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To me, this is like someone trying to convince me that Bud Light is a great beer. Sure, it may taste good, but there is so much more out there that is better.TSN does have a few average-to-above-average writers, but how Dan Pompei has a job is beyond me. He writes two kind of articles: blatantly obvious and purely for shock value.
Another excellent one! I cannot stand SI. It to me, is the VERY worst. ESPN is too cool, I'm not. I do disagree on Reilly though. He's the only one I make sure to read each week.I also get the USA Today Weekly.
I'm sure they will miss your in-depth analysis and foresight in the feedback form. Also go ahead and PM your writing credentials. TIA.
On point here. SI and ESPN the Magazine are all frosting and no cake. I also think this should be moved over to the FFA.
Sure they have stuff I won't agree with (like the Mario Williams thing posted) but overall, I like them a lot.
I started this way too harshly. I actually like TSN for the most part, but it's like any other mag, it has a lot of flaws.
I'd ask the same question asked earlier, what weekly / monthly print magazine does better?
J
I think a big problem many of these publications have is they try to separate themselves from the "competition." Therefore they'll throw stuff out there just to be a little different or to get a reaction/buzz. You'll get some predictions or articles that you just know the author really doesn't believe himself. It's much "cooler" to go out on a limb than to state the obvious.I started this way too harshly. I actually like TSN for the most part, but it's like any other mag, it has a lot of flaws.
I'd ask the same question asked earlier, what weekly / monthly print magazine does better?
J
Thanks OZ.JI started this way too harshly. I actually like TSN for the most part, but it's like any other mag, it has a lot of flaws.
I'd ask the same question asked earlier, what weekly / monthly print magazine does better?
J
That really is sad news. Going to the mailbox on Thursday and reading The Sporting News was like a ritual when I was kid. Their baseball coverage was tremendous (they used to even publish all the week's box scores and have extensive stats). Over the years, the mag has lost some of it's "teeth", but I still enjoy most of the content and hope they do find a buyer.If I'm not mistaken, it's the oldest of the weekly sports rags on the market by a large margin.
The race car stuff seems to grow on weekly basis. While I don't follow it I understand why they have it. The popularity is too much not to include it.about the only alternative for hard core sports is a daily - the USA Today. I've not checked out their weekly - other than picking up their FFL preview once - to know if it is on par with TSN. Might be.but I'm a long-time TSN reader. just wish they'd 86 the race car stuff
There is no link. This is insider information. My Fiance sells advertising for the Fox Affiliate in St. Louis and knows some of the ad people at TSN. They have been looking for a buyer for well over a year before they finallu admitted it. Print media can't keep up with the Internet and they don't have much else to rely on other than some raidio stuff. They have to compete with a media monster in the form of ESPN who are making money on TV, radio, in print and on the internet. And they have the deep pockets of Disney backing them up. TSN is losing money big time....Take for what it's worth. Or you can wait for the all telling "link" that you need in order to validate any statement.
The "link" requests to validate any post here has gotten ridiculous.
So credibility is not a concern of yours? I don't often ask for links but anyone with any common sense refuting a bold statement claiming to be credible, would. I think not asking for validation and taking important issues by word of mouth proclamation to be true is much more ridiculous.
The Kansas City Royals won the 2005 World Series.
CNN article about SN offiically looking for a buyer
I think it was his opinion that they're all but done. I personally don't see that at all. I'd lump it more into a Paul Allen learning experience.J
If I read something that seems far-fetched without a link, then I don't blindly believe it. I don't make some condescending remark about a link.So credibility is not a concern of yours? I don't often ask for links but anyone with any common sense refuting a bold statement claiming to be credible, would. I think not asking for validation and taking important issues by word of mouth proclamation to be true is much more ridiculous.
Thanks for the link! I saw this in brief awhile back. If it is worth 35 to 40 million I don't think it is the end for TSN but we could very well see some changes. I only inquire because I do enjoy the magazine and consider it a good reliable source. Their features are not as good as they were a few years back but I would hope that real sports writers (I did it) would much rather work for TSN than SI. Unless of course it's only about the $ which often times it is.
Pitzer's at USAToday, I like reading his stuff. Their purchase or agreement to team in with stats inc on their annual stats book seemed to lessen what many of us thought was a great product. I'm not sure how they could have done that differently but geesh I haven't heard it talked about in quite some time and that was an annual tradition.Thanks for the link! I saw this in brief awhile back. If it is worth 35 to 40 million I don't think it is the end for TSN but we could very well see some changes. I only inquire because I do enjoy the magazine and consider it a good reliable source. Their features are not as good as they were a few years back but I would hope that real sports writers (I did it) would much rather work for TSN than SI. Unless of course it's only about the $ which often times it is.
Ditto. I never went out and bought it but, for some reason I'm getting it free and It's nice to have around....... I have a little wait each day at the train and for a weekly read its got a good story or two and some nice NFL tidbits... Also gives you a little glimpse at college stuff (football / basketball).....I receive a free subscription to the Sporting News and it's worth every penny.
Thanks. I had a feeling that I was getting late. Of course that was just based on the dates given for the upcoming sporting events to check out. I am kind of wondering if it was because the deal was the so cheap but I can't imagine that it should take 2-3 extra mail days (not counting Sunday). Oh, well for less then a dime an issue I can live with it, but it is nice to know when I should get it.Thanks again!
From the few Sporting News magazines I've read, I love their scouting reports. I don't have enough experience with them to judge their predictions. But overall I think they are much better than SI or ESPN magazine. How in the hell does "Dr. Z" still have a job? That guy is wrong on his predictions 97% of the time! It's like he just throws something out there and says: "Yeah, that looks good...I'll stick with that."
