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Clearing the Bases -- Late Friday Dead Horse Flog Edition
The Futility Infielder — ... with Costas by Kansas City Star TV critic Aaron Barnhart, who had already written a very good take (emphasis in original): TV Barn: So, do you agree with Will Leitch that MSM-blogger relations were irreparably harmed by that exchange on your show? Bob Costas: No. No. Buzz realizes that he did a disservice to his own points. On the other hand, if fairness prevails — which on the web it often doesn't because people are coming after whoever the villain-of-the-day is with torches and pitchforks — but if fairness prevails, you keep in mind who he is and that more than outweighs ...

Buzz and the blogs
John Clay's Sidelines — ... book about high school football in Texas. It may be the best book on high school sports ever written. Here's a Q & A at The Big Lead with Bissinger in which he apologizes (sort of) for his behavior on the HBO show, without exactly repudiating his words. As another aside, here's Bissinger on the Eight Belles tragedy. More links: Another Bissinger interview. [Sporting News] Comment allez-vous Buzz Bissinger? [Aaron Barnhart] Bissinger's blog bashing: Over the top, but on target. [Leonard ...