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For Patriots news, trust no one unless they're sourced. Mike Reiss with ESPN Boston usually has valid analysis, and will have something up whenever they do something, but doesn't get any information leaks. Occasionally Michael Holley will get fed something by the organization, but he's more as a friend of the team then reporter in that role. His book, Patriot Reign is some good, fawning, insight into how Belichick runs things however. As for breaking news, I'm pretty bad at remember who does it. I just follow a bunch of the major guys on twitter and get swarmed with tweets and retweets whenever something happens. Also I follow Peter King because he retweets a bunch of the insults that get sent to him constantly and tries to play it off as an awh shucks thing.
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Peter King's got everyone involved in the NFL on speed dial but gently caress that, let's spend a page on how tough it is to get good WIFI at the airport.
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Mar 15, 2012 01:56
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I legit want to beat on Florio with a baseball bat:quote:On one hand, if the NFL at some point knew or should have known about the long-term consequences of concussions and failed to share the information with the players or to take steps aimed at protecting players, the league faces liability to former players who truly are suffering those long-term consequences, either via the court system or the procedures set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. On the other hand, to the extent that former players are jumping on the barristers’ bandwagon and crying “me, too” when they have no real injuries, then they’re no different than any of the many folks who abuse the legal process for personal gain.
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Mar 31, 2012 20:20
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I was wondering when the NFL was going to start calling in their hacks.
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May 11, 2012 03:04
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^^ Amusingly, I used to make decent cash proof reading essays for humanities courses from the ones that wanted to keep their GPA's up. Here's another secret: Those of us that can write coherently will still often obfuscate it to avoid being called or dragged into meetings. Personally I prefer to update reports with >100 word sentences.
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Jun 8, 2012 20:41
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On one hand I agree the rush for breaking news first is a bit silly, on the other hand, Mike Florio made a ridiculous amount of money by doing just that and (sadly) became the default place to check for news. Obviously, not really repeatable, but that isn't going to get us of that gremlin.
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Nov 21, 2012 07:56
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I had the Eagles in the Superbowl. A DOLF backed me up with: "Eagles might have the most talented roster in the NFL. It's seriously insane." Wrong-bro's forever.
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Nov 29, 2012 00:34
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Rap posted:Nobody click this link for any reason http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/media-awards-2012/?xid=cnnbin ("SI.com 2012 Media Awards") Yeah, I was poisoned with the link earlier, but there's a few things that are worthwhile: quote:...Gonzalo Le Batard, the father of Miami Herald writer Dan Le Batard and the main reason to turn into ESPN2's Dan Le Batard Is Highly Questionable. The elder Le Batard has become more comfortable in front of the camera over the course of the year and is fantastically entertaining on a show that isn't for everyone.
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Dec 19, 2012 22:36
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I don't blame you man, I had to soldier on, like scrolling through a TMQ article to get to the parts where he creeps on cheerleaders.
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Dec 19, 2012 22:51
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FeedingHam2Cats posted:The fact that the show has Hugh Douglas on it is a testament to how bad the show destroyed its potential. That man is maybe the most aggressively dumb commentator I have ever watched Yup, when it started it was an interesting experiment at least, mixing the c-list jock personalities with guys like Aaron Schatz and various baseball/basketball advanced stat guys, but I knew it was in trouble after the 10th time they had Schatz explain what DVOA was and everyone else on the panel act like he started talking in farsi. Then after a few months they killed that and retooled it as Michael Smith (who at least tries) moderating between Hugh Douglas and Jalen Rose, who both loving love to talk about winning. Considering how they debuted, I'm pretty shocked that Dan Lebetard's Highly Questionable is so much better then it has any right to be, while NNL is just so loving terrible. This is probably the episode where I totally changed my opinion of Highly Questionable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nct34hSkIPQ A laid back show just treating sports like the fun it should be is actually a nice niche. Kalli fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Dec 21, 2012 |
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Dec 21, 2012 17:15
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Brannock posted:I don't even know how to reply to this: The funny part is, when Rice set the record, 1995, radios were put in QB's helmets for the first time, resulting in a large jump in leaguewide offensive scoring, yards, yards per play and plays run. During the '95 season, the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th highest receiving yardage in a season occurred. (2nd place by the way was set by Isaac Bruce, another loser on a team that lost a lot.) Kalli fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Dec 25, 2012 |
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Dec 25, 2012 02:22
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That would be this guy by the way: So really, that should answer any questions.
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Jan 7, 2013 19:05
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Yup, that's Dan all over. Remember that he's also the guy that really pushed the godawful Red Sox curse narrative throughout the 90's up through and after they won a loving world series. He's the worst of the non-race baiting guys.
