Digby Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 22 hours ago, DG_Now said: Checking Deadspin yesterday was like reading its Chinese knockoff version. Each post was the barest of facts, supplemented with embedded tweets, signed by "DEADSPIN," with comments turned off. What a way to die. Whomever is writing these is trying to keep the voice of snark of Deadspin going and it feels so off in an uncanny-valley sort of way. Or just the standard voice of so many of the crappy faux-blogs that popped up after the halcyon days of sports bloggery. Quote Fan Style ShirtsShowcasing fan-made sports apparel by artists and designers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I like the idea of just one guy running around The Big Long Table Of Despair trying to do everyone's jobs, like when Mr. Burns and Smithers try to run the nuclear plant by themselves, but it's just churning out "Why A LeBron/Beyonce Ticket Is Actually Good" and "Look At This Dumbass Being A Dumbass" so that people will watch autoplay ads. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Paul Maidment, the editorial director of G/O Media, who made the directive to stick to sports, has resigned himself. Deitsch spoke with Tim Burke, who left Deadspin last year, about last week's events on his podcast yesterday. It was about a 45 minute conversation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 On 11/5/2019 at 12:29 PM, dfwabel said: Paul Maidment, the editorial director of G/O Media, who made the directive to stick to sports, has resigned himself. It's just infuriating. Maybe I could feel better about it if that class of empty-suit ever felt actual shame or consequences, but they don't! Must be nice. Quote Fan Style ShirtsShowcasing fan-made sports apparel by artists and designers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Interesting piece on the Players Tribune, which is apparently hemmoraging money. I assumed it was literally intended to just be a PR firm for athletes, but apparently they were trying to run it like any number of other digital sports news startups? Which, there's your problem. https://digiday.com/media/no-accountability-went-wrong-players-tribune/ Quote Fan Style ShirtsShowcasing fan-made sports apparel by artists and designers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, Digby said: Interesting piece on the Players Tribune, which is apparently hemmoraging money. I assumed it was literally intended to just be a PR firm for athletes, but apparently they were trying to run it like any number of other digital sports news startups? Which, there's your problem. https://digiday.com/media/no-accountability-went-wrong-players-tribune/ Oh you mean obviously ghost-written articles that were far more expensive to produce than content created by non-famous writers and bloggers didn't work? Who could've known? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 35 minutes ago, Digby said: It's just infuriating. Maybe I could feel better about it if that class of empty-suit ever felt actual shame or consequences, but they don't! Must be nice. According to Awful Announcing, it was Paul Maidment himself who was writing those awful "stories" on Deadspin the past week. I've removed the site from my bookmarks. Another one gone. Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz615 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 (edited) Well this is interesting! Edited November 9, 2019 by oz615 Add. Info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, oz615 said: Well this is interesting! yea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz615 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, dfwabel said: yea... sorry i just happen to see it on the505.com site. Honestly didn't see it on the Sport media page,plus i've been MIA from the International CF page for a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Good. TNT sucks at it. Though, if this is just a move from B/R app to CBS app, forget it. 2 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 34 minutes ago, DG_Now said: Good. TNT sucks at it. Though, if this is just a move from B/R app to CBS app, forget it. Learn Spanish and know your Univision channels on cable or digital. They rock. That TNT show is SO awful. Kate Abdo, Stu Holden and Tim Howard are meh. Howard and Holden is afraid to say something sharp. Kate just wears her FOX wardrobe since TNT shoots that studio show in LA, not Atlanta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 16 minutes ago, dfwabel said: Learn Spanish and know your Univision channels on cable or digital. They rock. That TNT show is SO awful. Kate Abdo, Stu Holden and Tim Howard are meh. Howard and Holden is afraid to say something sharp. Kate just wears her FOX wardrobe since TNT shoots that studio show in LA, not Atlanta. Steve Nash doesn't offer all that much either, and no one is really looking to him for soccer opinions anyway. TNT shouldn't have bothered. It was better on Fox. And if CBS can leverage TruTV and TBS the way it does for the NCAA Tournament, it should be better off there. And maybe just find a way to use studio feeds from SkyTV or BBC or whatever; I'm sure they do it a lot better than any collection of third tier American jerks could. Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzcut Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 More on the Deadspin Death Spiral, the time coming from The Intelligencer @ New York Mag. Quote The CCSLC's resident Geelong Cats fan. Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. Sounds like something from a Rocky & Bullwinkle story arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 11/8/2019 at 6:08 PM, DG_Now said: Good. TNT sucks at it. Though, if this is just a move from B/R app to CBS app, forget it. Isn't this the truth. This has never been more apparent to me than this NFL season. I have a smart TV with all the proper apps downloaded (and my parents DirecTV info inputted, because they won't use the streaming). If the game is on FOX, NBC, ESPN or out of market (Sunday Ticket)? I can watch every game in a breeze. Not to mention easily pulling up local Angels/Ducks games on Fox Sports Go or even baseball playoffs on TBS/FOX. Basically, if any game is on any TV channel, I can find some way to stream it. Except CBS, because they're still slaving away on CBS All Access. No, I don't want to watch Star Trek prequel series. No, I don't want to watch your Good Wife spin-off. No, I don't need NCIS on demand. I just want to watch one football game, which is free on TV otherwise. Why does literally every other outlet have a way for me to just put in the cable/satellite info and stream whatever is just on TV, except you CBS? Like yeah, the B/R app sucks, but at least if a game is live on TBS/TNT, I can just open the TBS/TNT apps and watch TV. CBS doesn't even give you the choice. $15 a month or GTFO? I guess I'm getting out then. 2 Quote | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Congratulations to Don Cherry on finally finding the line to cross that made CBC/Rogers do more than let him quietly sit out for a week. I now demand at least one week where Coach's Corner is seven solid minutes of Ron MacLean silently nodding and looking to his right. 3 Quote On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 They had intended to fire him anyway, now they get to claim the moral high ground in doing so. Cancel culture only works when you didn't like the person to begin with (inverse: Justin Trudeau doing blackface and getting re-elected anyway). 1 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Six Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I hope Randy Carlyle takes over. Coach's Corner needs to maintain the truculence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 33 minutes ago, The Six said: I hope Randy Carlyle takes over. Coach's Corner needs to maintain the truculence. That's why they have Brian Burke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 I never trust World Soccer Talk on MLS but this is the only source I can find thus far. 1.27 million viewers for MLS Cup Final on American TV, big drop from last year. I'm tempted to blame having a Canadian market in the final but the same matchup managed 2 million viewers the first time they did it, so maybe it's fatigue. https://worldsoccertalk.com/2019/11/11/seattle-toronto-mls-cup-final-disappoints-1-27-million-viewers/ Quote Fan Style ShirtsShowcasing fan-made sports apparel by artists and designers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.