greasywheels121 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 http://deadspin.com/378253/ricky-reilly-bi...d-sportswriting Very solid read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 just got done reading it before I came here, excellent read. I especially agree with the Simmons part, I use to be a fan, now his stuff is repetative and boring. I've never liked Reilly's stuff, so I probably wouldn't be the most fair judge! If you get a chance, listen to Dan Patrick's new show. He's affiliated with si.com, but he seems more free than he was on espn. I believe he cited that one of the reason's he left espn was he felt too many conflicts existed at espn, and this week on his show he said he probably should have left earlier. http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/04/most-stuff-sucks.html that's a link to firejoemorgan.com and their take on the article, good read as well. I just completely miss the boat on the new breed of sports coverage, like ATH, Mariotti, etc. It's just these pompus a-holes ripping on people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 Yeah, they nailed the point on Simmons. I still like him, but not nearly as much as I used to. Everything he does seems so self-serving and as the post noted, out of touch from the Joe Schmo fan anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 He didn't need to see Rich Garces' tits in order to glean insight as to how he pitches (though I've heard Rich Garces' tits are AMAZING). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 QUOTE (greasywheels121 @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 03:04 PM) Yeah, they nailed the point on Simmons. I still like him, but not nearly as much as I used to. Everything he does seems so self-serving and as the post noted, out of touch from the Joe Schmo fan anymore. yeah, from what I've read and heard he came from money, so it was always a little bit of an act. When Carolla was still on love line he talked about him referring to him as something like "I guess a friend because I don't have any better word to describe our relationship" and said how he got an expensive sports car when he was a teenager and how Adam couldn't relate to that. It's kind of funny when he talks about scraping by in Boston, etc... who knows, that's all hearsay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I thought the article had good intentions but then never really got to the point. I think the author was definitely on to something, but was more interested in making some good jokes at the expense of Riley and Simmons than in really exploring why it is these writers have failed us. Could have had a lot more substance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie hayes Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Everytime I read some writer's anti-blog rant, it baffles me. Do you really think I'll read you more because you say I should read you more? f***. You. Write something interesting instead of bawling like a girl for 1000-odd words. The two or three times in the last month I visited ESPN or SI online and actually made an effort to, you know, read things, I left hating myself that I'd wasted 10 minutes, 15, whatever, and learned absolutely nothing, and worse, enjoyed none of it. Now, I'll waste plenty of time every day here, checking rotoworld every half-hour or whatever, but there's nothing that compares in pure vacuousness to the recycled cliches and yesterday's news of the big sports networks. You take something that's totally empty and make it pretentious. Oh, sure, now I'm interested in what you have to say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 sportwriters are just pissed because bloggers have made them have to work harder. wah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 http://www.danshanoff.com/2008/04/on-rick-...y-drew-and.html Dan Shanoff takes this point even further, by saying it's mainly just the MSM columnists that are becoming obsolete because of the bloggers. However, the MSM beat writers are still strong points and being utilized correctly by the newspapers, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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