Help!: Mark Zuckerman spent nearly a decade at the
Washington Times covering baseball. When the paper
dropped its sports section in December, Zuckerman decided to start a blog. Now, he's trying to raise $5k to get down to spring training. So far, he's
raised $4k. Send him money if you want to have access to exclusive Jim Riggleman info on the 74-win Nationals. [
Nats Insider]
(18) Feb 09
We’re a few weeks late on the December numbers, but you’ll find them below. All the big boys had a terrific month. Can they thank Tiger Woods? He got in the accident late in November, and there was Tiger news seemingly every day (every hour?) in December. You’d think traffic would slow down around the holidays with everyone taking time off work and spending time with family instead of surfing for sports news … but no. We’ve included the December 2008 numbers as well so you can see the kind of growth everyone’s had. (And because we always have trouble coming with an idea for a photo here: Brooklyn Decker.) Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Shaughnessy: Friday in the Boston Globe,
he wrote, "Peyton Manning is better than Tom Brady. There. I said it." After Manning threw a pick-six late in the 4th quarter and the Colts lost to the Saints, Shaughnessy
changed his tune. "OK, maybe I jumped the gun a little. I got caught up in the moment." Way to treat the printed word as if it were a moment on Around the Horn. When was the last time Shaughnessy wrote something relevant? This officially puts him in Jay Mariotti territory. We're done with this clown. [via Cowherd]
(171) NBC: After years of doing nothing online, NBC is finally trying to ramp up its sports dealings on the web. It acquired Pro Football Talk last year and has now created Hardball Talk (baseball, obviously) and Pro Basketball Talk. Considering how far NBC is behind its TV competitors online - Fox Sports and CBS Sports - this mountain will take years to climb. In addition to luring bloggers, we hear that
Ira Windeerman of the
Sun-Sentinel will be contributing to NBC's basketball site. It'll be interesting to see if more papers are going to let their underpaid writers contribute to online outlets while everyone slugs it out for clicks and eyeballs. [
SBJ]
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Stephen A. Smith: He's writing again for the
Philadelphia Inquirer. His first piece is on the 76ers. Presumably, he flew down from Miami Friday to watch their game against the Hornets, hence the dateline. Then, he flew back to Miami in time to offer up perhaps the most self-serving media
tweet of 2010. [
Inky]
(18)Feb 08
Lacey Chabert … draw on your desk, end up in handcuffs … werewolves, hair, and the movies … updates on that Middletown, Connecticut power plant explosion … man jumps off balcony hugging his inflatable doll girlfriend … laughable – it’s not like they can throw you in jail … you knew Social Security needed a bailout sometime … a good LOST read … “One man popped up on people’s screens in the act of fornicating with a head of lettuce” … horribly sad: parents learn of their son’s death on facebook …
The day begins with the scene on Bourbon Street in New Orleans last night. (NYT)
Scott Fujita of the Saints summed up the victory well: “I think I’m going to be drunk for about 30 days.” (Epic Quote) Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 08
Steve Phillips went on the Today Show to talk about his 45-day stint in sex rehab. Phillips, a television pro, dominated the interview and wouldn’t let Matt Lauer pin him down on any dirty sex rehab specifics. It was a masterful job by Phillips. Among the highlights: Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 07
Super Bowl week is over. After two weeks of exhaustive banter, the game is here. We spent a few days in Miami to revel in the madness and the highlights are recapped below. If you missed the Matthew Stafford or Miles Austin interviews, enjoy them. We never got a chance to talk to Tim Tebow – his “people” put the kibosh on it. Here is a gallery of celebrity picks for the game. And now, we attempt to board a flight and try to adapt from 70 and breezy to 25 and two feet of snow. Our Super Bowl pick is at the very bottom. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 06
Warren Sapp of the NFL Network was arrested early Saturday morning for domestic battery against his girlfriend. “According to the Miami Beach Police Department, Sapp is accused of attacking his girlfriend of two years at around 5:00 AM Saturday at the Shore Club Hotel. When cops spoke to Sapp, he told them he had allowed the woman to stay in his room – but later on decided he wanted her to leave because ‘he was expecting company.’” The NFL Network has pulled Sapp from tomorrow’s programming which just happens to be the biggest day of the NFL season. Rough weekend for the network – first Michael Irvin (who has filed a counter suit) and now this. [TMZ]
Suzy Kolber: If you want to read a journalist slobber all over Suzy Kolber, here you go. "When Suzy Kolber appears on the TV screen with a microphone interviewing athletes for ESPN ... most guys think the same thing: Gosh, she's cute. It's an understandable reaction. She is. But there's so much more there than meets the eye." No mention of the
home-wrecking romance with her MNF producer. Please tell us we didn't sound this awestruck in the
Brooklyn Decker interview. [
Indy Star]
(7) Feb 06
Suzy Kolber: If you want to read a journalist slobber all over Suzy Kolber, here you go. “When Suzy Kolber appears on the TV screen with a microphone interviewing athletes for ESPN … most guys think the same thing: Gosh, she’s cute. It’s an understandable reaction. She is. But there’s so much more there than meets the eye.” No mention of the home-wrecking romance with her MNF producer. Please tell us we didn’t sound this awestruck in the Brooklyn Decker interview. [Indy Star]
