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Mainstream Mess: More MSM Crap About Blogs
Published 6/23/2008 by PUNTE at Kissing Suzy Kolber
... But it deserves a response from us. Leitch responded here, and it’s good. Because some of us can’t be part of this so-called smarting-up of America. And if you assholes want to jump on that wagon, have fun. For the rest of us, I present a quick thing in response to Wharton’s asinine assertion of ass, in its entirety, simply titled, “Henry Dickens Longbottom And The Very Wet Lake.” Enjoy. ...

Bissenleitch For The Final Time; or, So You're Saying I Was Right?
Published 6/23/2008 by DJM at Stop Mike Lupica
... asks Leitch to defend blogs, he say something like "I don't speak for all blogs. I speak for my blog, which is often juvenile and deals with certain aspects of public humiliation because I think they're funny, newsworthy, and our business." Or something. And then we can have the debate over whether pictures of quarterbacks at birthday parties or at clubs are funny, newsworthy, and any of our goddamn business. Bissinger is a total idiot. He's also not totally wrong. Leitch today: The best sports blogs are based in truth and passion, and, yeah, sometimes that ...

Leitch Weighs In On McIntyre Thing
Published 6/23/2008 by DanShanoff.com (noreply@blogger.com) at Dan Shanoff
If this is the last "epic-ish" post that Will Lietch will write as the lead editor of Deadspin, it is an ideal one. Please read.

Media News & Notes
Published 6/23/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... And of course, there’s this. (Deadspin) Weirdest day in quite some time: A flurry of emails saying Colin Cowherd gave us props? And then a flurry of emails saying, “this is like Puffy laying in the cut setting up Tupac at the studio and now it’s time to bust back!” Sorry folks, I never really played that game. This guy named Matt Ufford attempted it repeatedly, and I just elected not to engage in it. Leitch? I met the guy once, probably about three summers ago before Deadspin had got off the ground and I “interviewed” (read: ...

Deadspin, The Big Lead, Bissinger, The LA Times, and The Three Handled Online Media Gredunza of Doom
Published 6/23/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
Okay, to catch you up. LA Times does story on blogging, featuring The Big Lead's Jason McIntyre. The Big Lead clarifies and stands by its/his position. Deadspin opens fire on the article and, though respectfully, McIntyre. Some of these we let go by. There are a number of pitches that we don't swing at. Because really, who cares what we think? But this one we'll weigh in on, because we feel like it. In the article, Jason/The Big (?) mentions a "sketchy middle ground" that blogs are being pulled towards. ...

Preaching To A Choir Of Heathens
Published 6/23/2008 by Matt at DGDB&D: a Texans blog.
As I’m sure most of you have seen by now, Will Leitch took The Big Lead to task (kinda) in response to this LA Times article about how Buzz Bissinger’s [likely drunken] tirade against Will made bloggers change their tone and become more serious.  Will’s article was well-written, even if (as other’s have pointed out) it’s a little ironic for him to be complaining about blogs changing, given the number of writers, many of them horribly shitty, who have guest slots on Deadspin now.  After all–and I’m ...

Thursday links: so is Sabathia getting traded or what?
Published 6/23/2008 by Ricky O'Donnell at The Fantasy Factor
... is coming back. He could come off the DL on Thursday. - I know Cowley mentioned this in the paper a few days ago as well, but seriously guys, K-Fuk over Jermaine Dye on the All-City team is just wrong. Allegiances be damned. Dye has been on fire the last few weeks, and SI advises that he should be a must start until further notice. Not that this has anything to do with fantasy baseball but… - Blog war! Deadspin’s Will Leitch doesn’t agree with The Big Lead’s assertion in an LA Times article that sports blogs should ...

The Friscalating Dusklight: Internets galore
Published 6/23/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
fistpump.jpg The top fist pumps of all time. We forgot to note last week: RandBites went live on Friday . Much glorious discussion of Tiger Woods, his trick knee and his greatness. The 10K Takes Mystery Media Member is … um … hmmm. Was Big Brown running with a shoe loose at the Belmont? Will Leitch gets within an eyelash of The Big Lead’s business, bats an eye, tosses his old emo bangs to the side and then dives right in to a spot right up in the business . Hey, it’s his last week as Deadspin’s chief. Let those teeth sink in. This ...

Links for Breakfast
Published 6/24/2008 by Matt P at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... that we're all playing nicer now that people are reading our dribble. We hadn't really paid much attention to the trend, but we won't argue that it hasn't happened in some places, particularly since the Times directly quotes some Big players in the field. Anyway, we're loving the backlash. With Will Leitch on his way from Deadspin to New York Mag, we can only hope for more such posts as the week unfolds. Haven't seen Will go off like this in a while. [ ...

