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‘They Got Me’

February 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Abu Dhabi, Journalism, Sports Journalism

That was the subject line on the e-mail I received yesterday from a friend of mine, David Lassen, and since he was working as a columnist in the print industry, it was hard to imagine “They got me” was going to be anything good. Maybe as the butt of a practical joke. You know, “Boy, […]

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Buster Douglas Beats Mike Tyson!

February 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Abu Dhabi, Sports Journalism

I don’t often do this. Just link to someone/somebody and let it go at that.
But this story and the nine-minute video that goes with it are worthy of it. (As if none of you aren’t looking at espn.com.)
In the three decades I spent covering sports, including the 23 I spent as a sports editor,  Buster […]

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Hey, LATimes.com: I Want My Dilbeck!

February 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Abu Dhabi, Angels, Baseball, Dodgers, Journalism, Lakers, Newspapers, Sports Journalism, USC

My friend and former colleague Steve Dilbeck now blogs about the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times.
I would like to read Steve’s blog. I would also like to read a blog about the Dodgers.
The trouble?
None of the latimes.com blogs will load. Zero. Sports, politics, news. None can be called up.
The people who run the website […]

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Super Bowl Media Day! A Pox on Thee!

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi, NFL, Sports Journalism

I was thinking of a headline along the lines of “Not Missing Super Bowl Media Day,” but that could be misconstrued. As in, I didn’t miss it; I was there. When I meant “I am so not missing the mockery of a sham that is Media Day.”
Look at your local newspaper tomorrow morning. Or at […]

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Can We Have a Shout-Out for Jose Canseco?

January 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Baseball, Sports Journalism

Have I written this before?
If I haven’t … I should have.
Thank you, Jose Canseco. Thank you for telling us what we didn’t want to hear about baseball and steroids. Thank you for never giving in, never going into a shell when fellow users were calling you names, like “delusional” … and said you had a […]

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Soccer Opinions Worth a Look

December 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Sports Journalism, soccer

A few weeks ago, I posted a lengthy bit of material from a person who commented on a Landon Donovan post.
I thought it was so nicely done that I devoted most of a subsequent blog entry to the comment.
The  material came from a blogger who goes by the screen name of 51NC3PONG. This person has […]

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Catching Up with American Sports

December 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi, Angels, Baseball, Basketball, College football, Dodgers, Kobe, Lakers, Lists, NBA, NFL, Olympics, Sports Journalism, UCLA, USC, World Cup, soccer

Mostly, I just wanted to see how many “categories” I could have at the top of this item. Now let’s see if I actually mention something about all of them.
Some interesting topics playing out in U.S. sports right now and, really, I’m aware of them. Not everyone back home seems to remember we do, in […]

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What Do Readers Really Want?

November 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Journalism, Sports Journalism

Sometimes the answer to this question is just plain scary.
When journalists talk among themselves about “what readers really want” … they almost always take the high road. Too high a road.
Readers want incisive reporting and elegant writing, journalists say. They want global news. They want hard-hitting investigative journalism That Makes a Difference and creates an […]

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Site for Remembering Jim Long

November 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Journalism, Sports Journalism, The Sun

One of our favorite former journalism co-workers, Jim Long, died in September at age 46. Far too young for far too good a guy.
Here is the obit that we did here in September, but most of you have seen it.
The news here is that his widow, Judith Pfeffer, has created a blog dedicated to those […]

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Former Sun Sports Writer Now a Federal Judge

October 3rd, 2009 · 6 Comments · Baseball, Journalism, Newspapers, Sports Journalism, The Sun

A real “man bites dog” story. News, that is.
David T. Bristow, former San Bernardino Sun sports staffer, was sworn in Friday as a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. Central District Court.
Yes. Our David Bristow, former Sun agate clerk and the guy who covered, home and road, the historic first season of the San Bernardino […]

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