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