lol yeah Yahoo uses it for Fantasy football
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 8 May 2015 17:14 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
aimless clearly has what it takes to be a (sports or non-) pundit
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 May 2015 18:12 (nine years ago) link
I prefer to be a pandit. Worse pay, but a better job title.
― Aimless, Saturday, 9 May 2015 04:18 (nine years ago) link
http://www.bidoun.org/images/20_nath_02.jpg
― Mademoiselle Coiffures (mattresslessness), Saturday, 9 May 2015 05:15 (nine years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/why-espn-fired-bill-simmons-1703103609
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 9 May 2015 13:12 (nine years ago) link
h8 when ppl attribute me to the wrong team tbh
― italosVEVO (wins), Saturday, 9 May 2015 13:30 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CE0Vhj5UgAAPjI3.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:10 (nine 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 (nine years ago) link
tbf the current lakers are pretty easy to troll
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:41 (nine 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 (nine 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 (eight 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