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BLOGGING JACKAL TIME: MITCH ALBOM IS SHORT, PREACHY, AND SHORT
BLOGGING JACKAL TIME: MITCH ALBOM IS SHORT, PREACHY, AND SHORT
Mitch Albom’s very favorite pose–as a sportswriter of repute* for a major paper** in one of America’s premier cities***, and author of such books as The First Five People You Meet in Heaven and A Project Chick under his pen name, Nikki Turner–remains that of chiding ...
Blogs vs. Mainstream Media … Again
Blogs vs. Mainstream Media … Again
misterirrelevant.com — Scott Van Pelt felt sorry enough for me to have me on his ESPN radio program this... afternoon. We discussed blogs, the mainstream media, why Mitch Albom isn’t qualified to make arrests, and how, like, totally similar Van Pelt and I are! (Hint: ... (more) Blogs vs. Mainstream Media … Again
It's Just Sports has destroyed Mitch Albom
blog.mlive.com — Did our two destructions of Mitch Albom in the last two weeks make him hate blogs? I... think we did. (more) It's Just Sports has destroyed Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom proves that he's a hater and a hypocrite
blog.mlive.com — Mitch Albom covers sports for a living, but with his latest column ripping college football recruiting, he... prove he is not really a fan of sports. And he is a tiny little man. (more) Mitch Albom proves that he's a hater and a hypocrite
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Another writer comes out swinging against Mitch Albom
It's Just SportsEvery Day Should Be Saturday : I went with a rather thorough takedown of Albom's "Defense of Detroit." Pardeep called B.S. on Albom's rant against college signing day . But EDSBS comes out with the best of the bunch, an easy way to group every Mitch column into one of three categories: He does this by insisting that sports has to be something other than spectacle, and does so by tsk-tsking you into taking one of three stances reliably found in any Mitch Albom column. Sports have gone too far. Wow, our priorities really are out of line. Spank, hug. This thing ...

The 2009 Dawgsports Signee Awards
Dawg Sports — ... Now that the insanity of Signing Day is over, it's time for all of us bloggers to rationally dissect this signing class to determine which guys will do what, and when. Of course, Mitch Albom says that we should be ashamed of ourselves for doing this. Yeah, like a guy who makes Mike Lupica look like Aristotle is going to sway my opinion. So here goes. The 2009 Signee Awards are: ...

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