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Spotlight Series
posted 24 days ago from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume
3: Fightin' Words , a series of debates on
sporting subjects vital and trivial. In this edition, Patrick Smith and David Chalk of the fantastic baseball blog Bugs & Cranks provide a counterpoint on whether ESPN's obsession with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox is good for baseball fans. We begin with Mr. Chalk. Enjoy. ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 26 days ago from
As a part of BallHype's ongoing Spotlight Series ,
we asked several bloggers to participate in a roundtable
on the issue of "humanizing athletes." Do drunk athlete photos bring fans closer to the players? Or has the blog age pushed them even further away? Tom Ziller moderated the panel, which included: Nik Richie, TheDirty.com Will Leitch, Deadspin Brooks Melchior, Sports ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 4/29/2008 from
PostmanE and PostmanR are the almost identically
pseudonymed dudes that blog at We Are the Postmen
, FanHouse , Inside the Hall , Y! Sports Blogs , ESPN The Magazine and, now, for BallHype. In the second edition of Fightin' Words, they settle the one settleable argument: Best. Sports blog. Ever. Enjoy. PostmanE: R and I spend a lot of time arguing about sports ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 3/27/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume
3: Fightin' Words , a series of debates on
sporting subjects vital and trivial. In this edition, Clevelander Scott Sargent ( profile ) of Waiting For Next Year and Philadelphian Matt P ( profile ) of The 700 Level argue over which of their cities is the most cursed sports town in America. Enjoy. ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 3/25/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume
3: Fightin' Words , a series of debates on
sporting subjects vital and trivial. In this edition, Dan Shanoff of DanShanoff.com and The Sporting Blog argues that the NBA is becoming a niche sport. His opponent: Tom Ziller of NBA FanHouse and Sactown Royalty . Enjoy. Shanoff: The once-hallowed "Big Four" ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 3/13/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume
2: Bibilotech, a series of essays about books. In
this edition, M. Haubs of The Painted Area discusses five sports books he's excited to see this year... and five he wishes were written . Enjoy. Last summer, we noted in our regular moonlighting space that the past few years seemed to be something of a golden age for ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 3/12/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume
2: Bibilotech, a series of essays about books. In
this edition, Geoff Young of Ducksnorts tells you how to quit your job and write a book (or two) . Enjoy. In August 2006, I got the bright idea of writing a book based on my Padres blog, Ducksnorts . I'd published a couple "Best Of" eBooks in the past that relied ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 2/20/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series ,
Volume 2: Bibilotech, a series of essays about books.
In this edition, Ty Keenan ( FanHouse , FreeDarko ) discusses his thesis on Gravity's Rainbow and the concurrent Warriors playoff run. Enjoy. From the beginning of last April to the middle of May, my life was occupied by little more than two activities: following ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 2/13/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume
2: Bibilotech, a series of essays about books. In
this edition, the illustrious Bill Walton reviews God Save the Fan by Will Leitch of Deadspin . Enjoy. There are few things on this planet better than the feeling of curling up under the stars with a sleeping bag and a good book. The scent of warmed papyrus takes me back to a day ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 2/11/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series ,
Volume 2: Bibilotech, a series of essays about books.
In this edition, John Krolik ( SportsHubLA , FreeDarko ) takes us through an analysis of Darcy Frey's The Last Shot with today's sensibilities. Enjoy. Darcy Frey's The Last Shot is not about basketball. It can't be. Basketball is a diversion, a game played for the benefit of ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 2/6/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume
2: Bibilotech, a series of essays about books. Jay
Busbee is the creator of the Southern sports blog Sports Gone South and the Atlanta sports blog Right Down Peachtree . (He was more Landry than Riggins in high school, but then, weren’t we all?) His essay is on the effects of Hollywood on Friday Night Lights, The Book . Enjoy. ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 1/28/2008 from
Welcome to the BallHype Spotlight Series , Volume
2: Bibilotech, a series of essays about books. We
start with Bethlehem Shoals of FreeDarko (and soon, The Sporting Blog ). Shoals takes us through the tomes which helped form his liberated fandom. Enjoy. As a pre-teen, I was quite ordinary. I spent a lot of time in synagogue, and read baseball history till it became its own kind ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 1/21/2008 from
Welcome to the first volume of the BallHype
Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't . Tortured
franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. Today, Jamie Mottram from Mister Irrelevant and Yahoo! reconsiders Joe Gibbs' sabbatical from the Washington Redskins. From the winter of my kindergarten year to ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 1/16/2008 from
Welcome to the first volume of the BallHype
Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't . Tortured
franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. Today, Tom Ziller from Sactown Royalty considers Chris Webber's fortune. Chris Webber's career has been defined by the word if . Supposing all basketball ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 1/14/2008 from
Welcome to the first volume of the
BallHype Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't .
Tortured franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. We've already looked at re-tellings of recent times for the New York Knicks , the Chicago Cubs , the Los Angeles Lakers , the St. Louis Cardinals , the ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 1/9/2008 from
Welcome to the first volume of the BallHype
Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't . Tortured
franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. We've already looked at re-tellings of recent times for the New York Knicks , the Chicago Cubs , the Los Angeles Lakers and the St. Louis Cardinals and the ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 1/7/2008 from
Welcome to the first volume of the BallHype
Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't . Tortured
franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. We've already looked at re-tellings of recent times for the New York Knicks , the Chicago Cubs , the Los Angeles Lakers and the St. Louis Cardinals . Here ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 1/2/2008 from
Welcome to the first volume of the BallHype
Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't . Tortured
franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. We've already looked at re-tellings of recent times for the New York Knicks , the Chicago Cubs , and the Los Angeles Lakers . Here now is Larry Borowsky of the ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 12/31/2007 from
Welcome to the first volume of the
BallHype Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't .
Tortured franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. We've already looked at re-tellings of recent times for the New York Knicks and the Chicago Cubs . Here now is Kurt from Forum Blue & Gold considering a ...
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Spotlight Series
posted 12/27/2007 from
Welcome to the first volume of the
BallHype Spotlight Series : What If... History Weren't .
Tortured franchises and athletes surround us. The blogdome's best imagine alternate histories for their rooting interests. Last week, Joey from Straight Bangin' brought you his re-imagination of life as a Knicks fan. Today, Al Yellon of Bleed Cubbie Blue takes ...
Fightin' Words: On ESPN's Obsession With YANKS vs SAWX