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I’ll be doing more with this in the next few days, but for now, I suppose I’m just out to prove a point.
What ESPN’s NFL Blog Network has done right now is, masterfully, duplicated the strategy that has made so many other blogs successful in recent time:
1) Take people with relative clout in the industry.
2) [...]

What Are Abbott Lines?
Let’s get this straight. Forty-Niner coach Mike Nolan is entitled to his reasons, is entitled to this charade of two quarterbacks competing for the starting job. He’s the boss, and the boss can create competition if that’s what makes him happy.

But it’s a phony competition because Alex Smith is a [...]

A major treat for everyone today: Press Row’s first interview! We had the honor of spending some time with Matt Maiocco, the 49ers beat reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and the author of the INSTANT 49ers blog.
Matt is a three-time winner of Pro Football Writers of America awards, and Rotoworld ranked INSTANT 49ers [...]

Nothing like going away for a few days and having everything happen, right? Hope everyone enjoyed the news-filled weekend.

Rather than simply try to catch up on all the fine journalism it appears I missed (I hear Timberlake was OK at the ESPY’s?), I’m going to take this chance to unveil a fun little feature [...]

- The prolonged march of death for the newspaper industry continued today as the LA Times laid off 150 (!!!) of their staffers, all part of a greater plan of eventually cutting the cord on 250 employees (!!?!??!), or 17% of their staff.

The mass genocide coincided with the resignation of Ann Marie Lipinski, [...]

What Are Abbott Lines?
I remember Packer taking notes at one of those sessions, walking out late one night and saying essentially, “I’m not going to be guilty of this anymore.” And very quickly the language that so offended many of us was eliminated from his analysis. Not reduced, not lessened . . . gone. More [...]

What Are Abbott Lines?
After the legendary Boston Garden closed in 1995, auctioneers looking for salvageable memorabilia found highly valuable pieces in out-of-the-way places: An abandoned darkroom was inches deep in vintage photos of Hall of Famers, while the arena’s original blueprints were stashed in a wooden trunk near the roof. It seems safe to say [...]

What Are Abbott Lines?

So, in tribute to the Entire Internet’s Dedication to Cruelty, I give you the Chicago Tribune’s Fred Mitchell (above), who is here to compare the Cubs’ recent deal for Rich Harden to…the trade of Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio. Because this guy is also speedy, just like Lou Brock. Same/same, seen? [...]

On the heels of announcing the Press Box, I’d like to roll out one of the very exciting programs that will become a permanent part of this site.
And now, introducing…the Press Row Access Awards.
This is a program aimed at tackling some of the problems I outlined in why I created the Press Box section: [...]

No Abbott Lines yesterday, but I was working on one of those cool new features that I said would land this week.
And, without further ado, I present…the Press Box!
As you can see, things are still under construction and building up. But, the groundwork is there, so I wanted to unveil it.
The purpose of the Press [...]