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Like him or not—and I don’t think many do—Jay Mariotti’s departure from the Chicago Sun-Times leaves yet another sizeable void in the sports newspaper world.
While his editor seems to think Mariotti’s strange exit will produce some mysterious spike in readership, bringing back all those jilted Chicagoans that just boycotted the paper because of Mariotti, [...]

We here at Press Row are excited to announce our first group of Access Awards contestants for August 2008.  Voting is now open on the poll on the right sidebar of the homepage.  To give voting an entire week, we will end on 12 AM, Tuesday, September 2nd.

We received many high quality submissions for this [...]

Many of you may not know that I am an alumnus of NFL Europe / Europa. No, I didn’t run play quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals like Kurt Warner, but I did work with the league during their last season of existence in 2007, when I was a US PR Assistant for the Berlin [...]

As a college and NFL fan who loves stats and knowing every last detail of what’s going on, there are few times of the year more fun than training camp.
It’s that time when every last player on the roster has a chance to make their mark and prove they belong. It’s also probably the only [...]

Every now and then, I’ll occasionally put on the ol’ football analysis hat and tackle an issue that’s on my mind. Right now, I’ve been mulling one over that I’ve vented about to my friends, and the evidence is, once again, starting to build in my favor.
In general, USC football players fail at the pro [...]

To the casual fan, the world of sports media looks stronger than ever.
Networks like ESPN/ABC and FOX offer unprecedented levels of coverage, both online and on television. (Just look at NBC’s projected coverage of the Olympics–a great read from The Globe and Mail in Canada.) The blogging realm gains more and more steam, with thousands [...]

What is Media Tech Watch?
Some slick looking phones get outfitted with E-Ink displays “that can scroll through 96 different images whenever a call is received.”
How about a footstool that follows you around?
There’s a service called Gazelle that will pay you for any of your old gadgets.
San Francisco readers: there’s a new website that tells you [...]

Don’t forget about the Access Awards, a chance to win some notoriety for your blog and some Best Buy bucks for your wallet!  We’re now accepting entrees for who will win the $25 gift card to Best Buy for August.
Slight change to the Awards: Since the Press Box now doubles as my blog roll, a [...]

If you’ll excuse me for one moment, we here at Press Row are not bashful about our willingness to step into nerd-dom every now and then.  This will be one of the moments.
One of the most useful and coolest new features circling the web these days is RSS–which they wanted to be so easy for [...]

Lost in today’s celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s six newest members (including former 49ers great Fred Dean) was the 40th annual presentation of the Dick McCann Memorial Award.

Per the Pro Football HOF’s website: “The Dick McCann Memorial Award, which is named after the first director of the Pro Football Hall of [...]