Press Row

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In every news industry besides sports, blogs and websites are increasingly considered among the elite sources for information. In tech, some of the most influential outlets and journalists are bloggers or web-only, like Gizmodo, Engadget, and TechCrunch, to name a few of Technorati’s most popular blogs. The Huffington Post is one of the most read [...]

I recently chatted with Matt Crevin from Voice of the Box, who managed to catch me on video and talked about some of my previous football work experiences.  Check it out…

I had a chance this Monday to sit down with the award winning crew from Pigskin Podcast to talk a bit about Press Row, a little about USC/Ohio State (seriously ESPN…Collision in the Coliseum?  This isn’t Foreman/Ali or something), and some Week 1 thoughts.
Check it out here, and while I encourage you to listen to [...]

You asked for it…here it is.  In the vein of the NFL version, we’ve now created the MLB Beat Writer Blog Network, which you can see pumping on the right side of this site.  We’ve been letting it run for a few days, and it looks like things are moving swimmingly.
It works the same way [...]

Just updating a previous post: it looks like Len Pasquarelli has returned to ESPN.com.
A podcast posted today (9/2/08) featured Pasquarelli making division predictions with Jeremy Green.  Check out where it appeared on ESPN’s NFL page:

For starters: we’re certainly glad to see that Len has recovered well enough from his heart surgery to return to the [...]

Cold, Hard Football Facts embodies everything that the new wave of sports media represents.
They have the time and resources to take deeper dives that the “lowest common denominator” newspapers don’t touch. They can post things that have little to do with the game, without worrying about the editor’s wrath. Their excellent writing gets publicity in [...]

After a fairly lopsided week of voting, the crew at Pigskin Podcast has won the inaugural Access Awards contest.  Congratulations!
As the victors, they will receive a $25 gift card to Best Buy, and be automatically entered for a chance to win another $100 in Best Buy bucks at the end of the football season.
The other [...]