Yahoo Grabs First Sports Blogger

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MEDIA NEWS: JAMIE MOTTRAM TO YAHOO!
Published 9/21/2007 at With Leather
... [NOTE: The Big Lead has a Q&A with Mottram in which TBL somehow avoids bringing up "The Wonder Years." Must have been tough for him.] ...

Jamie Mottram Leaves FanHouse for Yahoo!
Published 9/21/2007 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... Mottram explained his decision in an interview with The Big Lead. ...

Blog Dorks Movin: We congratulate Jamie Mottram, baron of all ...
Published 9/21/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... ] (The Big Lead has a full interview with the boy.) ...

Mottram Bolts AOL For Yahoo!
Published 9/21/2007 by Eric at Off Wing Opinion
... . It's been a fun ride, and while I'm sorry to see him get off at this stop, I feel fortunate that he invited me along. All the best. For more, check out The Big Lead and ...

Personal PR: I’m Going to Yahoo! Sports
Published 9/21/2007 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... Yahoo Grabs First Sports Blogger [The Big Lead] ...

High Five
Published 9/21/2007 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
A quick look around the interweb while still crying over losing Mottram Speaking of Jamie, The Big Lead asked him a few questions about his latest career move. [ The Big Lead ] LeBron James will be hosting Saturday Night Live. [ ...

Just Call Him Mr. Relevant - Jamie Mottram’s Ascent Up The Career Ladder…
Published 9/21/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... Mottram tells The Big Lead, “I’m really not going anywhere. I’ll still be working from my kitchen table.” which has to be terrific news. For him, anyway. No disrespect to JM’s new paymasters, but I’ve seeing the parking lot in Sunnyvale and other than the close proximity to In-n-Out, it’s kind of a bummer. ...

Mister Irrelevant Moves On
Published 9/21/2007 by Phillips at Rumors and Rants
... The Big Lead already summed this up as well as anyone can by saying that an earthquake hit the sports blogging community last night. The brains behind AOL's FanHouse and The Blog Show, Jamie Mottram (aka Mister Irrelevant) has been scooped up by Yahoo! Sports. In the interview TBL had with Jamie, he says he'll be quarterbacking a new project aimed at increasing the lead they currently hold on ESPN by developing blogging and community components. ...

Mottram joins Yahoo!
Published 9/22/2007 by James Mirtle at james mirtle
... , who are apparently about to get into blogging in a big way. Mottram was the overlord over at FanHouse, no easy task given he deals with a small army of bloggers who, by definition, enjoy being whiny above all else. Personally, he's been good to deal with, and never went postal over my slipping in many Canadian spellings — an offence usually punishable by guillotine at the AOL compound. The Big Lead has an interview with Mottram about the move. I really haven't been an exceptionally active participant ...

Mostly Miscellany, Sept 22
Published 9/22/2007 by TZ <info@sactownroyalty.com> at Sactown Royalty

Pre Training Camp Thoughts
Published 9/26/2007 by Kurt at Forum Blue And Gold
... , is taking his magic to Yahoo!. To my untrained eye, Yahoo! has long had the position and power to be the 800-pound gorilla of sports blogging. They are starting to head down that road. ...

Published 9/28/2007 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... . I'm curious to see what a big-name site can do with someone who truly understands blogging in an important role. ...

Top 20 Sports Blog Stories of The Year
Published 11/10/2007 by airraid81 at Juiced Sports Blog*: Writing Enhanced by Flaxseed Oil
... Landmark study proves that sports bloggers no longer live in their parents' basement. According to the study, 30% of sports blogger own their own home to blog from the basement of. 5% blog as their job. But there is still a long way to go: a full 25% of them haven't had their lives changed because of blogging. 6. The Big Lead: Jamie Mottram to Leave AOL Fanhouse for Yahoo! The Big Lead interviewed Mottram about his depature. 7. Blog Maverick: ...

Kelly Dwyer's blog sucks
Published 12/13/2007 by Crucifictorious at We Rite Goode
... . Eight days in on Jamie Mottram's first big move as the Y!'s blogging maven , here's a sampling of responses to Dwyer's 13 (!) posts yesterday: There's plenty more talk radio-level analysis to be found; one post alone-- ...