it is essentially terrible. let's not even get into bleacher report.
i think grantland is actually really good, but can we agree that bill simmons is a shitty person? can we make that happen?
it's fucking hard coming up with an interesting take on the sports world again and again for weeks and years on end. inevitably, there is rank trolling and inexplicable terribleness.
(living in dc years ago i was able to witness michael wilbon's devolution into 'guy who mentions jordan no matter the context.' you should have seen his annual hockey columns.)
but that's no excuse for some shit.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:36 (ten years ago) link
rick fucking reilly stands athwart history yelling stop: [Removed Illegal Link].
the last two paragraphs, in particular, are priceless
oops http://es.pn/154hm4x
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:37 (ten years ago) link
nfl writer notices that a head coach's brother died, writes this (courtesy j0rd):
When I noticed earlier today that the younger brother of Giants coach Tom Coughlin recently had died, I added the item to the list of stories to get posted at some point in the near future.
When I noticed tonight the circumstances, the story shot to the top of the stack.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:38 (ten years ago) link
i don't think bill simmons is actually a bad person. i think he is an ok person who i often disagree with.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:39 (ten years ago) link
i don't think bill simmons, maybe, is on purpose a bad person. and i don't care about the nba or boston, so i may be biased. but i found this pretty damning.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:43 (ten years ago) link
yeah i get that but i thought his take on girls and his podcast w/lena dunham were smart and perceptive and sympathetic. basically he's smarter, in an unschooled way, than the character he's occasionally portrayed himself as.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:48 (ten years ago) link
but to the thread's point, he's been a mostly good nba writer, a mostly bad everything else writer, and isn't one of the top 20 problems with sportswriting
i appreciate that he may have evolved, and like i said, i think grantland is largely very good.
and i totally appreciate the fact that he, more than really any other single person (weirdly), is responsible for the shift from 'beholden beat writers quoting truisms' to a view that a fan can actually relate to.
i also appreciate that he would never, for any number of valid reasons, have written rick reilly's column.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:56 (ten years ago) link
anyway, 'let us discuss the top 20 problems with sportswriting' is what i should have said in the op
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:57 (ten years ago) link
the main problem with sportswriting is that most sportswriters aren't very bright.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 September 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
or are they so bright they just blew your mind?
surely trolling/generating 'controversy' is a huge part of it
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2013 03:02 (ten years ago) link
they're horrible at trolling though!
or i mean maybe they're ok at trolling the general population but who would want to be known for that
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 September 2013 03:03 (ten years ago) link
skip bayless?
espn? How ESPN Pulled A Bullshit Colin Kaepernick Story Out Of Thin Air
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
that espn thing was pretty fucked up.
skip is barely worth a comment.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 September 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link
top story on espn all day: Silent Mode: Lynch snubs SB reporters
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 03:57 (ten years ago) link
this is basically the slowest week in sports iirc
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
It's awful. Close second: sports radio. I listened to sports radio during my 4 hour commute home today. I can't even believe how bad it is. Topic # 1 was Marshawn lynch at press say. Who gives a fuck?
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 04:22 (ten years ago) link
Press day
LeBron on Cabrera deal: 'Wow'
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 March 2014 03:56 (ten years ago) link
this is a good read:http://deadspin.com/the-top-200-ways-bleacher-report-screwed-me-over-1608499729
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
not to defend bleacher report, but that guy was a sucker
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 01:22 (nine years ago) link
Agreed in both counts. Good article but the dude got taken to the cleaners.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 02:43 (nine years ago) link
Has anyone had a mightier fall than King Kaufman?
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bcnyERE.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 July 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link
I hope to god that was a joke.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
nope, merely a hot take
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:33 (nine years ago) link
stephen a. smith covering himself in glory today
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 July 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 10:33 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That take was so hot im fucking sunburned. Piping hot.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 25 July 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, July 25, 2014 2:17 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Beadle absolutely nuked him on Twitter. http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/michelle-beadle-calls-out-first-take-for-ray-rice-segment.html
There is precedence in ESPN history for a suspension...........of Beadle. If i remember correctly, Simmons got put on the shelf for calling the Stephen A./Bayless show a piece of shit.
If that happens, i will never watch ESPN again.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 25 July 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
I should say i only watch ESPN now when a sporting event is on. Nothing else, except maybe 30 for 30.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 25 July 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
Funny, the last time I checked, you can't spell Jameis without "me" and "I."
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 September 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link
espn suspended keith law from twitter because he defended evolution from curt schilling
i mean
lol
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 November 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
Well done, ESPN.
