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Top 10 Things That Need To Jump Over A Shark
Published 4/30/2008 by Truth About It at truthaboutit.net
... stream journalists. Buzz admittedly expressed that a basis for his anger comes from the fact that blogs are part of our future media experience....and that his son will be exposed to the glib tone and quick nature of blogs. Leitch didn't do the best job of defending blogs, but who can blame him as he was essentially ambushed. I doubt I could have done much better. Braylon Edwards actually came across as the most composed and honest voice. Read follow-ups from Deadspin here and here. And a follow up from the Big Lead here. Costas unfairly ...

Buzz Bissinger vs. Will Leitch: The Day After
Published 4/30/2008 by DanShanoff.com at Dan Shanoff
... be hearing about or talking about this morning. I had this to say last night just after the segment was over, along with links to posts from Will Leitch himself, along with Brian from Awful Announcing. UPDATE: Orson/Spencer from EDSBS has an amazing post-Bissinger post. What's amazing is that Bissinger isn't inducing outrage; he is inducing even more great work from bloggers (and, yes, some sense of solidarity). But, mostly, thoughtful reactions. AJ Daulerio weighs in, on Deadspin. Postman R had a comment on Will's Deadspin post ...

Sports blogs, sports writers and why sports journalism doesn’t matter
Published 4/30/2008 by R.J. at Snobs vs. Slobs
... and A.J. Daleurio . Both were subjects of an episode of Bob Costas’ HBO show Tuesday evening as Buzz Bissinger basically set himself on fire getting angry at Leitch about sports bloggers.—- Some things to think about before we go any deeper: First, I’m not really a sports blogger. In a technical sense, yes, our site runs on blogging software and, yes, I sometimes write here. But, I don’t consider myself a sports blogger and self-definition is very important. So, if you think I’m defending sports bloggers or blogs in general (more on that in a second) because I’m a ...

“Costas Now” Internet segment in video from
Published 4/30/2008 by PostmanR at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... O’Day asked for it, so here it is. Watching it again … ugh … I really just don’t want to write about it because I’d go on for way too long. (See here, ...

Weighing In On Sports Blogging In The Wake of "Bissinger vs Leitch"
Published 4/30/2008 by BDoc at The Sports Oasis
I typed "Bissinger vs Leitch" because it was more Bissinger ranting about something he obviously didn't fully understand, and Will Leitch doing his best to defend it without cursing or fighting. It's been addressed a few times today over at Deadspin, and Brian Powell at Awful Announcing threw in his $.02 in addition to getting footage of the segment on YouTube. Many thanks to him for that. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it live, and until the video was put up I really ...

Full Of Sound And Fury, Signifying Everything
Published 4/30/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... the NBA because players have tattoos and some even dare to have cornrows or dreadlocks, and who blanches at every incident of violence on the court as a sign that the league as a whole is out of control. If you don’t mind me saying so, that’s a fuck of a lot of profanity and abuse heaped on by those supposed guardians of the Right Way of doing things.  Glass houses, stones, throwing….right, you know the deal. Takes on the program: Both Will and AJ from Deadspin, Orson at EDSBS, Brian at Awful Announcing, D-Wil at Sports on ...

PM Roundup: Buzz Bissinger, Popular Man
Published 4/30/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
This is Selita Ebanks. Osi Umenyiora is a lucky, lucky man. We’ve started to pick some interns, but there are still “resumes” to get to. You’ll see their work shortly. We do hope to respond to everyone. After the jump, Reggie Bush, miscaptioned. Buzz is Buzzy: Dodger Thoughts, Double Nickels, Deadspin, AJ Daulerio, Scott’s Shots, Fire Joe Morgan, Fanhouse, Awful Announcing, all have a take on the HBO show last night. NBA playoff ratings are through the roof. (USA ...

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 ...

The Buzz about Buzz
Published 5/5/2008 by Menelaus <info@bruinsnation.com> at Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts
... was.  I don't need to note sharply declining newspaper readerships or the employment fears of traditional writers.  There's no need to point out that there are good and bad professional journalists, just as there are good and bad blogs.  I don't even need to chuckle about some folks inability to discern the difference between a comment and a front page blog post.  Those points, and many others, have already been made (among other places, here, here, here, here, here, and here). I prefer a slightly different angle. ...