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  • August 2008

    • Mariotti Quits Sun-Times , Newspaper Biz

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 27, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      Mariotti Quits Sun-Times , Newspaper Biz

      (Newser) - Jay Mariotti has resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times , the controversial sports columnist tells the rival Tribune , after observing the toll the Internet has taken on newspapers. “I don't want to go down with it,” said the 47-year-old known for his contrarian opinions and run-ins with colleagues and athletes alike, adding that his stint at the Beijing Olympics convinced him of the impending doom. More »

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      Internet  • newspapers  • columnists  • sports journalism  • Chicago Sun Times

  • July 2008

    • Sports Columnists Lost in Digital Transition

      Columbia Journalism Review  |  Jul 8, 08 4:03 PM CDT

      Sports Columnists Lost in Digital Transition

      (Newser) - Sports columnists are leaving behind their local teams and newspaper readership in droves for the greener pastures of the online and television worlds, and it's "something to be lamented," writes Robert Weintraub in the Columbia Journalism Review . “The gifted sports columnists often delivered the best writing in the entire paper,” serving as an insightful cheerleader or investigative instrument of a city’s frustration. More »

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      Internet  • American media  • columnists  • blogs  • sports journalism  • ESPN.com

    • Dan Patrick to Join NBC's Football Night

      Broadcasting & Cable  |  Jul 8, 08 10:43 AM CDT

      Dan Patrick to Join NBC's Football Night

      (Newser) - Dan Patrick will join NBC's Football Night in America this fall, in a move that reunites him with Keith Olbermann. The two men changed the field of sportscasting with their 1992 debut on ESPN's SportsCenter , writes Broadcasting & Cable . Patrick will keep his radio show and Sports Illustrated column while joining host Bob Costas at Football Night . More »

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      NBC  • Keith Olbermann  • sports journalism  • Tiki Barber  • Bob Costas  • Dan Patrick

  • June 2008

    • Jim McKay Dead at 86

      ESPN  |  Jun 7, 08 12:34 PM CDT

      Jim McKay Dead at 86

      (Newser) - Veteran sportscaster and TV journalist Jim McKay has died at age 86 of natural causes, ESPN reports. McKay is most famous for hosting ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and for covering the tragic 1972 Olympics in Munich, which were marred by the Black September attack on Israeli athletes. McKay won one of his 13 Emmys for his coverage of that event. More »

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      obituary  • Olympic Games  • sports journalism  • Munich  • Sports Emmy

  • May 2008

    • How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans—and Journos

      Slate  |  May 23, 08 6:05 PM CDT

      How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans—and Journos

      (Newser) - The days when journalists could get to know professional athletes well enough to write the kinds of profiles that would give fans true insight are long gone, Pat Jordan laments on Slate, with television and the accompanying big money the main culprits. Where Jordan once spent days with Catfish Hunter, he can't get to today's stars without dealing with an army of flaks. More »

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      celebrity  • television  • Alex Rodriguez  • Barry Bonds  • Josh Beckett  • sports journalism

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