Archive for June, 2008

There’s a Souvenir (or 3,494) for a Lucky Fan!

Posted June 29, 2008, 4:30 pm by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (18 Comments)

It is my firm belief that whenever someone goes to a Major League Baseball game, they are secretely hoping to bring home a free souvenir. Some people – especially children – are a bit more upfront about it. Ferris Bueller and Zack Morris have each caught a foul ball. Heck, even I caught one. I [...]

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Recapping the 2008 NBA Draft, A-Z

Posted June 27, 2008, 10:59 am by Jason McIntyre (41 Comments)

Since everyone’s doing the winners/losers thing, and we’re tired as hell … an A-Z look at the draft. Thanks to the commenter who helped out with the photo of NBA draftee Trent Plaisted’s wife. Enjoy Detroit! The Stephen A. Smith guys are at it again (see V). Arthur, as in Darrell, the last man to [...]

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Playing Sports, Hobos and Yes, That Guy: An Interview with Rick Telander of the Chicago Sun-Times

Posted June 25, 2008, 2:03 pm by Jason McIntyre (67 Comments)

About a year ago, we tried to secure Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander for an interview. Sent him questions, the whole thing and … nothing. Guess he didn’t like them. So after the whole Jay Mariotti brouhaha exploded last week, we gave it another shot. And his answers are below. Read them closely folks, for [...]

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Bonds, Beane and Buscemi as Wonder Woman: An Interview with Ray Ratto of the SF Chronicle

Posted June 23, 2008, 1:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (11 Comments)

We’ve been accused of having a West Coast bias, and sadly, the numbers back it up: Of our many media interviews in the last two years, only two writers have come from West Coast publications (though several others live out there). So we pestered San Francisco Chronicle and CBS Sports columnist Ray Ratto for an [...]

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Who Are the Highest-Paid Sports Journalists?

Posted June 18, 2008, 2:30 pm by Jason McIntyre (1 Comment)

It’s a paradox, really; everyone wants to know what their peers are making for a variety of reasons, yet nobody wants to talk about salaries. We thought we’d give it a shot. We did not, however, contact any of the journalists below to confirm/deny their salaries. The estimates you see are just that, and they [...]

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Livechat with Dan LeBatard

Posted June 17, 2008, 1:02 pm by Jason McIntyre (315 Comments)

Ever since bon vivant Dan LeBatard penned this guest post for us, we knew we needed some more of “that bam guy” on this site. A live chat seemed logical. LeBatard is – or rather was, until last month – one of sports journalism’s most bogglingly prolific triple threats: Print, radio, and TV. We’ve been [...]

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NBA Draft: No. 11 Indiana Pacers

Posted June 12, 2008, 4:32 pm by Jason McIntyre (39 Comments)

Each weekday for the next two weeks, we’ll be counting down the NBA Draft lottery teams leading up to the June 26th draft. It would be a fool’s errand to project what each team will do; tryouts vary by day and if anything, that’s an exercise in futility we’ll post at 5 p.m. on draft [...]

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