben Lindbergh (Baseball Prospectus' EiC) about catchers framing pitches and how much it affects games.
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Do you like running? Yes? No? Whatever. Just read this piece and get back to me. What a story. Great read.
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Do you like running? Yes? No? Whatever. Just read this piece and get back to me. Thanks for posting this. That is awesome.
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Do you like running? Yes? No? Whatever. Just read this piece and get back to me. Jesus that style is unreadable. Also good job making the guy sounds like a Faulknerian idiot man-child.
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Do you like running? Yes? No? Whatever. Just read this piece and get back to me. Loved this, thanks for posting it.
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The story was good, but I got really tired of it being in second-person. For a piece that length, I think it ultimately detracts from the story to keep using it the entire time.
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half sports related, but is it bad that I can't stand when there's cross posting of Jezebel on Deadspin? Jalopink and Deadspin are the only two sections I care to read there. Jezebel is pretty terrible. (not because of the stances they have, but rather the overall writing). Always a good option, just annoying to see them appear in the feed VVVVVVV FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 23:49 on May 17, 2013 |
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Have you considered not clicking on those stories?
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Crossposting from the NCAA Football thread: Holly Anderson of SI.com/EDSBS fame is joining Grantland in two weeks. Good college football coverage gets better.
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Never let this series die. A commenter suggested Tim Tebow should read it aloud. gently caress that. I want Garrison Hearst's broke rear end to read it. LARGE THE HEAD fucked around with this message at 10:36 on May 18, 2013 |
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Crossposting from the NCAA Football thread: Holly Anderson of SI.com/EDSBS fame is joining Grantland in two weeks. Good college football coverage gets better. Andrew Sharp from SBNation is also moving over there.
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Outside of Chris Brown I've always thought their college sports coverage was pretty lackluster, so that's good news.
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morestuff posted:Andrew Sharp from SBNation is also moving over there. gently caress, I guess this means no more Troll Tuesday 
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Apparently ESPN is laying off hundreds of employees http://deadspin.com/source-espn-lay...dium=socialflow
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