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Saturday, 22 November 2014 01:16 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7-9Q3bIMAAVRgv.png
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 January 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
sheman otm
― Spottie, Thursday, 22 January 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
SHERMAN
http://deadspin.com/how-jason-whitlock-is-poisoning-espns-black-grantland-1698683962
wau
― mookieproof, Monday, 27 April 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
dang
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link
i feel like the inevitable revival of deflategate takes is gonna provide some quality mockery/hateread material for this thread
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
havent seen anything yet but it's gotta only be a matter of time. simmdog has to be typing fuckin furiously about this
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/the-ballghazi-takes-are-back-and-they-are-more-insane-1702819519
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 May 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
i'm dying at this one:
During the investigation and answering questions from the media, Brady denied tampering with footballs or having any knowledge of those who did. However, he declined to make his text messages and emails available to NFL investigators.Why, Tom?Why?You know why.I know why.The NFL knows why.Because Brady cheated, that’s why.Just like A-Rod.Just like Barry Bonds.Just like Lance Armstrong.Another one of our nation’s most beloved sports heroes – a true Patriot – has flushed his integrity down the toilet.Bye, bye, Mr. American Pie.
Why, Tom?
Why?
You know why.
I know why.
The NFL knows why.
Because Brady cheated, that’s why.
Just like A-Rod.
Just like Barry Bonds.
Just like Lance Armstrong.
Another one of our nation’s most beloved sports heroes – a true Patriot – has flushed his integrity down the toilet.
Bye, bye, Mr. American Pie.
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 7 May 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
the "Why, Tom?" part is the killer
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 7 May 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Tom "AP" Brady
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 May 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ey3cI9g.png
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 May 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CEbc2npVAAA5kY4.jpg:medium
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 7 May 2015 20:35 (eight years ago) link
ugh slothrop, I shoulda recognized the Bye Bye Mr. American Pie one. that's our local columnist Mike Bianchi, who has been an embarrassment for as long as I can remember because he's held the post since I was a child.
I used to write him emails frequently to complain about his most recent horrible analogy, his penchant for hyperbole, or his reactionary writing style (as evidenced with the example above). He's famous mostly for hopping on whatever bandwagon issue crops up and taking a personal stand that often greatly exceeds the scope of whatever the transgression was to begin with.
fucking hate that guy.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 7 May 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
the column he wrote the day after Earnhardt died was insufferable. He even had a special modified avatar of his face added to the column, which was usually adorned with his cheesy smiling face....only this time he used a deliberately concocted "sad" face instead. one that wouldn't have been believed in children's theatre, mind you.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 7 May 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
i think Jemele Hill is the only person from our local paper who went on to have a solid career.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 7 May 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
yeah that whole thing makes shaughnessy seem restrained. this dude seems like a demon of cheesy shitty banality
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 7 May 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
the other local sportswriter used to call him an idiot on their televised appearances all the time. Bianchi's only retort was usually "you're fat"
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 7 May 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
Sports writing is and always will be terrible, because sports contests are extremely rule-bound and essentially near duplicates of one another in everything but the outcome of each contest. All the possible stories have been written hundreds of thousands of times. Consequently, sports writers are stuck in horrible dead end jobs they often become wretched unhappy people.
― Aimless, Friday, 8 May 2015 02:01 (eight years ago) link
so for sportswriting to get better, out with the rules?
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 8 May 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
Or, someone could write and AI program to replace sports writers.
― Aimless, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
already donehttp://automatedinsights.com/sports/
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
lol yeah Yahoo uses it for Fantasy football
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 8 May 2015 17:14 (eight years ago) link
it would occasionally do things like attribute wins to the wrong team or call teams by the wrong name tho
that bye bye american pie abortion of a paragraph is like aspiring to be plaschke and it makes me die a little inside
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 8 May 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
that's a masterwork compared to some of of the shit he writes about sports he barely knows
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 8 May 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
aimless clearly has what it takes to be a (sports or non-) pundit
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 May 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
I prefer to be a pandit. Worse pay, but a better job title.
