thebiglead.com - 8/7/2008
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To the best of our knowledge, ESPN had the following people tracking the Brett Favre story as if it were a Presidential campaign: Wendi Nix, Rachel Nichols, Chris Mortensen, Ed Werder, Sal Paolantonio, Kevin Seifert (NFC North “blogger”), and maybe even John Clayton.
And Jay Glazer still got the story for Fox Sports . What we’re hearing (rumor, innuendo, speculation from ...
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FanIQ Blog —
Jets fans are pretty excited today. I wonder why... [The Legend of Cecilio Guante]
So how did Jay Glazer of Fox Sports beat the army of ESPN reporters to the Favre trade story? [The Big Lead]
So wait, how popular are the Olympics in reality? [Gawker]
Dinosaurs invade Comiskey Park. Carl Everett does not approve. [Home Run Derby]
I know people say LeBron won't go to Europe, but what WOULD it take to actually get him there? [BallerBlogger]
A story about a Giants fan who down to Nicaragua to buy a ...
The Internets: Hey, somebody found bullpen help!
Randball —
... . Sounds like a nice set-up man. It must be that baffling way by which he rolls the ball instead of throwing it. Tampa Bay should be very happy. Any team (cough) would be happy. * Jay Glazer pwned ESPN . *SportsCenter Steve ...
Pennington's the True Loser in Favre Deal
FanHouse —
... in the wake of the Brett Favre trade, and I'd hate to be one of the dozen ESPN reporters who got scooped by Jay Glazer, but the biggest loser in the Favre trade may be ...
FAVRE: THE AFTER TRADE EFFECTS
Zoner Sports —
... The Big Lead tells us how one man beat the ESPN army on the Favre to Jets news, and how ESPN tried to control the story. Fail. ...
The downfall of credibility
Press Row —
... With so many sports fans constantly surfing the web to see what’s happening, the race to be “first” has never meant so much. So important this race has become, that when a major story finally breaks, a portion of the coverage becomes, “Who ...
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Chuckie Hacks —
... . Boy, how much do they hate Jay Glazer? Here's a great piece from TheBigLead about how Glazer single handily beat mobs of ESPN reporters during the Favre-GB divorce. Good Stuff.
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Get Away From Me Rachel Nichols! [Brett Favre]
deadspin.com 8/6/2008 — If there's any people to feel empathy toward during this whole Brett Favre mess, it probably should be the army of ESPN reporters who've been obsessively covering it with the intensity of a presidential election. This morning, Chris Mortensen, phoned ...
How does Crayola Head Rachel Nichols get such unprecedented access to Brett Favre? —
Clubhouse Cancer
Some other sports blogs are insinuating there are sexual favors involved, which we all know isn’t true…no matter how salacious and fantastic that may be. No, it isn’t nearly as sordid as all that. It’s not the oldest profession in the world that gets Crayola Head so close to her ESPN stories…it’s the oldest bias in the world that gets her the story over talented broadcast journalists like ...
Brett Favre And Rachel Nichols Are About 27 Minutes Outside Of Hattiesburg [Brett Favre] —
Deadspin
Rachel Nichols cannot be stopped in her dogged pursuit of the Brett Favre saga — and now you can track both of them as they zoom across the Midwest in search of a permanent home for the exiled quarterback. Here's an interesting email from a Deadspin reader: I work up at [redacted] in Milwaukee, obviously covering the favre crap very closely. Rachel Nichols is on his plane to ...
Please God, let it stop! —
Boiled Sports
There are two things in this picture. One is good, the other isn't. Hint, the one that's good is not Brent Fav-ray. It's the side profile of ESPN's Rachel Nichols. Favre headed either to Bucs or Jets. His agent says Packers might trade quarterback as soon as Wednesday. The sooner he is traded the sooner we'll stop with the constant Favre ticker on ESPN. Breaking News! Brett Favre took a ...
