Who Are the Highest-Paid Sports Journalists?

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Who Are the Highest-Paid Sports Journalists?
Three Idiots on Sports found this 6/18/2008 on thebiglead.com [flag]
It’s a paradox, really; everyone wants to know what their peers are making for a variety of reasons, yet nobody wants to talk about salaries. We thought we’d give it a shot. We did not, however, contact any of the journalists below to confirm/deny their salaries. The estimates you see are just that, and they were culled from articles and talks with nearly a dozen industry ... [link]

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Money, Money, Money
Published 6/18/2008 by Russianator (noreply@blogger.com) at Three Idiots on Sports
... Anyway, the guys over at The Big Lead guestimated what some of the biggest names in sports journalism are making, and it a terrific read - go check it out.....and if anyone wants to advertise on this site let us know, because I can promise you, it won't cost much. ...

Daily Links - Barrett Not Signed Yet
Published 6/19/2008 by Kyle at BroncoTalk
... Please, please, PLEASE do not tell me that Woody Paige is really making over $500,000 per year.  [The Big Lead] ...


Published 6/20/2008 by Aaron (noreply@blogger.com) at AaronGleeman.com
... said: "We've been toying around with allowing people like yourself into the press box. I know there's a lot of controversy about that among mainstream media and so forth, but our attitude is, the more access the better." Buzz Bissinger was unavailable for comment. Next time someone like Bissinger slags blogs while touting the superior standards of newspapers, point him to this news. On a related note, as The Big Lead examined and followed up on, save for a select few big names even the country's top-earning ...

Reporters' Notebooks
Published 6/20/2008 by dawizofodds (noreply@blogger.com) at The Wizard of Odds
... JaJuan Spillman was dismissed by a district court judge, but the receiver pleaded guilty to misdemeanor marijuana possession. Ian R. Rapoport, Birmingham News: Alabama cornerback Lionel Mitchell, who started 10 games over two seasons, has ended his career because of back problems. Kevin Donahue, FanBlogs: Louisiana Tech has unveiled new logos. The Big Lead: Sports journalists' salaries, in two takes. Here and here.

Fantasy Partners: Why Does Rick Reilly Get Barack Obama While Bill Simmons Gets Matthew Berry?
Published 26 days ago by Rockabye at The Arena
... to move “Life of Reilly” from the back page of SI to the back page of The Mag and theoretically use Reilly for on-camera things. Simmons isn’t exactly a pauper, but an excellent roundup of writer salaries at The Big Lead pegs his income as the high six figures, maybe just at $1 million a year, “placing him only behind Reilly at the WWL.” ...