On Message Boards, Scott Van Pelt and Fandom

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Scott Van Pelt's Message Board Conundrum
Published 9/5/2007 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... Another person who frequents that site is the Washington Post's Dan Steinberg who just happened upon a heated "internet" exchange between SVP and another Maryland fan (I'm going to highlight a few things here, but you have to head over to the DCSB for the whole exchange). ...

Message Boards Will Someday Win A Pulitzer: Scott Van Pelt Hates Anonymous Internet Garbage
Published 9/5/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... , and, like has happened to so many of us, he ended up in a flame war that he later regretted. ...

More from the bloggers-vs.-ESPN slapfight
Published 9/5/2007 by Beau Dure at Sports Scope
We'll just pass this along rather than muse on whatever election or revolution made Deadspin the final authority on Netiquette: D.C. Sports Bog catches up with Scott Van Pelt to follow up on an exchange in which the ESPN anchor takes issue with a noted anonymous cynic on a Maryland message board. In the Bog's comments, Van Pelt has his share of support, even though he says he'll back away from posting under his own name in the future. ...

Mr. Fantasy Responds!
Published 9/5/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Or Scott Van Pelt’s message board etiquette? (This is a great story, really worth the read.) ...

ESPN Anchor Scott Van Pelt is a Flamer
Published 9/5/2007 by rcade at SportsFilter
... message board for University of Maryland fans Read Story. ...

Scott Van Pelt Blasts Internet Poster For Maryland Criticism
Published 9/5/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
• DC SPORTS BOG knows well enough not to bad mouth Maryland football when Scott Van Pelt is lurking about : • THE WIZARD OF ODDS hears from the grapevine that sideline sensation Erin Andrews and Bagders big man Bret Bielema ...

"You are a piece of garbage and I loathe you and all your kind."
Published 9/6/2007 by garyclark at Sports Frog
... So says Scott Van Pelt, ESPN personality, Terrapin fan, and internet sports message board enthusiast. ...

The Week in Blogs II
Published 9/7/2007 by Luke at Midgets With Jetpacks
... D.C. Sports Blog shows us Scott Van Pelt's message board lifestyle. ...

A Q&A with ESPN Anchor Scott Van Pelt
Published 9/8/2007 by Jarrett Carter at (Obsolete Feed)
... 2. You're a Terps fan, and while your employer seems to have no qualms about your allegiance to your alma mater, some bloggers and posters do. Your exchange with a poster on a Terps message board is a recent example. Talk about balancing your profession with being a fan, and how difficult or easy it is to do so. ...

This Week in Bloggernets: Big Papi rap translations are fun
Published 9/8/2007 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... ) -- If you haven't read this fascinating look at ESPN's Scott Van Pelt posting on Internet message boards, it's time. ( DC Sports Bog ) -- Shaquille O'Neal doesn't really answer his phone this way, does he? ( ...

ESPN College Basketball Analyst Doug Gottlieb Gets Into Verbal Spat In Chat Room
Published 12/7/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... (4:27 PM ET ) Ask your mom. Johns Mom (Notre Dame): GOTTLIEB I KNOW YOU STOLE MY SON'S CREDIT CARD! Doug Gottlieb: (4:34 PM ET ) Ten years ago I made a mistake...and payed for it...18 years ago YOU WERE your parents mistake and they are still paying for it ." Touche. There's a valuable lesson to be learned in all this - don't dilly-dally digitally with a defiant Doug. Just imagine the fireworks flying if Gottlieb ever came to message board blows with fellow Bristol employee Scott Van Pelt . —