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Jan 7, 2013 19:19
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Arian Foster is now using a screenshot of that article for his twitter avatar. A full week of reverse NO RESPECT, this should be fun. Ehud posted:Fans shouldn't cover the teams they like. Mike Reiss is pretty drat good for the Patriots, who started off as a wide eyed intern writing copy for the Patriots newsletter. But yeah, whole lot of really awful guys out there. Kalli fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Jan 7, 2013 |
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Jan 7, 2013 19:55
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Woody just doesn't have that ability to turn it off, as seen by his half dozen marriages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOLdNBbp7U He's crazy ranting uncle 24/7.
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Jan 7, 2013 22:27
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The entirety of his popularity came from spewing out news tidbits before anyone else by simply not doing any verification or research. If only twitter had come about years earlier we'd have been spared.
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Feb 28, 2013 19:42
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Gwenn Knapp with the latest piece calling NFL executives out for the poo poo they pull with combine recruits: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42084416/ quote:...
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Feb 28, 2013 23:08
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Mad Mafioso posted:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000167664/article/carolina-panthers-going-nowhere-with-ron-rivera-cam-newton Hmm, the epitome of clutch pre:Final Margin 0-7 Luck 222-407, 54.5%, 7.0 YPA, 16/9 TD/Int, 80.6 QBR Cam 138-251, 55.0%, 7.7 YPA, 08/6 TD/Int, 80.7 QBR 4TH QTR, +/-7 PTS Luck 51-89, 57.3%, 7.7 YPA, 4/1 TD/Int, 92.3 QBR Cam 36-59, 61.0%, 9.4 YPA, 2/1 TD/Int, 96.5 QBR Behind by 1-8 Points Luck 91-170, 53.5%, 7.7 YPA, 8/6 TD/Int, 80.0 QBR Cam 79-142, 55.6%, 8.5 YPA, 6/3 TD/Int, 89.0 QBR
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May 7, 2013 17:39
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Declan MacManus posted:I was going to make a thread to discuss and theorize why Tebow is unsuccessful at quarterback but we know why already I think the needed tons of work to adapt to the NFL combined with ending up on two teams in utter turmoil / trainwreck situations kinda answers that.
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May 13, 2013 02:25
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Hey get ready for some serious hand wringing from some pathetic shitheads over the next few days thanks to Roddy:
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Jul 14, 2013 04:41
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The photo is the best part
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Jul 24, 2013 02:55
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Grittybeard posted:I stumbled across this glancing at the AFC West blog on ESPN: Mike Reiss handles the Patriots on ESPN Boston (and he's excellent), and he'll at least always credit stories to the local guys. It's not being said at a desk on Sportscenter, so ESPN doesn't care about giving credit for this stuff.
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Aug 6, 2013 20:02
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Ehud posted:"Everyone knew the risks!" is the dumbest argument. Guys knew they could tear an ACL or break bones, but players had no idea the effect "getting your bell rung" could have later in life. It's the worst argument because: if so, why did the NFL hire pretend doctors to go around and lie about it for the last twenty years? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4NbU_HaB3Y
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Aug 30, 2013 15:01
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^^ Hah, speak of the devil.swickles posted:Yeah true, so the run game would be better. But in an era where going across the middle was a death sentence, do you really think some of the high powered offenses of today would hold up in those playing conditions? Probably just switch to a power running game and annihilate them in the trenches. The 1978 Steelers' oline averaged 250 lbs and defensive line was smaller then the Patriots' linebackers.
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Aug 31, 2013 04:40
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Febreeze posted:Part of me hopes that not only does it snow, but it's a warm weather team vs a cold weather team and the warm weather team wins. That, or the cold weather team blows them out, causing mass controversy forever. But preferably the first, so that we get more cold weather superbowls. I hope it takes place in a blizzard with ridiculous wind and it's Brady vs Rodgers and everyone is totally sure they're going to be fine because they play in the cold and it's just so windy and gross the two teams just spend all game running the ball and doing tiny short dumpoffs.
