Jay-Z. Al Pacino. Carrot Top. Five years ago, the
only way you would find these names in the sports section is if the
crossword were alongside. Nowadays, column inches, big-money TV,
and seemingly unending web content are devoted to the intersection
between sports and entertainment.
It's getting harder and harder to tell the difference.
Which is where we come in. Every Wednesday, Patrick J. Byrnett looks at
what makes this semi-sports media important, and why we canít stop
reading and watching it. Welcome to Below the Fold, where Page 2 is always #1 in our hearts.
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Tuesday, 24 January 2006 |
This week, in Below the Fold: another review! What, are reviews all that I write these days? First CodeBreakers, then Sports Guy’s book,
and now another one? I think our esteemed editor is punishing me
for my long holiday break. Well, no, actually, it’s just that our
friends at Deadspin beat me to an NFL playoff blog review. Ah well. Second choice or no, Glory Road is a worthy subject…if only so we can ask, how did Disney screw this up? |
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Wednesday, 18 January 2006 |
[yawn]….wait,
it’s January? January what? Jeez, that gravy coma (thanks
Mom!) must have been deeper than I thought. Not to worry – the
holiday provided plenty of opportunities to enjoy things I’ve already
enjoyed. In December, it was Spike’s 008 Days of 007, an annual treat for Bond buffs like me. And in January, it was Now I Can I Die in Peace, the carelessly edited but still enjoyable volume of columns by ESPN’s Sports Guy, Bill Simmons. |
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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 |
You
know, BTF has always dreamed about going into the Navy. When I
was young, I wanted to enlist and serve on boats like Grandpa
did. As a teenager, I wanted to head to Annapolis for school …
never mind my established “weenie” status. Now that I’m in law
school, the daydream is nothing more than looking good in JAG
whites. So maybe that’s why I hated CodeBreakers … nothing but
stupid Army kids. Or maybe it’s just because the movie stinks.
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Wednesday, 07 December 2005 |
I’ll
admit, I never could get into blogging. Online journal? Too
personal. Political commentary? There isn’t enough Zoloft
in the world. But even if I can’t stand writing a blog, I still read
them constantly, and the sports blog world never disappoints. So
maybe its time to throw these “new media” journalists into the
semi-sports media as well, and see what good and ill they bring to our
sports diet. And the BCS bowl announcements seem like a great
place to start.
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Wednesday, 30 November 2005 |
Ah, the holiday season: turkey with all the usual sides of shopping,
travel, and stress. If there was ever a time when readers needed
the Semi-Sports Media to provide them with a few laughs, this has to be
it. Give us co-eds getting drunk at parties in prep for bowl
games. Give us mobile strip clubs. Heck, just give us bears
on trampolines. The problem is, the humor in the semi-sports media
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