― Aimless, Saturday, 9 May 2015 04:18 (eight years ago) link
http://www.bidoun.org/images/20_nath_02.jpg
― Mademoiselle Coiffures (mattresslessness), Saturday, 9 May 2015 05:15 (eight years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/why-espn-fired-bill-simmons-1703103609
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 9 May 2015 13:12 (eight years ago) link
h8 when ppl attribute me to the wrong team tbh
― italosVEVO (wins), Saturday, 9 May 2015 13:30 (eight years ago) link
envisioning the part of the writing game where people get millions of dollars during salary negotiations is difficult for me
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 11 May 2015 00:22 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CE0Vhj5UgAAPjI3.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
envisioning the part of the writing game where people get millions of dollars during salary negotiations is difficult for me― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, May 11, 2015 12:22 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, May 11, 2015 12:22 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you could move to los angeles where all our sports writers do is troll local teams and write one sentence paragraph overly sentimental pieces and win pulitzers
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
tbf the current lakers are pretty easy to troll
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/sports/soccer/english-soccer-club-sets-up-tight-defense-but-this-one-repels-journalists.html?_r=0&referrer=
Swindon Town, a third-division club that typically plays in front of crowds of fewer than 10,000, has taken some of the most extreme measures yet: In effect, the team has eliminated non-game-day news media access. Reporters, photographers and videographers are largely barred from interviewing any member of the team, the coaching staff or the club’s management, save for a hurried question or two for the manager at a postmatch news conference.
― ive reddit all your posts and I want a crowdfund (dan m), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
@WhitlockJasonTell Greg Howard that Craggs and Marchman ghostwriting his stuff and rewriting Ta Coates talking points won't save his ass #daddyshome
smdh
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 15:12 (eight years ago) link
http://j.school/post/131134873540/the-explanation-20-still-undefeated
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
rip grantland
― ive reddit all your posts and I want a crowdfund (dan m), Friday, 30 October 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
that sucks. love zach lowe, esp his podcasts, and some of their soccer stuff was p good, and a couple of outstanding tennis features as well iirc
― pandemic, Friday, 30 October 2015 18:39 (eight years ago) link
http://jeffbradleyblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-little-ditty-about-out-of-work.html
Interesting take on being out of work/underemployed. Guy is the brother of former USA National team coach Bob Bradley.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:28 (eight years ago) link
I would tell you that - not gonna be humble here - my writing was really good. I will also tell you that my other skills - live tweeting, posting random photos of things in the stadium, in the press box - were really bad.
it's a new world
― mookieproof, Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:39 (eight years ago) link
in which michael wilbon and tony kornheiser hold forth on sportswriting
http://povichcenter.org/povichsymposium10
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 November 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3073/2767638386_d8efc6fb1f.jpg
― Jeff, Monday, 23 November 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CadY6_DVIAAjzme.jpg:large
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 February 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
bomani jones was tweeting out excerpts of her cam piece all morning, truly vomitous bullshit
― metro slothrop want some more (slothroprhymes), Friday, 5 February 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
impressive that espn has found room, amidst their coverage of how the 2011 nfl draft *should* have gone, to cover pro wrestling with a straight face
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 01:41 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuvR8NmXgAAq0u_.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 October 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
@darrenrovellFastest way to a job today is to provide a team, a player, an agency, great work unsolicited and for free. Great way to be noticed.
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 January 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
bloodbath at espn
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
ed werder looks like biggest name so far
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
pretty much everyone who covered hockey is gone, which i guess shouldn't be a surprise
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
hockey writing can safely be left as a Canadian monopoly
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
lots of quality reporters gone, lots of terrible on-air blowhards get to stay
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
Jayson StarkFor 17 yrs I've had a dream job covering baseball for ESPN. Today is my last day. Thanks to all the great people at ESPN, MLB & all of you!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
damn, i always enjoyed his presence as the esoteric stat nerd
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
oh no, i liked him a lot. mr positive vibes dork trivia head.
― nomar, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
espn doubling down on the hot take culture huh?
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
wow Ethan Strauss gone!
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:08 (seven years ago) link
aww fuck they got ethan
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
he was the only guy whose gamers i actually read because i enjoyed the writing. and he was amazing on the truehoop pod.
yup
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
spending billions of dollars on broadcast rights then laying off reporters who make a combined tiny fraction of that when yr subscriptions decline will surely solve the problem... not
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
man this is brutal. strauss was a quality reporter. stark was reaaaaaallly longwinded but i liked him too
hoping buster olney and kevin arnovitz are safe
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
"was" should be "is" obv, they're not dead and they'll find work easily
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
actually they were ritually killed
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
strauss being let go seems really bizarre given the warriors popularity, right?
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
they got justin verrier from the truehoop crew as well. quality reporter on the pels.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
Don't think most of these talented folk will be out of work for too long, tbh.
