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Book Excerpt: One Shot at Forever

Posted May 17, 2012, 2:00 pm by Chris Ballard (47 Comments)

A small town, an unlikely coach, and a magical baseball season.

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Dan LeBatard (and Dan Rather) Just Want All You New Media Users to Be Careful

Posted February 15, 2011, 3:30 pm by Chris Ballard (131 Comments)

Dan LeBatard has a radio show on 790 the Ticket and writes a column for the Miami Herald. He is an occasional contributor at TheBigLead.com. An interesting thing happens every time I question new media. Doesn’t matter how gentle or non-judgmental I am. Doesn’t matter if I’m more curious than critical. Doesn’t matter that I [...]

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Brett Favre-Jenn Sterger Scandal Leads to Confusion For At Least One Media Member

Posted October 8, 2010, 4:25 pm by Chris Ballard (59 Comments)

I got caught up in the air on the air Thursday. Wanted to put my hands to my shoulders during my radio show and get a 20-second timeout as I spilled clumsily over the sidelines. The shifting ground had moved under me again, changing the rules where I worked as I worked, and it was [...]

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Dan LeBatard on Jay Mariotti: “The vitriolic reaction to Mariotti’s misery frightened me.”

Posted August 23, 2010, 10:15 am by Chris Ballard (161 Comments)

The facts aren’t in. The feeding frenzy has created an un-American guilty until proven innocent. Shame and misery are being enjoyed in a way that is a little disturbing and a lot uncomfortable. But what is happening to sports-media star Jay Mariotti somehow feels just.

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