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New game: Sports writer trivia

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Mizzougrad96, Jun 2, 2009.

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  1. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Birdscribe in 10 years. :D
     
    buckweaver, Jun 4, 2009
    #121
  2. Mike Harris not that one

    Mike Harris not that one Member

    Damn, i just missed all of the posts on this. But shoot, I started from the beginning and read Mizzou's original question, I would have had that in a snap. I was only Andy's team leader for three years at the Trib.

    DAMN, DOUBLE DAMN. What would I have won? ;D

    Andy, we need to get together for some BBQ somewhere soon. I once said when Andy eats BBQ "sparks fly from his knife and fork." It was AYCE at Hungry Harry's in Land O' Lakes.
     
    Mike Harris not that one, Jun 4, 2009
    #122
  3. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Hey, how about a 'Guess Which Mike Harris' contest?
     
    21, Jun 4, 2009
    #123
  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I worked for one, have been in several press boxes with another and moderate with yet another :)
     
    playthrough, Jun 4, 2009
    #124
  5. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Which Mike Harris worked for AP?

    Mike Harris!

    Which Mike Harris worked in Tampa?

    Mike Harris!

    Which Mike Harris worked in Richmond?

    Mike Harris!

    I loved having so many other Mike Harris' in the business. I blamed all my screw-ups on them. Tampa Mike used to get expense reports I didn't want to approve.

    My paper actually put in a rule for a while that we couldn't use AP Mike's byline when I had a byline on the same page. A reader griped one day because I had a dateline from Indianapolis and AP Mike had one from Phoenix. No way, no WAY I could have covered both events.
    "Two different people, sir."
    Didn't believe it.

    As for Jeopardy - Claudia Perry (speaking of Richmond people)?
     
    Moderator1, Jun 4, 2009
    #125
  6. Mike Harris not that one

    Mike Harris not that one Member

    SOOOO THAT'S how I got those expense reports huh?

    Because of the Mike Harris in AP, my byline always read Michael Harris.

    Now, here's a key trivia, how many of the aforementioned Mike Harris' had the middle initial J?

    Ha. This could be fun.

    However, an eerie postscript though. The two Americans on the missing Air France flight were Michael Harris and his wife.

    Here's some more trivia, can we figure out the identity of playthrough? That may be just for the Mikes

    And which Mike Harris did a certain founder of a very famous sports message board web site once work for?
     
    Mike Harris not that one, Jun 4, 2009
    #126
  7. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    My middle initial is J.
     
    Moderator1, Jun 4, 2009
    #127
  8. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    If that ever changed in my time there (that overlapped with yours) no one ever told me. Even when you were SE and not writing, we just did "Associated Press." I thought it was stupid, because one said T-D and one said AP, but whatevs.
     
    imjustagirl, Jun 4, 2009
    #128
  9. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, but no one noticed that little underline.
     
    Moderator1, Jun 4, 2009
    #129
  10. Mike Harris not that one

    Mike Harris not that one Member

    Well, how about that J is mine as well.

    BUT, Moddy is your name Michael Harris? ;)

    Don't answer that.
     
    Mike Harris not that one, Jun 4, 2009
    #130
  11. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Times Up. It's Eddie Timanus of USA Today, the guy who compiles the Coaches Top 25.
     
    DanOregon, Jun 4, 2009
    #131
  12. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    What former baseball beat writer turned editor was a martial arts expert who served two tours of duty in Vietnam.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Jun 4, 2009
    #132
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