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Bucci Mane is out too, only cawlidge hawkey voice rip :(
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
espn is one of the big employers if these jobs go away forever the pool is smaller, some will be lost to easy better playing pr jobs
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Or wait, that might be fake news🤔 xp
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:52 (seven years ago) link
they must expect getting savaged by their carriage fee negotiations.. kinda like how fox 86'd o'reilly. $5 per subscriber RIP.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/a-running-list-of-espn-layoffs-1794664091
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
i'm pretty stunned that they let ethan go, he had ascended really highly in the company and w/ the warriors... so weird. but maybe he was making too much money.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
on the one hand, ESPN was definitely carrying... a lot of people. like college football recruiting analysts assigned to one single conference etc. some of those guys, also the beat writers, should be able to find more locally-based work, tho prob for less money. but the biggest names like jayson stark or whatever... there's not that many places out there that will pay what he's accustomed to making after 17 years at a place like ESPN. like, yahoo, fox, mlb.com.... it's not a large pool. kinda scary that really nobody is safe.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/857314772777279488
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
i have no sense of media salaries, can anyone take a stab at how much ethan might have been making?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
my range is pretty wide but i would definitely say 6 figures without a doubt
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
losers like amin elhassan are always bragging about how much money they make, you have to hope people with some actual talent like ethan are getting paid
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
yeah i would be very surprised if he wasn't making six figures
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
that a lot plus all the traveling
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
i these things aren't planned/done this way but it is a bizarre look to let key beat writers go when the teams they cover are making deep playoff runs. calvin watkins who covers the rockets was let go too.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
stopped reading Stark ages ago, only guy i read on espn.com recently was the Mets guy who left last winter, Adam Rubin.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
on the bright side, @ least trent dilfer go t fired
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 27 April 2017 01:00 (seven years ago) link
also len elmore
the only bitter response i saw was . . . danny kanell!
@dannykanellPoured my heart and soul into ESPN for last 8 years. Moved my wife and 3 kids to CT to go "all in" 5 years ago. Bummed it ended in 3 minutes
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 April 2017 01:13 (seven years ago) link
andy katz seems like a big one
― Spottie, Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
yeah that one is crazy
they axed my guy dr. jerry punch too. my childhood crumbling in front of my eyes.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 27 April 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
this all has resulted in (so far) a two-day moratorium on the truehoop podcast which is not fucking cool, that's what i listen to when i shoot hoops or drive places.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 27 April 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
yo, henry abbott got canned too
― k3vin k., Friday, 28 April 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
or at least thats how it appears?
― k3vin k., Friday, 28 April 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
just came to post that, disgraceful
― call all destroyer, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
sad
― Spottie, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
explains the end of the pod. this is traumatic.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link
also marc stein
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:51 (seven years ago) link
wow again
― Spottie, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:55 (seven years ago) link
really don't get the timing of why this all had to be now -- why not wait six weeks to lay off the nba guys? it's like if they'd fired mel kiper jr. on monday
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 April 2017 21:58 (seven years ago) link
the share holders arent concerend with that.
― Spottie, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:01 (seven years ago) link
STEIN??? he's like the one of the three or four most connected nba reporters.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:14 (seven years ago) link
this is crazy
― J0rdan S., Friday, 28 April 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
yeah thats maybe the biggest one yet for me. kev did ya boy amin make it out? he and haberstroh have been silent on the tweets.
― Spottie, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
if they can guys like stein, what exactly are they the worldwide leaders in?
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Friday, 28 April 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
insane
― nomar, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:45 (seven years ago) link
lotta talent out there if someone wanted to put an nba reporting network together
― call all destroyer, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:47 (seven years ago) link
woj gotta bring it all together and have yahoo take over.
― Spottie, Friday, 28 April 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
guess it's going to wind up with everyone directly working for the leagues they're covering
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 April 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
wowwwww marc stein, thats booty
― nice cage (m bison), Friday, 28 April 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
if they can guys like stein, what exactly are they the worldwide leaders in?― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Friday, April 28, 2017 10:44 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― passionate plant-based athlete (voodoo chili), Friday, April 28, 2017 10:44 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
assholes yelling at each other? the same day they axed almost all of their baseball guys they announced they picking up 'intentional talk' from the mlb network which is basically kevin millar and some other idiot yelling GOT HEEEEEM
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 28 April 2017 23:47 (seven years ago) link
Looks like chad ford is out too
― sknybrg, Saturday, 29 April 2017 03:03 (seven years ago) link
also david thorpe i think
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 29 April 2017 03:37 (seven years ago) link
jeeeeeeez
― Spottie, Saturday, 29 April 2017 06:33 (seven years ago) link
wooow
― k3vin k., Saturday, 29 April 2017 06:55 (seven years ago) link
i'm a little shellshocked by all this tbh
― Clay, Saturday, 29 April 2017 07:01 (seven years ago) link
damn, i loved thorpe
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 April 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
i only saw one passing reference so hopefully he's ok. very interesting guy even if i didn't always agree with him.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 29 April 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
he's a long talker and a hilarious name dropper but i always enjoy his perspective
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 29 April 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
Pretty much all these guys had good things to offer
― Spottie, Saturday, 29 April 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link
ESPN hired Woj!