Jason McIntyre, Tell Me How My Ass Tastes
Published 6/24/2008 by Caveman Captain at Kissing Suzy Kolber
... As someone with a fully functional frontal lobe, I of course disagree. As did Leitch, who wrote about the article — and McIntyre’s disconnect with reality — yesterday on Deadspin. That prompted this response on The Big Lead: ...

On McIntyre and the Future of Sports Blogs
Published 6/24/2008 by DanShanoff.com (noreply@blogger.com) at Dan Shanoff
I'm not going to be as nice as Will. (And that was about as outraged of a reaction as I have ever seen from Will.) If there is/was a "Deadspin Era" in sports media or sports fandom or sports consumption, it may or may not be ending as Will takes his final full-time at-bats this week. What I do know is that I think that the quotes in that L.A. Times story quite possibly reflect the era's lowest moment. Maybe that's what had Will so hopping. This is not "Us vs. Them": What a canard, propped up by mainstream media – presumably (and ironically) ...

Gentlemen, Man Your Blogger Stations
Published 6/24/2008 by josh q. public at josh q. public
... Ok, here we go!  This is getting good.  First things first.  In the name of still getting linked and not step on any toes, like tricky Dicky, let me make this perfectly clear:  I have no horse in this race.  I am just little blogger on the outside looking in.  What I see, sure is fun.  Like Optimus Prime Vs. Megatron.  Like Biggie Vs. 2-Pac.  Like Klink Vs. Hogan.  Like that there.  We have blogger wars.  Woo doggie!  Kissing Suzy Kolber    The Big Lead    Deadspin   Dan Shanoff   Peace out homies.  Six two ...

Commence The Blogger Circular Firing Squad
Published 6/24/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... I must have missed something. because the quotes provided by The Big Lead’s Jason McIntyre in the piece have managed to piss off Leitch, who wondered why McIntyre (or anyone else) would admit to changing based on Bissinger’s ranting. Following suit are ...

Pre-Draft Link Drop
Published 6/24/2008 by AdamBez (noreply@blogger.com) at Some People's Kids
... Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo Mayo. Hew, got that out of the system. Speaking of TBL if you're missing the feud going on over there, I suggest you check it out. The following is a cronological series of links of this (in Barriero's words) Kerfuffle. LATimes. TBL Deadspin Some guy ripping the shit out of Will Leitch. I'm sure there is ...

In This Metaphor, I Am The Ottoman Empire
Published 6/25/2008 by Matt Sussman at The Futon Report
wwimap.jpg You know, this is how World War I started. All the European Nations began bickering with each other, and before you know it … BLAM! Ferdinand was gone. So it’s Will’s final week on Deadspin, and he wrote a missive about Jason McIntyre, Mike Florio, (feat. AJ Daulerio), and other sports blogs trying to get mainstream acceptance. Then McIntyre ...

Blog War. Who you got?
Published 6/25/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Hermano) at We Suck at Sports
... But, here's where the fun started: Will Lietch, to some the Blogfather, penned a lengthy response to that whole thing, and really, if you haven't read that where have you been? His point? Well, that McIntyre didn't speak for everyone, and that blogs shouldn't change just because some crotchety man out of touch with reality doesn't like them. Which you know, is true. But I think what I most enjoyed is the somewhat-sugarcoated-but-really-not personal jabs at Jason. That kind of personal and sharpened opinion blade is most fun to read. ...

In Case You Missed It
Published 6/25/2008 by Russianator (noreply@blogger.com) at Three Idiots on Sports
... Olympic Basketball team and do you REALLY want to read our opinon on how Tayshaun Prince will fit into Coach K's concept, or read yet another NBA mock draft? We didn't think so. However, in case you've somehow missed it, Will Leitch at Deadspin is finishing up his last week as the editor there over there and the man has been on fire. Whether it is remembering Carl Monday, passionately and coherently defending the concept of blogging and dealing with the criticism that comes with putting ...

God's favorite driver is ... David Ragan?
Published 6/25/2008 by Jay Busbee at From the Marbles
Hey, not questioning the Almighty, but it's a curious choice. (Would've guessed the Lord was a Dale Junior fan, myself.) Still, cool picture from the Camping World 250 last weekend, no? Your interesting reading of the night ... this is probably of zero interest to anybody outside the pasty-white fraternity of sports bloggers, but what the heck. There's quite the dustup afoot over this article in the LA Times which implied sports blogs are going more legit. Deadspin took issue with statements made in the article by The Big Lead that seemed to ...

