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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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A Q&A With NFL Draft Prospect Christian Ponder

Posted April 27, 2011, 3:15 pm by Jason Lisk (32 Comments)

We had the opportunity to interview Florida State’s Christian Ponder, one of the quarterbacks in this year’s draft class. It was pretty easy to see in just a span of a short interview why teams would be drawn to Ponder’s personality as they assess quarterbacks, and I hope it comes through in print. The interview was made possible by the [...]

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Interview with Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders

Posted April 26, 2011, 4:10 pm by Jason Lisk (53 Comments)

Aaron Schatz is the founder and President of Football Outsiders, Inc., a writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine, and the Editor of Football Outsiders Almanac, which will be released in July (pending ownership and players getting along.) Aaron and I exchanged e-mails on a variety of topics, including Mark Sanchez, his business model, the [...]

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NFL Draft: Phil Simms & Boomer Esiason on Stats vs. the Eye Test

Posted April 13, 2011, 3:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (162 Comments)

We’ve chronicled Blaine Gabbert’s meteoric rise up the draft boards. What we haven’t looked at is his recent slide as NFL pundits pick apart his numbers. Did you know only 61 of his 301 completions went for more than 15 yards? Were you aware that Blaine Gabbert was only a 44 percent passer on 3rd [...]

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