Comments on: The Bloggers Who Are Reinventing Sports Media

By: marmatard

marmatard — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:07:55 +0000

It’s sad that Florio’s name is on there. The only thing that makes him different from a teenager who likes to post BS NFL rumors is the fact that he is a lawyer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:31:25 +0000

Brian Cook of Mgoblog

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:05:35 +0000

Great List, Brooks. I think Jim Bankoff [SB Nation], Gary Vaynerchuck [Vaynermedia] and Amy Martin [Digital Royalty] all deserve nods here. If we’re talking about “reinventing” sports media, these three belong in that category for sure.

And if I may humbly submit Blogs With Balls as being a catalyst of the ongoing reinvention - by putting everyone in a room together (1/3 of the people on that list as a matter of fact - including BOTH mottrams), that’s where we put what’s possible into action.

By: Bomb bada

Bomb bada — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:03:44 +0000

Amen on Jay Christensen’s site. There is always good stuff there presented in a user-friendly format.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:23:44 +0000

Yes, you left out an S ton of other blogs, but you can only wipe your ass so many times b4 you bleed. What I do want to point out is that you only had 1 local or regional sports site on the list, and that is what eventually (now) people are going to want to read about. If your a native San Diegan (which is hard to find), you could give an F about the Yankees, the Giants or the Islanders, or St Johns hiring Stevo Lavin. They would want to hear about the Chargers & Padres and the college teams in that town, none of which have ever won ANYTHING!

Point being that yeah national blogs and sites are the most viewed, but w/ the local newspapers going to S (most of their websites are S as well), local sports TV segment maxing out at 90 seconds, and those local talking heads on the sports talk stations that will put on any reh-tard (in the words of Zack Galifianakis in The Hangover) to fill their 3 or 4 hour time slot, there is a huge hole that needs to be filled.

Don’t be surprised if small independent sites start popping up here and there, (and I’m not talking about sites that are backed by conglomerates like SB nation or Yardbarker), that give ESPN, Comcast and FOX Sports city and regional sites a run for their money.

Here are a couple of examples in San Diego & Chicago:
San Diego- www.619sports.net
Chicago- www.312sports.com

By: hahaha

hahaha — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:49:40 +0000

excellent list……a couple new ones for me…….thanks brooks.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Sun, 16 May 2010 17:03:03 +0000

Aaron,

“There are many, many prominent bloggers that you’ve left out.”

Who they are? I could’ve probably added another 10-12 ppl who I like, but the ones I listed are who I read and get the most out of every day.

“expand your reading beyond Yahoo and AOL”

I was using those two sites as mere examples of the lack of acceptance of sports blog content by main sports media sites.

That the non-sports areas of those sites (like Yahoo.com’s front page editors) actually showcase Yahoo Sports Blogs more than the Yahoo Sports Editors.

And of course, the Yahoo front page editors cause the blog posts that they link to be seen by countless millions more readers than anything linked anywhere on the Yahoo Sports front page.

Guess I didn’t make that clear enough.

Bottom line: Editorial content folks who aren’t working in the sports biz tend to accept sports blog content for what it is: sports news that is relevant but also entertaining. (Which pretty much describes SbB.)

By: Brooks

Brooks — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:56:05 +0000

taf,

I was referencing links to the main Yahoo Sports Blogs page, not individual posts or organized by sport.

I invite anyone to try to find Yahoo Sports Blogs main page. There is one tiny link on the Yahoo Sports page.

For awhile there was none.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 16 May 2010 06:37:35 +0000

Lest you not forget one of the most influential;

Eric G. Satterwhite

www.ericgsatterwhite.blogspot.com

By: taf

taf — Sun, 16 May 2010 06:32:43 +0000

Full disclosure: I’m a coder for y sports.
Every page on Yahoo Sports has a link to the blog for its league. Every team page from the 4 US pro sports has a module and page devoted to blog posts for that team. Every league home page on y sports has a blog module promoting recent posts. The top story module up on the top of every league home page contains a mix of stories from the wire, yahoo “expert” authors, and yahoo bloggers.

If the blogs seem buried to you, it’s only because you’re mesmerized by all the advertisements and search trends and toolbars, etc. etc.