The Bissinger Fall Out [Blogdome]

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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 ...

On Sports Blogs
Published 4/30/2008 by ClipperSteve at Clips Nation: Front Page Posts
... neither blogs nor reads blogs - what, they couldn't have gotten Gilbert Arenas?) I highly recommend that you read the post by Ken Tremendous on Fire Joe Morgan right now.  It's a pitch perfect summary of the incident.  And given that he was in fact interviewed for the tape segment that preceded the panel discussion, it would seem that he has some skin in this game.  Likewise, you should probably stop by Deadspin, as they have compiled a nice list of links as well as posting the video, not to mention Will's post mere hours ...

The Buzz about Buzz
Published 5/5/2008 by Menelaus <info@bruinsnation.com> at Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts
... 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.  As a blogger on BN, I don't spend my days ...