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Q&A With Dan Wolken of The Daily

Posted August 26, 2011, 1:21 pm by Jason McIntyre (75 Comments)

Among the topics covered: Bruce Pearl, twitter cronyism, John Calipari’s future, Grantland and SEC nightlife.

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It’s tough: Mike Vaccaro’s Unsigned Obit for Colleague Mike Rodman

Posted July 27, 2011, 4:00 pm by Sam Eifling (74 Comments)

This month in northwest Arkansas a reporter by the name of Mike Rodman died, unexpectedly, at the age of 55. Stepping up to pen his obituary, which ran the local paper minus a byline, was author and New York Post sports columnist Mike Vaccaro, who worked with Rodman 20 years ago.

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Stephen A. Smith on Skip Bayless: “He’s crazy. He’s not too far from the cuckoo’s nest.”

Posted June 17, 2011, 12:00 pm by Barry Janoff (83 Comments)

By his own admission, Stephen A. Smith agitates “75% of the people who listen to me. That’s just the way it is.” He spoke with TheBigLead.com about polarizing athletes, fans and other journalists.

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A Q&A with Sports Illustrated’s Lee Jenkins

Posted June 9, 2011, 3:35 pm by Jason McIntyre (216 Comments)

Topics covered: The NBA’s best interviews, why he went to Vanderbilt, stats and the NBA, and Russell Westbrook vs. Chris Paul.

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Q&A with New York Times NFL Reporter Judy Battista

Posted May 26, 2011, 2:25 pm by Jason McIntyre (119 Comments)

Judy Battista has been at the New York Times since 1998, and she’s currently the paper’s NFL reporter.

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A Q&A with James Andrew Miller, Author of the New ESPN Book, “Those Guys Have All the Fun”

Posted May 22, 2011, 3:30 pm by Jason McIntyre (13 Comments)

The ESPN Book doesn’t hit bookstores until Tuesday, but it’s already gotten so much publicity that it has risen to No. 7 at Amazon. The media-types who received an advance copy are devouring the 700-page book and early reviews are positive. Author James Andrew Miller has already been interviewed by a plethora of outlets, and [...]

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Jason Sobel Leaves ESPN To Become Senior Writer At The Golf Channel

Posted May 2, 2011, 12:30 pm by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (20 Comments)

Maybe you noticed that ESPN.com was lacking Jason Sobel’s Masters live blog this year. Today we have the official answer – Jason Sobel has left ESPN to become a senior writer for The Golf Channel. Sobel was good enough to chat with me last week about his new home at The Golf Channel and reflect [...]

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