― Spottie, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 07:58 (seven years ago) link
And the conspiracy theories are flying:
http://deadspin.com/adrian-wojnarowski-finally-won-his-war-against-espn-1794817931
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
Wow thats pretty wild if even 50% true
― Spottie, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:06 (seven years ago) link
It is important to note that the ESPN layoffs were not buyouts. ESPN did not give laid-off employees severance or any other type of lump-sum payment. Instead, ESPN will continue to pay them for the length of their contracts. They just won’t be able to report or otherwise do their jobs. If Marc Stein—or any other laid-off ESPNer—wants another, likely less well-paying, job, they will still have to go back to ESPN and negotiate an exit.
iiiiinteresting
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:24 (seven years ago) link
drag em out as long as possible in hopes they swoop up another job and have to negotiate a buyout for less.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:26 (seven years ago) link
if i understand that correctly, it puts ESPN in the win-win situation of either avoiding paying the full value of their contracts or gutting the competition for NBA coverage
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
man i just have a really hard time believing woj would can ethan over something he wrote 7 years ago on a blog.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:32 (seven years ago) link
NBA reporters are as petty as NBA players maybe. and yeah xp thats it.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 23:42 (seven years ago) link
Truehoop pod reinstatedhttp://mashable.com/2017/05/04/espn-truehoop-podcast-return-new-name/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#0igQs.DHBiqL
― Spottie, Friday, 5 May 2017 07:51 (seven years ago) link
https://sportstvratings.com/on-sc6-and-giving-jamie-horowitz-due-credit/8058/
kind of a disorganized piece here but makes some interesting points
― k3vin k., Saturday, 13 May 2017 22:27 (six years ago) link
not sure where to post this but Bomani and Torre are getting their own show:
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2017/05/bomani-jones-pablo-torre-host-new-show-espn/#.WRr0hkptsuE.twitter
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
will watch, bo is the man
we can probs just use this for all sports media related stuff
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
oh I am down for a bomani and Pablo show for sure
― muse on and dominate (Clay), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
is this the thread where we call out jon bois for what he is, the best sports video dude in the history of the internet
― imago, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
the barry bonds one recently was my first introduction to the dude.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
watch all of them. the 'pretty good' series is jawdroppingly brilliant stuff
― imago, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
watching the baron davis 90 foot shot one right now. fun.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link
my favourite is probably either the 222-0 one, the 1904 marathon or the poker one fyi but they're really all amazing
― imago, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
bomani and torre should be fun tho it is unlikely i will ever actually see that show
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
yeah hard to watch daytime sports espesh w/o a DVR. I record the Jump daily and maybe watch it a couple times a week.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
daytime sports *shows
― Spottie, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
i would now rather hear/see/read about tim tebow than lavar ball
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 May 2017 01:56 (six years ago) link
jon bois' breaking madden and nba y2k columns have made people look at me weird at work for laughing too much
― meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Thursday, 18 May 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/05/22/mike-greenberg-mike-golic-relationship-espn-radio
apparently these guys hate each other
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
hard to decide which is more useless. no wait, it's Greenberg. Golic is just a run-of-the-mill idiot, Greenberg is a true dipshit weenie. the Joe Buck of his generation (actually, that's an insult to Buck).
― evol j, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
pretty much every sports fan i know still listens to sports radio, which is just really sad when there are all these podcasts out there where you might actually learn something or be genuinely entertained. even Simmons, who is hardly the brightest bulb, is 1000x better than any ESPN radio clown or the vast majority of local schmucks.
― evol j, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:16 (six years ago) link
pretty much agree with all of that
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
they're just so boring.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
this fucking show has been on for 18 years??????????????
