Show, Don’t Tell: How To Move Beyond Using Stats As A Sportswriting Crutch
A few days ago, Zac from Delayed Offsides wrote about his first season covering college hockey for the Something’s Bruin/Sieves The Day group. Among his excellent musings, he spoke about reporting on...
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On Sports Writing: Why Sports Bloggers Are Not Evil
Last week on Twitter, I witnessed a rather heated back and forth that manifested itself into one New England sports blogger saying to another, “you give bloggers a bad name.” The statement caused me...
View ArticleOn Sports Writing: When World Events Take Precedent
I spent time last weekend polishing off a blog post I had been considering for a while – one that took a lot of research, having my mother look through a box of books at home, time on LexisNexis. It...
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The Blog Challenge and A Commencement Week Playlist
Flickr image by user alexkerhead When I was trying to start working out more, a friend told me that the key to beating laziness was to work out everyday during an extremely busy week. That would...
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How Blogapalooza Proved That I’m Not An Introvert (And Saved My Writing Career)
To be blunt, I am a straight up coward in big rooms with many people. After I got the confidence burnt out of me in college, I would walk into networking events in my chosen career path of higher...
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What Sports Bloggers Can Learn From John Mayer About Twitter
John Mayer at Berklee on July 11, 2011. (Photo: Berklee College of Music) I recently read coverage of singer/songwriter John Mayer’s July 11th lecture at his alma mater, Berklee College of Music. Mayer...
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The New Sportswriter Will Travel A Long Road To Get There
I am a religious reader of music critic Bob Lefsetz. To use the old Simpsons quote, I am intrigued by his views and actually subscribe to his newsletter (called The Lefsetz Letter.) One quote from his...
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The Four Things Writers/Higher Education Administrators Must Have (and my...
I present to you the four things I have become completely reliant on in my quest to pursue two careers at once: Me, caffinated. Coffee (preferably Dunkin Donuts), my iPhone, good eye makeup and a...
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Why Are Grantland and Deadspin Obsessed With The Men’s Magazine Model? (Or,...
In late September, I put the higher ed administrator hat away for a hot second and geeked out at Blogs With Balls, the seminal national conference on new sports media. BWB4 appropriately featured...
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The awesome thing about working in education is having the week off between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Bragtastic, I know, but the older I get, the more I relish the time. Last intersession, I was...
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