Denver Post Hockey Writer Wins Stanley Cup!

Curious how the players feel about it.

 

Yet you pounce on others on this board for “over-generalizing.” LOL

In two years the Denver Post will cut this guy’s beat and replace him with three 25-year-olds willing to skulk on CrowdTangle all day for $15 an hour. Sports journalism today is glorified multi-level marketing. It is a softcore Ponzi scheme. It’s no different a scam than cryptocurrency, the only difference is nobody’s “buying the dip” on Gannett. We’ve all been defrauded out of the primes of our lives and it’s time to stop pretending anybody out there really cares about the rules.

So yeah. Go nuts with the cup. Take a dump in it for all I care.

 

You on Marisa Ingemi: "Attention whore bitch."
You on Taylor Lorenz: "Attention whore bitch." You literally called her the WaPo's Marisa Ingemi.

You on fanboi journalist guy publicly embarrassing himself and his employer: "Fuck it, go nuts. Haters gonna hate."

Forgive me for being suspicious.

 

You’re never getting hired by The Athletic with that attitude.

 

I think this is where I land on it. The Stanley Cup is such an iconic sports artifact that if you want to take what might be a once in a lifetime opportunity for a photo next to it? Who cares? Especially in this day and age. You can be a good, aggressive reporter and not be dead inside.
But the hoisting it and the cigar are a little much. Not just because of ethics. I thought it was an unwritten rule in hockey, and a well understood one, that no one — and I mean NO ONE — gets to lift the Cup over their head unless they're on the winning team. It's like going to a strip club. You can look, you might can even touch in certain settings, but you certainly don't fondle without the bouncers beating the shit out of you.
It's as much bad sports etiquette as it is bad journalism ethics. Or does that faux pas get excused if a member of the team gives you permission to do it?

 

I’ll forgive you for misquoting me and putting words in my mouth but only if you correct it

 

K.

 

To quote the great Steve Czaban, Twitter is a 140-character resignation letter that is always at your fingertips.

 

Been to multiple NASCAR Cup/Busch/Truck season-ending banquets and had my photo taken in a tux to show my wife, but never once in any of those occasions did I think of posing with the champion and/or the trophy, even though I know a lot of folks were fine with it (including other members of NASCAR.com). However, I can't remember any social media posts like the one in question.

I was there as a member of the media. That was NASCAR's party, not mine. And usually I had at least one or two siders to write afterward. The year we got let go, I asked not to be sent to Las Vegas, because I had already said goodbye to the people I wanted to see, and definitely didn't want to hear NASCAR's boasting about how much better they could run it.

Hoisting the Stanley Cup? That's like putting the blanket of roses on your head at the Derby or getting into the winning car at Indy with the Borg-Warner. Or even worse, celebrating on the court with the high school girls basketball team when they won the state championship -- yes, that really happened with a Down East writer who happened to be an alumus of said school.

I think the closest thing was Brad Keselowski signing a Nationwide championship cap and handing it to me while I was interviewing him. But I chalked that up to him doing it out of habit rather than as a gift. I still have it in the downstairs office and have never worn it.

 

A couple of years ago I got a picture with Roy Jones Jr.
He manages a few fighters and a couple of them were on the card that night at the Podunk Casino, so he was pulling double duty as a special attraction to pull in some fans. The main event included one of his guys and after everything calmed down they were in the ring. I climbed in to interview the fighter. Jones was taking pictures with some other fighters and fans, so I snagged one too. A couple of my buddies from way back are huge fans, so I thought they'd get a kick out of it.
I never would have done it if he hadn't already been taking pictures, though. Saying, "Hello, I'm a big fan" is as far as I would have gone.

One other time Richard Petty and Herschel Walker were passing through town on Kyle Petty's charity motorcycle ride. They had a fuel stop scheduled, so I went to cover it and it was a similar deal to the Roy Jones Jr. thing. They were taking pictures with other people, so I figured what the hell? I cover mostly small town high school sports. I'm not likely to see a couple of sports legends ever again, let alone cover them on a regular basis.
The handful of college coaches and pro athletes I do run into on a recurring basis — and even the high school teams I cover — I'm much more mindful of keeping the wall up.

 

I was allowed into the 49ers team party after SB XXIX to interview Eddie DeBartolo Jr. and a couple players. I had so much to write that night I didn't have time to eat, let alone get pictures. And the cheerleaders were there. I'd have rather posed with them then some old trophy.