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Friday, August 08, 2003
Many of the regular readers know about this already, but here's another reminder to sign up for the 2003-04 edition of the Alison LaPlaca TV Dead Pool. It's tough call this year, considering the wealth of crappy new shows as well as series jumped the shark years ago and are still limping along with first-run episodes.
posted at 10:37 PM
Gee, Northwestern alum Rick Telander and famed Northwestern basher Jay Marriotti don't get along. What a surprise! However, this article is interesting in how it paints the pictures of the two Sun-Times columnists. What's also intriguing is how those newsroom sets for Around the Horn actually bother others co-workers. The same could be said at the Denver Post, where Woody Paige does his thing.
posted at 9:20 PM
I've done enough bitching about my job. How about something positive? Check out the results from the SI.com and the CBS Sportsline fantasy football "experts drafts" I've taken part in over the past couple of weeks. There are some common themes to be sure with my picks (and many people's picks in general).
posted at 1:04 AM
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Fun with the sports pages
First off, I'm pretty much worn out already by the Kobe Bryant stuff, but here's something that's right up my alley given my job description.
And when in doubt, Kobe could always change his name.
Then again, piss off the wrong people, and you, too could be headed for New York, or Seattle.
posted at 9:29 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Governator!
posted at 8:40 PM
I suppose it will be even more fun when I head out to California next week, considering just about everyone is running for governor now, including Arianna Gabor, excuse me, Huffington trying to pick up where her ex-husband left off. And if that's not enough, we've got the Whatchu talking about platform.
posted at 6:40 PM
Monday, August 04, 2003
The trash report
I guess Viva TRASH Vegas may had a role in this, but this weekend's trash double play (Muck Masters and the Burns) both saw sharp decreases in attendance, which was slightly disappointing. However, it still was able to produce enough decent questions to play on both in Ann Arbor and Chattanooga. Even better was winning yet another Steinhice tournament as Finding Nimoy came away with the title in a small but very competitive field. (I suppose the offshoot of fewer teams/players is that the good ones still come out.) Plus, it was fun to play with a couple of the Emory folks for the first time ever. There are still some others out there I'm surprised I've never teamed with for a tournament (some of you know who would be on the list) -- some day, some day.
One thing, though, that rankles me is people saying I have an inherent advantage in some of these tournaments because I work in sports news. I especially got annoyed with the "shenanigans" comment that came up as our team was answering a sports bonus (and he wonders why I actually got pissed at him when he gloated over a victory over our team). Does my job help in getting questions? Absolutely. But then again to get the job to begin with, you really do need good knowledge of the stuff, it's only natural. However, I know enough people who are not in the business but would also know the stuff because they also devour it. And when it comes to marginal stuff like arena football, tennis or anything not of the major sports, I can get a lot of it because I actually care about most of it, at least tangentially. And very few people I work with can say that.
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