Archive for November, 2007

The Sun Bowl to the Super Bowl, a Polar Bear on the Beach and … Paradise Hotel? An Interview with ESPN’s Wayne Drehs

Posted November 30, 2007, 2:29 pm by Jason McIntyre (19 Comments)

Here’s a nice way to end the month – getting inside the brain of ESPN general assignment writer Wayne Drehs. He’s the one who picked up on the heroic Claire Markwardt story while the rest of the media was twiddling its thumbs. He gets paid to travel the world and search for compelling sports stories, [...]

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Round 8: Blog vs. Newspaper

Posted November 29, 2007, 1:31 pm by Jason McIntyre (21 Comments)

Portly Minnesota Twins pitcher Boof Bonser talked to a group of people at a golf tournament. Boof said the Twins were putting together a package to trade him to the Devil Rays. One of these people relayed the news to a blogger. Said blogger ran the item, but instead of saying Boof said it at [...]

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Tony Romo: Too Many Women, Too Little Time

Posted November 28, 2007, 9:26 am by Jason McIntyre (39 Comments)

We’re a day late on this, but only because we were unable to divorce ourselves from the curious pairing of Minnesota point guard Marko Jaric and Adriana Lima. At any rate, Dallas QB Tony Romo had Thanksgiving dinner with Jessica Simpson (on the right above). It’s like a dream come true for Tony! In recent [...]

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Death Threats from Jose Lima and a Writer Who Enjoys Blogs – An Interview with Yahoo’s Jeff Passan

Posted November 21, 2007, 11:55 am by Jason McIntyre (36 Comments)

Consider this an appetite to turkey – an interview with Yahoo baseball writer Jeff Passan. Prior to venturing into the online world, he interned at the Washington Post and worked in Fresno and Kansas City. He’s into Scrabble, In-and-Out Burger, and of course, is against a salary cap. Q: Fresno, Washington, Kansas City. Three cities [...]

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The Dumpster-Diving IRS Agent and Barry Bonds

Posted November 19, 2007, 3:32 pm by Jason McIntyre (15 Comments)

Despite massive losses to its sports staff in recent months, the New York Times still consistently has some of the best reporting in newspapers, as evidenced by this tremendous piece on Jeff Novitzky, the IRS dumpster-diver who has busted Marion Jones and other athletes related to the BALCO investigation. It seems as if Novitzky has [...]

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Serena Williams Loves to Date Celebrities

Posted November 19, 2007, 10:18 am by Jason McIntyre (22 Comments)

With today’s Page Six report that the tennis star with the most junk in the trunk was spotted with rapper Common (who has a small role in American Gangster), let’s take a brief look at all the big names she’s been spotted with. She’s run the gamut – movie-types, athletes, and now, rap stars. 2001 [...]

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