Comments on: Revisionist history: Belichick, NFL, Tapes ‘n Tapes

By: Joker

Joker — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:19:49 +0000

What’s going to happen if they find out he was doing it when he was the head coach of the Browns? Or an assistant with the Jets? Punish them too? It’s not like it was helping those teams any…

Jama, please see previous post for your answer to the cycle in fornicating.

By: jama

jama — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:16:56 +0000

Those Rugby players aren’t all there either. What would you do after a horrible loss?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080506/od_nm/austria_strip_dc;_ylt=AgCc23Js0RDB45oye4zVO6YZ.3QA

By: jama

jama — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:14:52 +0000

It seems a British band is now pushing Soccer on America. Thank you very much WWL

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20080508/en_music_eo/90a6ceb0_cd7948c6_8f6a_353a16404dce;_ylt=AoU3sNydA2pN.YjKkjwfaY1V.nQA

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:09:50 +0000

Quit trying to make soccer happen. People play it recreationally, and I’m sure it’s fun. But I don’t want to watch it.

Why don’t they push rugby? I think I’ve mentioned before in these pages that if there was one rugby match on TV per week I would watch. I was enthralled with the matches I’ve seen even though I had no [redacted] clue what was going on. I totally know what’s going on in soccer, and I still don’t care.

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:05:19 +0000

I just hope they’re blogging like they should be, in their underwear in their mothers’ basements.

Move “mothers’” in front of underwear.

And Reusse’s right: the reporting staff at the Strib is pretty darn good.

Correct, even if they’re, on balance, a bunch of soccer kisser-uppers.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:04:37 +0000

*most* blogs, sorry. Got jumpy. Blogs based on news reporting will be easily identifiable vs. the rest.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:03:06 +0000

Well, when the old guard, like Reusse and Buzz Bissinger, pass on into the Obits section, all that will be left are the people who understand the value of this crazy series of tubes we call the internet. Isn’t the majority of this website an online newspaper? News reporting will always be news reporting, and blogs are just online columns not bound by rules as tight as those at papers.

By: jama

jama — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:54:57 +0000

Jon

I know Yahoo isn’t a blog but they have hired some great reporters to do reporting on sports. I realize they don’t generally report on a local level but I can’t imagine that those days are too far away.

By: jama

jama — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:33 +0000

In a distant galaxy far far away I would imagine there is a time with a very limited paper copy of the news. I see a place like Minnpost hiring reporters to report the stories online.

Imagine if the Strib and the other local combining and cutting costs while producing the same quality of news. I’m sure Rand would be the CEO of said made up company but I don’t think we are decades away from seeing this. The newspaper business needs to realize that online advertising is going to have to be their #1 priority.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:47:59 +0000

It will be a long time before blogs can do the reporting on sports - not the opinion, the reporting - as well as *any* newspaper. And Reusse’s right: the reporting staff at the Strib is pretty darn good.