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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Wednesday, 05 April 2006 |
It was a disappointing weekend for men’s basketball fans, and the readers of my beloved semi-sports media. After a hot first week of writing and blogging, our Semi-Sports Elite Eight limped their way to the finish. Oh, sure, we’ll have a champion, don’t you worry about that. But to get there, we need to sort through the flotsam of writers who simply gave up caring about the most exciting event in American sports. |
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Wednesday, 22 March 2006 |
It’s NCAA Tournament time, which guarantees a couple of things: odd announcer teams for CBS, way too much Dickie V on SportsCenter, schools you’ve never heard of suddenly becoming national names, and (last but not least) gimmick coverage of the tourney from the semi-sports media. Now, it would be wrong to take all of these gimmicks and turn them into a gimmick for the purpose of analysis … I’m above that … really … stop tempting me … OK, I give! |
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Tuesday, 14 March 2006 |
Monday night, through the wonder of TiVo, I tuned into Through the Fire,
the latest feature-length film appearing on your cable courtesy of ESPN
Original Entertainment. I tuned in looking for answers to
question about inner city hoops and the influences a young man faces as
he’s deciding his future. By the time I turned the TV off, I had
more questions than I did going in … but now, the questions are for
ESPN.
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Thursday, 09 March 2006 |
This
is the true story of several media sources, designed to nitpick, tear
down, and ultimately find humor in the sporting world, picked to opine
about a serious subject for once, to find out what happens when they
stop having fun, and start getting real. It’s not The Real World.
It’s just the semi-sports media doing what it does best – highlighting
the fan’s perspective … be it disgust or delight … of the latest news
about Barry Bonds.
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Tuesday, 28 February 2006 |
If you were a store owner, wouldn’t you do your best to carry all of the products which were most heavily demanded by your customers? Of course you would. Now, let’s say that, for no reason but your own laziness, you simply don’t carry one of the top five demanded goods of your customers. Wouldn't you think that was a bit irresponsible, a bit unsympathetic towards your clientele? Again, of course you would. Unfortunately, that scenario is exactly what's happening with the semi-sports media, which inexcusably refuses to care about NASCAR.
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