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Syndication: Akron Beacon Journal
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (102+ words) "A year ago, I tried to poach Field Yates from this network. I knew his contract was up. There was a secret lunch." "I've learned that in the end, both Vrabel and the team ultimately chose not to interrupt him…...
Mike Vrabel gives a lesson in escaping accountability
1+ week, 1+ day ago (496+ words) What was the purpose of Mike Vrabel's statement given from the Patriots podium on Monday? A somber and stoic Vrabel did not address Russini by name or the exact nature of the situation that has placed him in the tabloids....
Washington Post hiring national sports reporter two months after axing sports desk
1+ week, 3+ day ago (345+ words) It hasn't taken long for'The Washington Post to crawl back into the world of sports coverage, despite eliminating its entire sports desk in February. At the time, executive editor Matt Murray said the sports desk would close "in its current…...
Former Wa Po reporter Ben Strauss says his new team at ESPN wants to do more 'big journalism swing stories"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (479+ words) When Ben Strauss worked as a media reporter at the Washington Post, he often covered ESPN. In a new Q&A with Front Office Sports, Strauss confirmed these hopes, stating that starting at the top with ESPN chair Jimmy Pitaro,…...
Buster Olney laments 'quid pro quo' culture of modern sports reporting: 'It's as bad as I've ever seen"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (285+ words) While much of the attention surrounding the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel controversy has focused on the potentially salacious details of their relationship, many in sports media see it as a prime example of how modern sports reporting has lost its way....
Jeff Passan: Becoming an MLB insider helped me 'do the kind of journalism that I put on a pedestal"
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (452+ words) ESPN's Jeff Passan is the rare sports insider who still writes long-form features, trend pieces, and even game stories. This is no accident. Passan clearly carves out time in his busy schedule to report longer features and tell bigger stories…...
Syndication: Tallahassee Democrat
3+ week, 15+ hour ago (71+ words) "Joel Embiid has appendicitis after I pretty much said I was faking it during my show today." "Okay, well, Mr. Player, what an introduction that is" "This time they might have to leave a nickel on the table." The Page…...
Layoffs imminent at ESPN 'primarily in off-camera departments,' per report
3+ week, 2+ day ago (242+ words) ESPN is preparing to layoff around 30 staffers "primarily in off-camera departments," according to a report by Puck sports correspondent John Ourand on Monday night. Interestingly, Ourand reports that this round of cuts is at least in part due to the…...
Bomani Jones: Young journalists can't 'build a brand through social media now like I did 15 years ago"
3+ week, 5+ day ago (388+ words) In the heyday of Twitter from the late 2000s through the late 2010s, many of the top voices in media and journalism grew their followings and audiences on the popular social media platform. In sports, one of the best examples is Bomani…...
Bailey Johnson returns to Washington Post to cover Capitals for final stretch of season
4+ week, 1+ day ago (452+ words) Bailey Johnson is back covering the Capitals. Johnson announced on social media Tuesday that she has returned to the Washington Post to cover Washington's push through the final stretch of the NHL season, which is a development that felt unthinkable…...