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
it's so easy to ignore
― Spottie, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
nice that lebetard and bomani are getting more shine over there. it's just a hard format to be great at, so much air time, so much fluff. agree that podcasts >>>>>
― Spottie, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
https://theringer.com/espn-critics-decline-sports-media-242e1f99129
― Spottie, Thursday, 25 May 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
john clayton out at espn
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--T0b3Cw8X--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/195bpbypvp9izjpg.jpg
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
Fox Sports national president Jamie Horowitz fired amid sexual harassment probe https://t.co/dWGw2wNur8— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 3, 2017
― down that brown path (Spottie), Monday, 3 July 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
Jon Bois has just unveiled his Sistine Chapel I think
https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football/chapter-1
― imago, Thursday, 6 July 2017 12:20 (six years ago) link
"is steely dan still together" A+
Ok I'll give this some proper time tonight, looks pretty amazing.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 6 July 2017 12:37 (six years ago) link
holy shit!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 July 2017 12:39 (six years ago) link
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/baseball-isnt-exactly-taxing-so-why-do-cubs-players-need-rest/amp/
― na (NA), Thursday, 6 July 2017 13:16 (six years ago) link
17776 continues to be the best thing in the world
― imago, Friday, 7 July 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
today's episode was above all things
― imago, Sunday, 9 July 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
enjoying the direction this has gone
― nice cage (m bison), Sunday, 9 July 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
Today's update is kinda brutal. Amazing though.
― JoeStork, Monday, 10 July 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
i would just like to say this sports sci fi is not addressing climate change at all and it takes me right out of it
― nice cage (m bison), Monday, 10 July 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
But NYC and Florida are gone!
― JoeStork, Monday, 10 July 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
https://t.co/zOZKNLUI5D has gone all video. That is why I no longer can write on our site.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 12, 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEopZFDXUAE7dhO.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
LMAO
― down that brown path (Spottie), Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
amazing
― na (NA), Thursday, 13 July 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
― nice cage (m bison), Monday, July 10, 2017 9:41 PM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
happy now? :)
― imago, Sunday, 16 July 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
mostly, though the handwavyness of at the end felt like a copout
― nice cage (m bison), Sunday, 16 July 2017 01:20 (six years ago) link
like, "p much everything turned out fine and lots of marginalized people were fine but man we lost nyc rip never forget", also the way things are portrayed it feel like every part of the US is desolate but theres still gotta be like 350 mil ppl in the us at that point? wild.
― nice cage (m bison), Sunday, 16 July 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
i rlly enjoyed it, i dont care if shit doesnt make sense its speculative fiction not hard sci-fi
― ciderpress, Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
i demand realistic portrayals of the earth's climate in a universe where people dont die
― nice cage (m bison), Sunday, 16 July 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
rip vice sports
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 July 2017 16:37 (six years ago) link
jesus christ whitlock
Greg Howard obsessed w/white women, pretends to be black militant https://t.co/QulJpMqDsD All too common w/SJWs.— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) July 22, 2017
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 July 2017 02:44 (six years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/how-sb-nation-profits-off-an-army-of-exploited-workers-1797653841
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 02:06 (six years ago) link
one of my many low points this year was the managing editor of the cardinals SB blog asking for volunteers for people to write post-game wrap-ups and getting turned down even though like 53 other people were ok'd
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 02:47 (six years ago) link
uhhhhh
Great to have Kap stop by the studio today. pic.twitter.com/2UPuyCdWdK— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) September 6, 2017
― Spottie, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 03:41 (six years ago) link
fuck jason whitlock
― Rob Lowe fresco bar (m bison), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 03:45 (six years ago) link
christ, what an asshole
― I Love You, Fancybear (symsymsym), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
#BREAKING: White House demands ESPN fire host who called Trump a "white supremacist" https://t.co/jz8OpGlzBK pic.twitter.com/Y0n9rXDnOz— The Hill (@thehill) September 13, 2017
― Spottie, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
i'm sure the white house contains some very fine people
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
on both sides of course
― Spottie, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJtwrVhXUAEDVOI.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
great, now i have to like jemele hill
― k3vin k., Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:38 (six years ago) link
the worldwide leader, forever chasing the coveted ignoramus demographic
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:38 (six years ago) link
great, now i have to like jemele hill― k3vin k., Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:38 PM (forty-one seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― k3vin k., Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:38 PM (forty-one seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeaaaah. SC6 is not good.
― Spottie, Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
awfully woke move by espn not to use replacement whites
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
http://awfulannouncing.com/online-outlets/incline-freelancer-dave-lozo-criticized-jim-brady.html
kind of lol but mostly sad
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 September 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
And true to expectation, that has shown up in the first substantially reported numbers about the traffic to FoxSports.com. SI’s Richard Deitsch reports that traffic dropped an astounding 88% since the “pivot to video.” Their traffic has gone from over 143 million in a monthly period to just under 17 million.
http://awfulannouncing.com/fox/foxsports-com-reportedly-lost-88-audience-pivoting-video.html
― Spottie, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
wow/good
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLZAmiMW4AUnrdc.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 October 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
.@jemelehill has been suspended by ESPN for two weeks for a second violation of their social media policy.— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) October 9, 2017
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 October 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
related to her Jerry Jones tweets i'm thinking?
