Comments on: Who Do You Think Should Be the Next Backpage Columnist at SI?

By: iwillnvrCchampions

iwillnvrCchampions — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:40:17 +0000

to the guy from minnesota who doesn’t know your local sportswriters. sid hartman, hallf of fame journalist, pat reusse, and joe souhan. welcome to the big city

By: Robut M. Nixon

Robut M. Nixon — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:54:45 +0000

Cosign Robert’s post RE: Selena Roberts. The woman is, quite simply, a horrible reporter. She regularly makes up “facts” (read: interpretations and wild speculation) without any corroboration.

To Robert’s list of sins, I would add her batshit insane profile of the Jets from a month ago, in which she basically insinuated that the team was coming apart and that the players were one loss from lynching Eric Mangini. Three straight losses later and the latest word is that the Jets’ locker room is completely on board with Mangini’s “starting the season over” process.

But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good juicy rumor? Isn’t that what reporting is all about?

It’s sad when I trust barely verbal troglodytes like Rich Cimini of the Daily News more than a “respected” reporter for the Times.

By: atlantasportsfan

atlantasportsfan — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:58:11 +0000

Good call on Posnanski, KC. I still have my “I Pounded Poz” t-shirt from when he was a young columnist in Augusta, GA years and years and years ago. It’s amazing to see him so successful now…still putting out great stuff. If SI wanted a Reilly-clone, Poz is their guy…

By: KC Resident

KC Resident — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:42:49 +0000

Whoever said Joe Posnaski is going to get a gold star I have a feeling. Good call. If SI wants a Reilly clone, Joe is it. Good writer. Sort of sappy. Has a bit of a problem of leaning too heavily on heart string pulling topics, but he’s there. Good feature writer and a good columnist. He’s 20 years behind Reilly which means he hasn’t quite hit the “I’m successful, have an intern find me a subject and I’ll pump out 500 words” stage of his career. But he will. It is inevitable with him, so SI might as well get him while he is on.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:41:42 +0000

Assuming this is where half the columns come from, you have to wonder: is Bob Ryan the kind of guy to fly to Iowa and interview some one-armed wrestler? Is Norman Chad?

ryan much more so than chad.

I read some of the Dave Zirin stuff.

The world doesn’t need another angry Ward Chruchill bitching about black people and sports and women and sports.

LOL ward churchill!!!

By: cool_rick

cool_rick — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:40:32 +0000

Keith Olberman would be a great spot, but he might get too political and end up alienating readers. Willie Geist is a funny, cynical mo-fo as well.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:43:17 +0000

If SI really wants to make a splash and hire a great writer, they should go after Randy Galloway of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. The guy is brilliant.

By: David B

David B — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:20:01 +0000

What is a “magazine”?

By: Fox Mulder

Fox Mulder — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:46:37 +0000

robert, I do not think Selena is too much into conspiracies. Such a thing isn’t even possible.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

By: tallguy

tallguy — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:44:29 +0000

Feinstein lost this year as a reader. He’s been getting very sloppy in the past couple of year, then he went ballistic on the Duke case. I would cancel my SI subscription if they gave it to him. LeBatard would probably be my first choice followed by Whitlock.