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Why Don’t Journalists Call Out Their Own?
thestartingfive.net - 7/15/2009
Why Don’t Journalists Call Out Their Own?
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Since I don’t do Monday links, I had to post this. Ed Hill’s conversation will be posted as soon as I receive one more quote from another writer. Hope you had a great weekend. My sister hit me up heated Sunday after watching Sports Reporters. She was hot over the comments ...
footballoutsiders.com - 7/14/2009
Remembering Steve McNair
— footballoutsiders.com — He caught pigs as a rookie, donated truckloads of supplies to Katrina survivors, and taught us to... love the Super Bowl again. Mike Tanier remembers Steve McNair. read more (more) Remembering Steve McNair

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Ink Stained: Rick Morrissey proves to readers that blogs do no research by doing no research himself
It's Just Sports — ... . Michael Tillery of the Starting Five posed an interesting question this week: Why don't journalists call out their own? The money passage: Anyone who is murdered can be called a dumbass in death because it's so easy. It's the easiest column to write. Hate is easy. Hate is the easiest reaction. Try going the other way for once in your life. Bad decisions are usually the case when someone dies right? I never see Blacks doing this, again, when someone White dies. His or her death is enough right? You can continue this ridiculous separation of thought if you want to, but do it ...

Best of the (basketball) net: Week of July 18
Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog — ... is envy-inducingly in Rhodes for the U20 European Championship Men. Cut out his coverage here at BallinEurope.com this week or at heinnews.com. Highly regional in feel is HoopsAddict’s interview of New Jersey-based sportswriter Dave D’Alessandro, but it’s still a great read. Over at the always smokin’ TheStartingFive.net, the rants were totally unleashed this week – i mean, even for them. Check out “If you have a weight problem, face it” and “Why don’t journalists call out their own?” to warm up, before soberly ...

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