― nomar, Monday, 9 October 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
I don’t want to post it but Whitlock wrote prob the most tone-deaf tweet possible in a couple of ways not long ago and I hope he gets fired by whoever’s employing now just for sheer wackness
― Clay, Monday, 16 October 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
I want to know that man's secret to staying relevant because it sure as shit isn't related to merit
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 16 October 2017 23:59 (six years ago) link
― Clay, Monday, October 16, 2017 7:56 PM (twenty-five minutes ago)
you're not gonna believe it but...it's fox
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
^^^
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:52 (six years ago) link
all takes matter.. except in the case of garnering ratings for your garbage sports network, when they actually don't.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 00:55 (six years ago) link
By the time you finish reading this article, the upstart sports news outlet called The Athletic probably will have hired another well known sportswriter from your local newspaper. In a couple of years, once The Athletic has completed its breakneck expansion, perhaps that newspaper’s sports section will no longer exist.“We will wait every local paper out and let them continuously bleed until we are the last ones standing,” Alex Mather, a co-founder of The Athletic, said in an interview in San Francisco. “We will suck them dry of their best talent at every moment. We will make business extremely difficult for them.”
“We will wait every local paper out and let them continuously bleed until we are the last ones standing,” Alex Mather, a co-founder of The Athletic, said in an interview in San Francisco. “We will suck them dry of their best talent at every moment. We will make business extremely difficult for them.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/sports/the-athletic-newspapers.html
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 October 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
i miss grantland too
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 23 October 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
i actually subscribed to this -- the hockey coverage is v. good, plus rosenthal/gammons/etc -- and now i regret it
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 October 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
ive been mulling over getting a subscription for their nba and 49ers coverage but ...
― Spottie, Monday, 23 October 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
They already poached my favorite Chicago soccer writer.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 02:07 (six years ago) link
Tom Humphries, who in his time was a great sports writer around Gaelic games in particular but also covered Olympics, football and golf in his colour columns and several collections, jailed today for grooming and abuse of a minor
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
suuuuure
I'm truly sorry for the tone of my comments in the New York Times today. I learned a lesson in humility that will help me grow as a leader. pic.twitter.com/YwyJnIxiPF— Alex Mather (@alex3780) October 23, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
this fucking guy
https://deadspin.com/pittsburghs-cutting-edge-sports-site-is-a-meat-grinder-1821797940
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 January 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
ESPN dot com generally pisses me off with their focus on NFL (even during the offseason) and NBA at the expense of baseball (and hockey, but whatever)
but loool at it being the first night of the NBA finals and their lead story is the fuckin spelling bee
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 June 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkGore1VsAEzTnM.jpg:small
this guy
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
dick, really
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
unfortunately i have /nothing/ to do at work today and possibly the next few days, and i was kind of annoyed until i remembered i never finished reading tim tebow's cfl chronicles or 17776... my day has since become so much better
(i'm only 2 chapters into TT CFL so far)
― vote no on ilxit (Will M.), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
rip sports illustrated
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
it was getting to be pretty worthless lately so it's more of a mercy killing. if they'd done more solid investigative stuff they might have merited more regrets at their death. instead, whenever I'd see a copy in my dentist's office and pick it up it was a design nightmare with practically no content at all.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 3 October 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
i haven't subscribed since i was a kid (i'm part of the problem), but they still had some good writers online at least
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 October 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
jon bois's end-of-decade retrospective is good
https://www.sbnation.com/2019/12/30/21035159/the-10-least-consequential-athletes-of-the-decade
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 December 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
ty
― imago, Monday, 30 December 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
On Wednesday morning, the Ringer Union and the Writers Guild of America East learned that Spotify has purchased The Ringer. pic.twitter.com/dvNvpKnPMa— Ringer Union (@RingerUnion) February 5, 2020
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
Oh great
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
Grant Wahl fired by Sports Illustrated
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 10 April 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
that 'internal memo' was really something
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 April 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link
athletic laying of 8% of staff
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 June 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
oh man
― Spottie, Friday, 5 June 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
i imagine the lack of shit to talk about has hit their bottom line p hard
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
17776 sequel y'all
https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21410129/20020/chapter-1
― imago, Monday, 28 September 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
how is this even better than 17776
― Chip-vill-A (imago), Friday, 9 October 2020 22:34 (three years ago) link
Here's the proper landing page
https://www.sbnation.com/secret-base/21410129/20020
Anyway, 7/12 in and this is basically the literary event of 2020
― Chip-vill-A (imago), Monday, 12 October 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
i keep putting it off because i don't feel ready but i will never be ready and should just start tonight
― TRANCED INTO RADIOACTIVE PUREE (Will M.), Monday, 12 October 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
It's done. Unbelievably great
― imago, Saturday, 24 October 2020 07:18 (three years ago) link
ESPN has announced that Dan Le Batard is leaving the company in January.— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) December 3, 2020
― Spottie, Thursday, 3 December 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
i stg if he has a fuckin substack...
