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Archive » Let’s Reinvent the Game Story » National Sports Journalism Center
i don't have the answers here, but i can say, as a fan of the sport of baseball, game stories are dead to me. have been for years. never read them, and i can't really see the point.
game  story  sports  writing  media  journalism  reporting  sportswriting 
november 2009 by sogrady
PROVING THAT SIZE DOES MATTER | WRESTLING LEGEND ANDRE THE GIANT « The Selvedge Yard
andre the giant always was a larger than life character, both literally and figuratively. even so...wow.
andrethegiant  wrestling  history  sports  alcohol  size  biography 
august 2009 by sogrady
How Red Sox pitchers work the strike zone - Tony Massarotti sports blog - Boston.com
a perfect example of what the mainstream media could do with better data if they cared to. while i continue to have my differences with Mazz, this is a very nice piece; wish we saw more of this.
mainstream  media  tonymassarotti  redsox  sports  data  pitchfx  pitching 
july 2009 by sogrady
IBM | Syndication | Podcast | IBM and the Future of Baseball
not nearly as cool as i thought it would be: extremely basic in its content and approach. it seems aimed solely at people who have no idea that statistics have been applied to baseball. too bad.
sports  metrics  ibm  future  baseball  statistics  via:michael 
november 2008 by sogrady
FOX Sports on MSN - - This revolution won't be televised either
"American television will soon learn the same industry-killing lesson that is currently destroying American newspapers. The birth of the Internet means you can no longer dictate what is news, when news happens and what is appropriate for viewers."
sports  olympics  disruption  internet  jasonwhitlock  tv 
august 2008 by sogrady
Big League Wiffle Ball
via Will Carroll via Alex comes...my post analyst industry career path
wiffle  sports  bigleaguewiffleball 
april 2008 by sogrady
Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases: Changes in latitudes
congrats to Bath's own Chad Finn for his move to the Boston Globe: great move on their part
chadfinn  blogging  sports  redsox  bostonglobe  blogger 
march 2008 by sogrady
crashburnalley.com » Conlin’s Losing Numbers [UPDATED TWICE: See end]
crusty old Philly sportswriter doesn't look them upstart bloggers: news at 11
baseball  mlb  bloggers  sports  journalism 
november 2007 by sogrady
YouTube - Miracle in Mississippi - Trinity 28, Millsaps 24 10-27-2007
i'm not a huge football fan, but i can't say that i've ever seen anything quite like this. 15 laterals? and just a note for the Williams alums: it's not the Trinity we played, it's the other one.
football  sports  laterals  trinity  millsaps 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN.com - Blogs - Rob Neyer Blog
"Why not ask the starting pitcher for three or four innings, and no more?" - ironically, this is what i'd like to see Francona do w/ Matsuzaka
mlb  sports  pitching  baseball 
october 2007 by sogrady
Catching Flack » Do’s and Don’ts for Analyst Briefings on BNET
"Try to avoid sports, that’s not a sort of universal solvent for small-talk." - this may be good analyst advice in general, but it's not for me
sports  analysts  pr  ar  briefings 
october 2007 by sogrady
ESPN Page 2 - Pearlman: Killed joy
"If you're a die-hard Yankee backer these days, fun means absolutely nothing. Fun is for failures." - not that we're innocent of this, but the Yankee mantra of no World Series = failure completely misses the point, IMO
sports  yankees  winning 
october 2007 by sogrady
Nos. 57 Through 60: Chuchk Klosterman's Four Ways to Save Sports Media - Esquire
"No. 58: Kill the 'Argument' Model" - amen. on the rare occasions i watch ESPN these days (usually on JetBlue) it's borderline unwatchable for this very reason. Skip Bayless on the "Hot Seat" being exhibit a.
espn  chuckklosterman  sports  media  argument  debate 
october 2007 by sogrady
MLB Trade Rumors: Blog Gets Through To Felix Hernandez
and to think that some people still claims blogs have no relevance or authority: kudos to the USS Mariner guys. interesting to note that an open letter finally made an impact as well.
ussmariner  blogging  felixhernadez  impact  sports 
july 2007 by sogrady
Techquila Shots » First Twitter Bots Launched: Sports Teams, Weather, Stock Quotes
got added to these guys' Twitter friends list, interestingly - methinks we're going to see a lot more of this. and spam.
sports  twitter  bots  alerts  sms 
april 2007 by sogrady
The Big Picture: Blogger Interviews: Dan Shanoff
"For commentary and opinion, meanwhile, mainstream media is way behind bloggers, and the gap is widening: For timeliness, for depth, for insight, for almost everything." - will have more to say later, but some interesting points in here re: blogging
blogging  shanoff  sports  mainstreammedia  newspapers  print  journalim 
february 2007 by sogrady
The New Yorker : talk : content
"The point is that business is not a sporting event. Victory for one company doesn’t mean defeat for everyone else" - interesting datapoint to consider when evaluating volume and market opportunities
volume  market  opportunity  via:Matt  thirdplace  vendor  sports 
december 2006 by sogrady
The Soxaholix
why was i not told about this? i want an explanation on my desk, tomorrow, you hear me?
soxaholix  redsox  humor  blog  boston  sports 
october 2006 by sogrady
The Soxaholix: At the sound of the falling tree, it's 9:30
"Wait a second, are you telling me that more and more people are unwilling to pay to get ink stained fingers and get verbally pissed on by guys like Dan Shaughnessy?" amen, sooner or later the Globe will have to learn that vitriol is a tired, tired act
globe  sports  redsox  shaughnessy 
october 2006 by sogrady

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