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Allison at BCS Frenzy offers four reasons USC thumped Ohio State.
Tony at Dejuiced talks about the Cubs’ almost pulling off back-to-back no hitters.
Tony also discusses the Brewers firing Ned Yost at Inside the Ballpark.
Jodie at Gossip on Sports talks about No Jet-ribution and tells a funny story about what happened to Tom Brady.
Jeanne at Hockey Beat discusses NHL 09 on XBOX 360 and their unreadable discs.
Jyle at Footie thinks that some fans of the UEFA Euro 2008 have gone bat crazy.
Over at Sneaks ‘N Gear …read more

Over at Ducksnorts, I’ve interviewed Tom Krasovic, who covers the Padres for the San Diego Union-Tribune. Some of it is Padres specific, but we touch on other items as well, including blogging as a medium for reporting sports:
Some newspaper writers use a blog as a launching point for their opinions on a wide variety of topics, including the team they cover. We’ll mostly stick to the Padres and baseball, and keep most of the commentary as fact-driven as possible. The other thing we’re figuring out is, how often should we blog? Blogging takes away from our reporting. It’s possible to …read more

We have a quick lunch break before afternoon sessions, but I overdid it at the buffet this morning, so I’ll post instead. We’ll have the full recap on Monday, but here’s a little of what’s transpired so far:

Arrived in Vegas Wednesday evening. Nice, easy 5-hour drive.
Dinner and drinks with fellow b5ers. I’ll name drop when I get home. For now, I’ll just say it was cool to meet in person folks I’ve been working with for more than a year. Also, I’m a sucker for sushi and beer.
Three sports track sessions on Thursday. Good discussion on the differences …read more

I had a fascinating conversation with a reader the other day about my characterization of a particular player. Without going into great detail, this reader disagreed with my take, and told me so; I think we both learned a little something in the process.
I started writing about baseball on the Web in ‘97. We didn’t call it blogging back then, but eventually that’s what it became. Originally, 99% of my readers were folks I knew personally; they knew my biases and weren’t afraid to call BS if I said something that didn’t ring true.
Accountability in blogging is a funny thing …read more

We noted a while back that Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has started blogging. Now one of my favorite baseball writers, SI.com’s Alex Belth, interviews Schilling about the experience.
Schilling talks about interacting with baseball fans:
Fans in Boston want to know why I threw a slider 2-0, or they want to know the difference between my fastball and my change-up. They are smart as hell, and for me that’s fun.
Schilling also points out what I think is going to be huge down the line — the way his blogging allows him to remove any filters between himself and the public:
I …read more