buzz bissinger Stories - Amazin' Avenue
Writing tips with Will Leitch (via interview)
If you've read any other sports blogs besides this one, then you've read Deadspin (or a sports blog inspired by Deadspin). Deadspin's founder, Will Leitch, is now a contributing editor at New York magazine. He's also a Cardinal's fan. In light of the Padres/Cardinals series and the recent release...
Kyle Gets Contrary: Should Bloggers Be More Like Newspaper Columnists?
Now that I’m starting to get a little attention for getting contrary, it’s time to tackle a question that may get me in trouble with some of my colleagues. SB Nation’s Nebraska blogger corn blight recently wrote in defense of Stampede Blue’s Big Blue Shoe, who was the target of this criticism from...
A Jog Around the Blogosphere: Newspapers, Bobby Bowden, and Rick Neuheisel
Every now and again, circumstances call for me to pause long enough to take a look at the blogosphere and give you a brief ("brief" being a relative term where I am concerned) snapshot of what I see . . . you know, like Ferris Bueller at 40. ("Ferris Bueller at 40," by the way, would be a much...
Tuesday Applesauce
Jerry Manual throws his support behind Fernando Tatis, and for good reason. The Mets don't have any better options right now, and Tatis continues to defy all logic by hitting incredibly well. Ryan church *may* be back soon, and the Mets *may* trade for Raul Ibanez, but right now...
The Celtics Won Game 5, Right?
I don’t spend a lot of time and energy defending blogging against the likes of Buzz Bissinger, Bob Costas, Sam Smith and everybody else because they’re right. I’m no W.C. Heinz. And more importantly I’m not a journalist. Hence I write without trying to hide my Celtics bias....
Marvin Harrison Shooting: PFT is full of crap
Mike Florio of PFT loves to report rumors as facts. It's about as professional as a doctor performing surgery on a patient without anesthetic. With the the recent shooting investigation outside a bar owned by Marvin Harrison, I knew it was only a matter of time before Florio brought up two other...
Weighing in on bloggers vs. the media
The musical maestro of the sports blogosphere, Ryan Parker, e-mailed me a link to his latest creation Sunday. It's a song that tackles the hot-button issue of sports bloggers vs. journalists. I have been both, having worked as an editor and reporter for 20 years, and it is a topic I usually stay...
There is no Premium on Ideas, or, The Battle For Grass Creek is Not Alone
I wasn't going to write anything about Buzz Bissinger and his petulant, sanctimonious, and ill-informed rage. Not that I didn't care, far from it in fact; it actually ruined my day yesterday. Being told, even indirectly, "you suck" for the millionth time, by someone who in some sense you respect,...
Buzz Bissinger makes blogs look good
Pretty much everyone and their mother has commented on "Friday Night Ligts" author Buzz Bissinger making an ass out of himself while trying to bully Deadspin founder Will Leitch on Bob Costas' HBO Show the other night. Costas, famous on the blogosphere for trashing bloggers and then apologizing...
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