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Our Conversation With Buzz Bissinger [Well, Hello There, Sir]
deadspin.com - 6/27/2008
Our Conversation With Buzz Bissinger [Well, Hello There, Sir]
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For the last few months, since that rather festive "Costas Now" business , we have been loathe to expand much more on our initial reaction . But as Buzz Bissinger has continued to give interviews to the "respectable" media, making his "points," we felt compelled to talk one last time, to wrap this whole business up. Buzz graciously agreed for a semi-wide-ranging conversation — which has ...

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SPORTSbyBROOKS:  Bloggas: Leitch vs. Bissinger, The Final Showdown

Can't Stop The Bleeding:  One Last Leitch/Bissinger Convo: It’s A Show About Nothing!

FanHouse:  Buzz Bissinger: Friday Night Lights Proves How Serious Sports Is in Our Culture

Hogs Haven:  Will Leitch is too good not to talk about

SOX & Dawgs:  For Those Who Blog We Salute You - 6/28

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Bloggas: Leitch vs. Bissinger, The Final Showdown
SPORTSbyBROOKS — • DEADSPIN finds Will Leitch taking care of some last-minute business by having a chat with sports blog nemesis Buzz Bissinger . Buzz Bissinger Costas Now • Michael David Smith of FANHOUSE has an interview with freshly-minted DEADSPIN Editor A.J. Daulerio . (that was fast!) • Neil Best of NEW YORK NEWSDAY presents a classic clip of the late George Carlin talking baseball on “Kiner’s Korner “. • SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s CAMPUS CLICKS stays in step with O.J. Mayo’s new “ Juice Monsta” footwear . • YARDBARKER punches ...

One Last Leitch/Bissinger Convo: It’s A Show About Nothing!
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... and x-treme blog skeptic Buzz Bissinger. It’s here, it’s probably 8,000 words long, and I’m not going to excerpt it. I wouldn’t even really recommend you read it. ...

Buzz Bissinger: Friday Night Lights Proves How Serious Sports Is in Our Culture
FanHouse — ... But it's worth mentioning that in his long Q&A with Will Leitch at Deadspin, Bissinger made one point that's worth considering. After Leitch said he doesn't think sports should be treated with seriousness, Bissinger said: ...

Will Leitch is too good not to talk about
Hogs Haven — ... , read it daily, have for years. Will has presented good sports stories with glibly glibness that was simply the glibbest work about, and it spoke to me. I imagine it spoke to a lot of ...

For Those Who Blog We Salute You - 6/28
SOX & Dawgs — A.J. Daulerio is your new editor at Deadspin. [Deadspin] Our Conversation With Buzz Bissinger [Deadspin] Sox-On-Sox Crime [Center Field] Yankeeschickography: We’re Putting WHO on the Mound?! [Yankees Chick] Yet another SlumpBuster update [Red Sox Monster] What Color Is Your Cap? [Surviving Grady] Who Hasn’t Wanted to Choke Their Boss? [Babes Love Baseball] Jersey of the Week - FUKUTHOME [Home Run Derby] Phillies accused of stealing ...

Sports, Seriously
N/A — My inspiration for today’s post: yet another shot at Buzz Bissinger by the peanut gallery over at Deadspin. We all knew this was going to crop up again. Deadspin, the unrelenting leader of the sports entertainment blogosphere, has spent way too much time criticizing Bissinger after the epic Costas Now episode when Bissinger went ballistic on Will Leitch. Basically, their argument is that Bissinger is an old fogie stuck in the Nineties and that he has no idea what blogging is or why it is so funny to write crude, lewd, and rude posts about athletes and ...

Celebrating a Year in Sports Blogville
The Legend of Cecilio Guante — ... stands down (for now) 17. A redemption story for the ages progresses toward and All-Star appearance 16. A storied franchise goes from chumps to champs in historic fashion 15. Soccer delivers a star to the States (and, still, no one cares) 14. Brett Favre retires and unretires…retires and unretires…oh, give us a break already 13. A rock, chalk ridiculous NCAA championship 12. Bissinger takes on blogs, a battle ensues 11. Brady Quinn endures embarrassment, while millions watch and become ...

Dodgers Credential Bloggers for Press Box; Embrace Social Media
dodgerfan.net — ... Regardless of your views on whether or not this is a good thing, it will be very interesting to see how social media evolves and changes the way we communicate as a people. ...

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