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Sep 12, 2013 20:27
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Febreeze posted:I like how he says "looks like the worst 2-0 team in NFL history" when you could go back to literally just last year to see the Eagles were far, far worse at 2-0. The best part of that Eagles team is they were 2-0 with a point differential of... 2. (also accomplished by the Mark Brunell led 2005 Washington) The worst recent team was probably the 2002 Bears though. They beat a bad Vikings and an okay Falcons team by a combined 4 points enroute to a 4-12 season. The Dick Jauron experience. Kalli fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Sep 13, 2013 |
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Sep 13, 2013 22:41
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(The one I know of was a cop working on undercover hate crime investigations) There's also a thread on Stormfront talking about the BSSOTKK (Black Secret Society of the Klu Klux Klan). I suspect that their anecdotes may, just may not be rooted in truths. Kalli fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Sep 27, 2013 |
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Sep 27, 2013 21:16
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I think so. Shame it didn't come out earlier in the day, as ESPN would definitely have this all over their talk shows which have been hammering the team lately over the name. Ah well, tomorrow then. Also, I love, love, love this development. E: Ohhhh yeah, top trending thing on twitter at the moment, this is beautiful. Kalli fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Oct 10, 2013 |
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Oct 10, 2013 22:09
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Jason McIntyre, Editor in chief of the Big Lead / former ESPN writer says ESPN will have an announcement about Reilly shortly. Maybe not firing him yet, but this is exploding all over him and I am proud to join this torch wielding mob
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Oct 10, 2013 22:34
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I wonder how many of those response letters he posted for his followup column were misquoted...
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Oct 10, 2013 22:44
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PendingForaBending posted:Not a bad paycheck for 30 seconds of work. Check his other work, this is probably the most effort he's put in in ages.
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Oct 17, 2013 21:22
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Declan MacManus posted:They called a child actress a oval office in what was clearly a misfired joke that went too far on the edgy side and everyone flipped their poo poo about it, because it's still hosed up to call an 11 year old girl a oval office even if you're joking They also changed the "Bill Belichick finds new and interesting ways to cut people" with a picture of the lake Marquise Hill drowned in." That said, why would they change this one?
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Oct 22, 2013 01:32
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Apparently Tebow has realized there was someone who wanted him all along: http://thebiglead.com/2013/12/03/tim-tebow-tv-bidding-war-brewing-between-three-networks/#sthash.CJ0sjmLZ.uxfs Bidding war between ESPN, CBS and FOX to get him as a talking head. quote:ESPN’s SEC Network, which debuts on August 21, 2014, is planning its own version of ‘College Gameday’ and has settled on three names: Rece Davis (an Alabama grad) would be the host, the voice of the South Paul Finebaum would play the role of Lee Corso, and Tebow would be the show’s Kirk Herbstreit. A source says ESPN is currently searching for another former SEC athlete to fill the final spot.
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Dec 3, 2013 23:18
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Ribsauce posted:From any objective point of view, going back to school when you are a number one pick is dumb. Ask Brian Brohm or Matt Leinart if that degree offset their lost NFL earnings. Eh, if your family doesn't need the money, then who cares? Might as well enjoy being god king of college. Plus, I have to presume some of them were being paid pretty drat well as is.
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Dec 13, 2013 23:12
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To put it in perspective, I just ran a quick search and found 21 players drafted in the fourth round since 2000 who never even appeared in a game: http://www.pro-football-reference.c...ce=any&show=dnp
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Is he also white in this scenario or playing in some other football league?
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Dec 19, 2013 00:06
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You know who else had everything in their past reduced to 'smoked some weed' in the public's perception?
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Dec 20, 2013 18:13
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Yup! I was very wrong about the Bountygate thing. Like, diametrically and utterly opposed from the correct stance. It is worth saying that it was undoubtedly quite common, if not everywhere, then with everyone from the Buddy Ryan school of loving people up (specifically, Jeff Fisher), but the Saints got the target on their back and the league had top dollars on the table for their kneecaps.
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Jan 7, 2014 04:47
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I think it's a holdover from newspaper column writing where they weree so thin that stylistically they ended up writing in these short bullet point sentences.Chris Gaines posted:Woody Paige almost does it all the time. He'll just have a handful of paragraphs that are multiple sentences. Man, you aren't kidding: http://www.nhregister.com/sports/20140203/woody-paige-a-debacle-that-will-sting-for-a-long-time quote:EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — This one’s for the john.
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Peter King on just how lazy is Clowney? Why doesn't he destroy truck drivers like LT did? http://mmqb.si.com/2014/02/25/jadeveon-clowney-combine-lawrence-taylor/quote:But that’s not the best I’ve seen Taylor. That happened in a replacement game in 1987. The players were on strike, and the league fielded bush-leaguers so the owners wouldn’t have to refund TV fees. With the Giants 0-4, Taylor crossed the picket line and tried to beat the Bills by himself, playing both ways, linebacker and tight end. Buffalo lined up a truck driver from Illinois, Joe Schulte, to block Taylor. Schulte was called for seven penalties on Taylor. In the second half, with the refs not watching, LT drove his fist into Schulte’s throat. “How do you like that, sucker!” Taylor snarled at him. The Giants lost, but owner Wellington Mara thought it was Taylor’s best game as a pro. See Clowney you need to show more passion, punch dudes in the throat, and rack up an insane game of... two sacks against the equivalent of an arena league team.
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