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I'm surprised he didn't go looking for me, or call my mom. My handle is pretty easy to identify with my name.So I’ve obviously received a lot of comments about this whole Bagwell thing—95 percent of them, ahem, not exactly on my side. And while I don’t love being referred to as an “ass-dripping mongoloid” (especially anonymously–but isn’t that always the case?)
Later, someone leaked a video to YouTube of one of these guys (Gray I believe), asking his female co-host to put her hand in and "pull it out" of his pants or some such. My question is, at what point do you distinguish between the personalities of the talking heads and the writers? Does a competent variety of either exist?BBC News wrote:However, new footage has emerged of Gray talking off-air with Sky Sports' pitchside reporter Andy Burton about the female assistant referee before the match between Wolves and Liverpool.
Sky News reported that the pair discussed [the female referee's] appearance, while Gray asks: "What do women know about the offside rule?"
That article gets better and better... Little bias is obvious, its a well researched and parsed article and it doesn't give into the whole political game instead focusing on the sport and those who are vying for it. Jesus christ... I'm proud to say an American wrote the above piece.New York Times wrote: On a frigid night with the temperature just above freezing, Brazil finally melted North Korea’s defense for a 2-1 victory on Tuesday, but the five-time champions never fully thawed out in their World Cup opener.
In a scoreless first half, Brazil seemed alternately nervous, indolent and impatient against North Korea’s compact and organized defense that frequently strung five players across the back line...
Political bitching - check.ESPN Page 2 wrote: North Korea was impressive in its 2-1 loss to Brazil in the World Cup. After losing 7-0 to Portugal, that moral victory was gone. That must have chafed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, since he relented on his plan to only allow news of North Korean World Cup victories and allowed Monday's destruction to be broadcast live.
The only person who is actually a good writer and who is also in the field of sportswriting is Joe Posnanski. If you're lucky, you'll find someone who is average, but the great, great majority of them are simply terrible fucking writers.RetroRomper wrote:I'm at the point where I have to ask if "good" sports writing even exists?
Later, someone leaked a video to YouTube of one of these guys (Gray I believe), asking his female co-host to put her hand in and "pull it out" of his pants or some such. My question is, at what point do you distinguish between the personalities of the talking heads and the writers? Does a competent variety of either exist?BBC News wrote:However, new footage has emerged of Gray talking off-air with Sky Sports' pitchside reporter Andy Burton about the female assistant referee before the match between Wolves and Liverpool.
Sky News reported that the pair discussed [the female referee's] appearance, while Gray asks: "What do women know about the offside rule?"
That article gets better and better... Little bias is obvious, its a well researched and parsed article and it doesn't give into the whole political game instead focusing on the sport and those who are vying for it. Jesus christ... I'm proud to say an American wrote the above piece.New York Times wrote: On a frigid night with the temperature just above freezing, Brazil finally melted North Korea’s defense for a 2-1 victory on Tuesday, but the five-time champions never fully thawed out in their World Cup opener.
In a scoreless first half, Brazil seemed alternately nervous, indolent and impatient against North Korea’s compact and organized defense that frequently strung five players across the back line...
Political bitching - check.ESPN Page 2 wrote: North Korea was impressive in its 2-1 loss to Brazil in the World Cup. After losing 7-0 to Portugal, that moral victory was gone. That must have chafed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, since he relented on his plan to only allow news of North Korean World Cup victories and allowed Monday's destruction to be broadcast live.
I'm really digging Jere Longman over at the New York Times because his style feels more traditional and less applied, less narrow, than the self dedicated rhetoric that I heard on the NFL last Sunday. Which may be the problem with the NFL and US sports in general: they take themselves far too seriously and oddly, the public as a larger whole support them in their belief. The question is, at what point do a few dozen grown men who are playing at being brutal, but have also specialized in one activity that involves running and tossing a ball around, become a topic worth dedicating ones life to? The scope is very narrow and the saving grace of Jere Longman specifically, is that he is able to add a breadth of life by focusing on the idea that there is a struggle going on in the context of an event that is quickly over... I just don't see him writing about how important the event is and instead focuses on the sort of odd banality of the situation.Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: The only person who is actually a good writer and who is also in the field of sportswriting is Joe Posnanski. If you're lucky, you'll find someone who is average, but the great, great majority of them are simply terrible fucking writers.
...[Athletes and commentators are] just stupid people who have freak talent. If there ever were such a thing as the X-Men or Justice League or whatnot, they'd all perish in a horrible explosion the first time they went up against an antagonist who could think beyond a tenth-grade level.
I'm at the point that pulling in game specific terminology and statistics to show just how "WOW COOL!" a match or game was, is also besides the point: highlighting the accomplishment as an accomplishment, only appears valid to be already interested in the topic. The issue with this, is that as already stated, the audience of a sports writer is narrowed down to an audience that would already be reading and doesn't have to be "good," as the audience is captive. But besides viewing the sport itself as somewhat ridiculous, for me the commentary actually gets in the way of enjoying the event: having a constant play by play tries to allow me to phase out and not actually think about what is happening and forms the event into a specific interpretation given by someone who hasn't had the breadth to actually understand what is happening... That is, there is little to no perspective.ESPN wrote: But Isner won the most important point of all: the last one, which happened to be a rather nondescript backhand winner down the line. It allowed Isner to break Mahut's serve for only the second time all match. That was also the only service break of the seemingly interminable fifth set, ending a run of 168 consecutive holds that began in the second set, all the way back on Tuesday.
'Course you could.js wrote:And some rye.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/spor ... 1970s.htmlJere Longman of the New York Times wrote:The sportswriter, Bill Conlin, 77, a member of the news media wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame and a columnist for The Philadelphia Daily News for more than four decades, abused the children when they were from ages 7 to 12, they told The Inquirer in graphic detail in an article posted on the paper’s Web site.
And three first aid kits and about a gallon of whole blood.js wrote:And some rye.