No Link For You! Come Back One Year!
Published 6/25/2008 by The MCD (noreply@blogger.com) at Rumors and Rants
... personal, guys, but holy crap, there's a Houston Texans blog? - Toro Times You've probably already read it, but I want to personally thank Chad Ford for his great work. Someone finally holds Bill Simmons accountable for the crap he writes. Good on you, Chad, even if being an NBA Geek ranks just barely above "NHL fan" - ESPN.com Larry King prediction for the day: One day this Will Leitch kid at a blog called "deadspin" is gonna be somebody - Deadspin Arsenal fan loves these pictures - Busted Coverage The goals in the ...

D.K. Wilson Vs. “The White Frat Boy Sports Blogosphere”
Published 6/26/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
Sports On My Mind’s Dwil aka D.K. Wilson has weighed more than a few times on the modern state of sports blogging, but in the wake of Will Leitch’s tsk-tisking towards The Big Lead, he’s quite prepared to toss a grenade at both of ‘em. Mainstream sports media types have summarily dismissed blogs for quite some time now. Some of the dismissing has been on point; the lack of ethics in these fools’ so-called writings, in particular. But at the very same time the mainstream is brushing these people off - people who ...

A little civility goes a long way
Published 6/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jordi) at The Serious Tip
Nearly every blog I read is talking about beef this week. And unfortunately, I'm not refering to a South Korean meat dispute. No, this week the blogs are talking about feuds. Bickering, backstabbing, and flat-out hatin'. So in the wake of Shaq v. Kobe (however one-sided), Ice-T v. Soulja Boy, and a few other people going for the spoken or written juggular, I want to quote from a post I recently read on MTV's Headbanger's Blog. Written by Mike Thompson, singer and guitarist of the Atlanta black/death metal ...

The Anatomy Of A Sports Blogger Warfare
Published 6/26/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
... 3. 06/23 12:35 p.m. EST: Will Leitch, defender of blogger nation, has several words for quote machine Jason McIntyre, The Big Lead editor/owner/buffed up stud. ...

The blog world is duking it out
Published 6/26/2008 by The Big Picture (noreply@blogger.com) at The Big Picture
When two major blogs have a grade-school fight, over a quote in an LA Times article, and then everyone chimes in, it makes for good comedy. See here, here, here, here, here, here. Now laugh. And react.

Another Load of Links
Published 6/26/2008 by The Nug (noreply@blogger.com) at The Sometimes Daily Nug
... Blogwars continue and The Sometimes Daily Nug threw the first stone. Or was it a pebble? (Deadspin) NBC has extended Notre Dame's contract until 2015. Many college football fans are shocked to learn NBC broadcasts college football. (Blue-Gray Sky ...

WHAT THE GAME'S BEEN MISSING
Published 6/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Realests) at THE REALESTS
... time of year for sports fans. Once the NBA Draft is done, we'll be stuck with MLB all summer as we count down the days 'til football returns. For blogs, it means a lot of filler posts and pointless drivel. But that all changed a couple days ago with the first major beef in the sports blogosphere: The Big Lead vs. Deadspin and Kissing Suzy Kolber. A quick recap: - TBL's Jason McIntyre gets interviewed for an L.A. Times story on sports blogs - Deadspin's Will Leitch puts McIntyre on blast for quotes Leitch views as selling out - ...

Yardbarker Is Classy, Misinformed
Published 7/2/2008 by tecmo (noreply@blogger.com) at Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies
... time you'll hear me say "Yardbarker" that many times in an opening paragraph. What intrigued me most was the quote attached to Leitch. "Sports bloggers...they're all on Yardbarker." Now, I read Deadspin, and I don't remember that quote. So I did some research (from my mom and dad's basement) and checked out Deadspin on the given date of June 23, 2008. Looks like Yardbarker was way outta context, and actually re-published a dig at them. YB (I'm sick of saying the full name) used this post , the now famous "What the...?" post Leitch wrote in response to ...

The Wednesdays
Published 7/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stoeten) at Drunk Jays Fans
... has just passed, and I figured that I might as well give a nod to the fine work he's done over there, and also to point out how he nailed his "what a load of bullshit" response to ...

How Many Sobriety Tests Must Paul Pierce Pass?
Published 26 days ago at The Sporting Blog
... . (We're definitely getting more responsible, yeah?) The biggest yuks come from questions about why Pierce would ditch his ride after being exonerated of drunken guilt. 72% of TMZ's brilliant audience thinks "something fishy" has gone down in Pierce's release. ...