morestuff posted:

A few years back, ESPN's TrueHoop started a network that brought together a number of fan blogs under one roof. Today, the blog that covers the Heat was kicked out in order to promote ESPN's new Heat microsite that includes two full-time beat writers filing daily stories.

It's entirely within their right to do so, but I don't understand the logic. The Truehoop Network was mostly made up of small-fry bloggers doing their own thing - how was anyone going to confuse it for ESPN's product? How much of a draw is the TrueHoop Network that they felt like the old blog was going to detract from their new coverage?

seiferguy posted:

hcreight posted:

I wonder how much mainstream traction this story is going to get (publications like USA Today and the NY Daily News both have links up for it already) given the internet-related absurdity involved in this story. I want to see a trashy news magazine like Inside Edition attempting to explain what a fake twitter account is.

Henry Meowlins posted:

She also somewhat scammed EA Sports Consultants out of a chunk of money for advertising, but repaid them pretty quickly when requested. I guess they (Phillips and Prasad) didn't want the risk of an actual legit business taking them to court. They'll gently caress people who've got no recourse, but not an actual company.

Henry Meowlins posted:

So even the pictures that she now says are "really her" are fake. I really doubt she has even been the primary author of anything at this point.

zakharov posted:

Groucho Marxist posted:

This flew kind of under the radar, but Time Warner is looking to buy Bleacher Report for 200 million dollars
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304840904577426524031491042.html

Moe_Rahn posted:

while there are a shitfuckload of reasons to hate Jeff Loria, the Marlins' attendance numbers have loving skyrocketed compared to what they were before (home attendance so far on the year is ~1.42M per ESPN, versus ~1.52M for all of 2011 and ~1.53M for 2010; they've already bested the entire season's paid attendance for each year from 2006-2009)

ElwoodCuse posted:

how much input did he have on the dinger machine, though?

The Goog posted:

The Dinger Machine is the gaudiest part of an rear end-ugly stadium that cost the residents of Miami an ungodly amount of money to build and will only serve to fill the pockets of Jeffrey Loria, who is one of the worst people on this earth.

But it lights up and spits water so wooooooo dingers.

Crazy Ted posted:

Know what I'd pay $30 for? A book about Paterno written by Anthony Lubrano.

No Safe Word posted:

How Biased Is Your Announcer?

Nobody will ever guess who is #1

Though frankly the criteria they choose for deciding "homers" is pretty silly. Referring to a player by his nickname?

R.D. Mangles posted:

It is literally impossible for sportswriters to understand that a player can be good on a bad baseball team even though the best loving player is worth at the very most maybe 10 wins out of a 162 game season.

LARGE THE HEAD posted:

Most of the Something Awful generation will remember him as a doddering, senile man who would be rolled out on ESPN from time to time to make awful pronouncements about how good Notre Dame was when the team record was 2-8.

Crazy Ted posted:

Now I'm not saying that Chris Kluwe should shut up and keep his views about Gay Marriage to himself and focus on being an NFL "employee", I'm just saying that he should thank his lucky stars that he hasn't been cut for not shutting up and keeping his views about Gay Marriage to himself and just focusing on being an NFL "employee".

The Pussy Boss posted:

Rob Neyer at SBNation has a piece up about the worst baseball writing of the year. My favorite is the Detroit writer covering the World Series ripping on San Francisco fans for being effete wine-drinkers, more or less. Somehow I missed that one.

LARGE THE HEAD posted:

Wright Thompson is one of the best in the game.

BasicFunk posted:

In fact, hasn't he pretty much admitted to being an rear end in a top hat with an inflated ego? Seems I remember him saying something to that effect when he split with Current TV.

ElwoodCuse posted:

Rick Reilly has to be fired. Either he deliberately and completely misrepresented someone or he's too stupid to comprehend basic human interaction.

peepoogenderparts posted:

Has anyone heard anything about Mike Tyson's new book that came out Tuesday? I'm going to get it on my Kindle tomorrow. Although I'm wondering if it's going to be on CD. And I'm further wondering if he would be reading it.

Because that would be amazing.

Declan MacManus posted:

Not to derail too much here but two of Christianity's big tenets are "always be converting" and "glorify Christ in all of your acts" (which ties back to the first one) so while I have no doubt that his father certainly hammered home the whole "you are an icon so use that iconography to promote Jesus" thing, it's also written in his religion.

Anals of History posted:

Surprised Kornheiser and Wilbon blasted LeBatard on PTI. Their argument was that LeBatard has a national reach, he should use it to advocate on behalf of the steroid-era guys. That would be a valid argument if any of the BBWWA guys had shame or the ability to learn.