― discourse stu (m bison), Friday, 4 December 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
Simmons was on the show today so I'm putting 10 bucks on the ringah
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 4 December 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
maybe he's going to start his own wildly unsuccessful series of political punditry videos on youtube a la keith olbermann
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 4 December 2020 10:51 (three years ago) link
such an asshole that i'm forced to side with the jets
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/12/11/manish-mehta-jets-daily-news
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
huh
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 12 December 2020 02:17 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsmQzkHXUAET4qD?format=png&name=small
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 January 2021 18:32 (three years ago) link
okay lol at your framing of that clip
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Monday, 25 January 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link
thank you for your service
One other layer...for future journalists...your first few years feel unpaid. I made 16.5k my first two years and worked harder than I’ve ever worked. There is a reason not everyone makes it in this business. I don’t have time for those of you who don’t understand grind ✌🏼 https://t.co/c4iWwPQ1bs— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) March 1, 2021
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 March 2021 23:56 (three years ago) link
journalists are the real troops
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link
the thin cmyk line
happily her rich grandfather supported her as she built an important career breaking american football news #grind
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 01:20 (three years ago) link
This article on Team Hawaii from the 1970's era NASL is something else. Requires subscription, but I could probably be convinced to copy/paste it into a post…
https://theathletic.com/2488753
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
just so i have recorded this fact somewhere--the other day, the truehoop guy, who is still bitter that he no longer runs espn's nba coverage, tried to do some gotcha journalism on phoenix suns owner robert sarver by posting a video of sarver making some very off-color jokes at the memorial service of a deceased friend/business partner. hours later, that guy's widow contacted truehoop guy to let him know that it was intended to be a roast and that she thought it was hilarious.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 July 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
lol at how hard espn dot com is pushing la liga right now
what percentage of its readership can name more than two teams or players
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 August 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
last couple years they've been doing that with serie A
― symsymsym, Saturday, 14 August 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
It’s always wild when you think an artist has long since passed the peak of their career, and then they drop one of their biggest hits ever out of nowhere pic.twitter.com/lpfYhBRkDH— actioncookbook (@actioncookbook) January 17, 2022
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 January 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
how do they keep doing it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alcVZZuj_WE
― imago, Monday, 27 June 2022 09:41 (one year ago) link
Presenting The 2022 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 December 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
gold
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Friday, 30 December 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
I laughed so hard watching that video
― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 December 2022 03:34 (one year ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/movies/jon-bois-sb-nation-sports.html
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
xxxps ChatGPT may be approaching the Turing test but can it pass the Shams test?
As the poultry in question traversed the asphalt thoroughfare, one could not help but wonder at the avian's motivations for such a daring feat, according to sources close to the situation. Despite the inherent danger posed by the vehicular traffic hurtling past at high speeds, the chicken seemed undeterred, its determined gait and resolute demeanor a testament to its unwavering focus, league sources say.
As the chicken drew closer to the other side of the road, it became apparent that its destination was a grassy median, where it could perhaps peck at worms or bask in the sun's warm rays, according to an unnamed source. But alas, the journey was not to be an easy one, as the chicken was forced to navigate around various obstacles, including bits of debris, puddles of water, and even the occasional wayward leaf, as reported by multiple eyewitnesses.
Despite these challenges, the chicken remained undaunted, its resolve unwavering as it continued to make its way across the road, as confirmed by multiple sources close to the chicken. And eventually, after what must have seemed an eternity to the plucky fowl, it reached the safety of the median, where it could rest and enjoy the fruits of its labor, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
So there you have it, a needlessly complex description of a chicken crossing the road, in the confusingly verbose and grammatically spotty style of Shams Charania, as reported by various sources.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
did the ryder cup even happen if Stephen A. Smith failed to weigh in on it?
presumably too busy shitting on dak for only winning 38-3 on the road
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 October 2023 05:04 (seven months ago) link
shams was robbed imo
https://defector.com/presenting-the-2023-shamsy
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 December 2023 21:03 (four months ago) link
these pull quotes are amazing
https://defector.com/pro-commanders-spin-somehow-a-bigger-mess-than-commanders
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 February 2024 20:18 (three months ago) link
“competence, vision and sanity”
― brimstead, Monday, 5 February 2024 23:32 (three months ago) link