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Jan 22

Charles Barkley a Late Addition to the Anti-bloggers Coalition

Blogging, Former Athletes, Media Gossip/Musings Geoff Decker 65 Comments »

It’s been a while since TBL has called out a sports celebrity for a profound disdain of “the blogosphere,” but Charles Barkley’s statements on The Dan Patrick Show Wednesday seem fitting to again highlight such ignorance: Read the rest of this entry »

TMZ Sports: A bit surprised at how much pub TMZ Sports has received in the last week. They began contacting bloggers a few weeks ago. TMZ Sports will provide blogs with more ammo and athletes will obviously be annoyed. It will however, destroy the Huffington Post. Remember the hype for that site? What a bust. If it didn't focus strictly on SEO and dominate google, we wouldn't even know it existed. Where TMZ Sports will really come into play is if some character shows up with photos that prove athlete X is gay, and TMZ buys those for thousands of dollars. (Just a guess, but TMZ won't be the go-to place for photos of, say, Jimmy Clausen playing beer pong or Brady Quinn dancing at AJ Hawk's wedding.) Then ESPN and the rest of the sports media will be at a crossroads on whether to report about something that the internet will be buzzing about. And yes, if TMZ and Deadspin are willing to pay for newsworthy, exclusive photos, then so are we. [NYT] (25)

Club Trillion: Did you know the background behind "Club Trillion" is that Ohio State basketball player/blogger Mark Titus would only get garbage minutes at the end of games, and his line in the box score would have 12 zeroes, or, a trillion. Moments before the 2007 championship game between Ohio State and Florida, Titus went to coach Thad Matta and said, “For what it’s worth, I got five fouls to give.” Titus pointed to the end of the bench. “I’ll be right down here if you need me.” Terrific read. [NYT] (45)

Flyers Apparently Not Split by Rumored Affair: "I don't know how a person [the writer] can sleep with himself at night when he does something like that. I've been buddies with Carts for a few years now, and obviously that stuff is totally untrue," said Scott Hartnell, who denied his wife slept with his teammate, Jeff Carter. "This is the second time in recent months that a Philadelphia professional athlete has been tarred by an obscure blog. In the other case, a blogger speculated, with no sources, that Phillies outfielder Raul Ibanez might be using performance-enhancing drugs." [Philly Inquirer] (40)

Dec 15

The Roundup: Tiger Woods is Trapped in a Bunker

Blogging, College Football, Fans, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NFL, Politics, Tiger Woods Affair, Twitter, Video TheBigLead 96 Comments »

Salma Hayek … who breaks into a house and takes a bath?… phone companies and spying … what an honest UPS driver … Shanghai about to overtake London as the No. 2 financial center in the world? … saddest story you’ll read today, guaranteed … hospital cleaners are of more value to society than bankers! … sacrifices drug dealers make to avoid getting nabbed by fingerprints … if you’re in LA and love grilled cheese … clearing up that Washington Post “9/11 is a joke” mistake … Buju Banton, cocaine, and serious jail time …

Did South Florida football coach Jim Leavitt choke and slap a player during a November game? (Fanhouse)

Dan Shulman on being named the announcer of the decade by SI: “This was very flattering and very surprising.” (The Star) Read the rest of this entry »

Sports Blogs: Sports Illustrated highlighted the five best sports blogs this decade. We're in there. [SI] (229)

Notre Dame Coaching Search: To prove a point, a guy made up a completely unbelievable rumor - Notre Dame was very interested in Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema. Then, he sent it to a sports blog as a "tip," which of course ran with it without even checking. Since this is the internet, the "rumor" made its way around the web ... and a newspaper was forced to check it out. An ESPN blogger even fell for it. [ND Nation] (15)

Nov 20

The Roundup: The Most Overpaid Actors in Hollywood

Animals, Blogging, College Football, Media Gossip/Musings, Movies, NFL, Soccer, Video TheBigLead 91 Comments »

Katy Perry … guess what happens when you report that your weed was stolen? … the middle class squeeze continues … Dawson Leery’s marriage ends after six years … Oprah’s show will leave ABC in 2011 … if you were married in Texas over the last few years, you’ll want to read this … newspapers in South Florida are not doing so well … how rude … 13-year-old busted trying to get a hooker who was an undercover cop … if you try to set your girlfriend – or anyone, really – on fire, shouldn’t you be automatically killed? … love the headline: Man beaten with squeegee after gas pump argument …

Woody Paige reads blogs, clearly doesn’t like to be ripped. Who does? (Bronco Talk)

Ricky Williams scored three times and the Dolphins beat the Panthers. The loss likely eliminates the Panthers from the playoffs. (PBP, Observer) Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 23

Welcome To The Weekend

Blogging, NBA Cousins of Ron Mexico 345 Comments »

Finally, the weekend has arrived. I think we all need a little break after what we’ve been through in the last few days. If you feel like you need an extra shower (cold, of course) I understand. Now, let’s try and put the events of this week behind us. As I said, the weekend is here. It’s a time for fun and debauchery.