Closing Out This Bissinger Business [Costas Now]

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For Your Edification... Buzz Bissinger Looks Like an Evil Ben Franklin
Published 5/1/2008 at JoeSportsFan.com
... That not withstanding, Leitch appeared last night in a follow-up on The Best Damn Sports Show Period.  Now, far be it for us to dish out applause to the show which we've mocked time and again around these parts, but it was a much more fair and informative discussion.  Check out Leitch's last thoughts on the subject as well as the video right here. ...

High Five
Published 5/1/2008 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
A quick look around the interweb while apologizing for the second straight short day. While I'm feeling considerably better today, I've been completely out of the loop on things the last few days, and I'm in the process of getting caught up. Expect a full day of hack writing tomorrow. Will's final take on the whole Buzz Bissinger thing, which I haven't actually watched yet, but plan on doing sometime today. It's part of that whole catching up thing I was telling you about. [ Deadspin ] My favorite part of when basketball teams get knocked out of the playoffs is when TNT does the ...

PM Roundup: People Dislike Things
Published 5/1/2008 by Cousins of Ron Mexico at The Big Lead
... Will “Corrupt Your Youth” Leitch was on The Best Damn Sports Show last night. I think he’s ready for this all to be over with. (Deadspin) ...

Weighing In On Blogs
Published 5/1/2008 by Chris at Intentional Foul
Because of a long Doctor’s appointment yesterday, I didn’t really get to weigh in on the HBO/Bob Costas/Buzz Bissinger/Will Leitch hoopla that went on over at HBO on Tuesday night. However, when I got to work, my Google Reader was more than happy to catch me up on what I missed. And boy, there was a lot. As for my feelings, well, I’ve been in this industry (the Internet, not sports blogging) for a little while now and the only thing I can say is people like Buzz Bissinger and Bob ...

There is no Premium on Ideas, or, The Battle For Grass Creek is Not Alone
Published 5/2/2008 by royalsreview at Royals Review: Front Page Posts
... I wasn't going to write anything about Buzz Bissinger and his petulant, sanctimonious, and ill-informed rage. Not that I didn't care, far from it in fact; it actually ruined my day yesterday. Being told, even indirectly, "you suck" for the millionth time, by someone who in some sense you respect, even admire, and in any case has ultimate scoreboard over you, isn't very fun, although sadly, I've had plenty of time to get used to this sort of thing. ...