Sporting News leaves St. Louis

According to this link, about 60. So yeah, it's Lara Flynn Boyle territory.
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2007/05/07/daily28.html?q=%20Sporting%20News%20%20and%20%20St.%20Louis

 

Well, if true, he's had a good run after another good, long run as SE in San Jose. He was the first big-city SE to fly me in for an interview in 1984, and although he hired someone else, I began to believe I could work at that level and learned a lot during a couple days there. Good luck to him.

 

Obvious question is, what will JR do?

 

What's Rawlings gonna do? I imagine he'll land somewhere fast.

Good luck to him. Heck of a guy, pretty good boss.

 

I wonder if he's getting a nice ($$$$) buyout. If so, he might be in good enough shape to just hang out. He might be age 60?? Or maybe less.

 

I'm sure he will be thrown plenty of exit perks. The ones in the big offices always are.

I wonder about all the hard-working people in the trenches. I hope they get something they can ride for a while. Something beyond a pair of skates.

 

Rawlings did a great job with the Sporting News; you can't blame him for the decline; it's simply a publication that has outlived its time. But he did modernize it, albeit perhaps slowly. He also made the Mercury News more of a big-time operation. But some people here will tell you it actually got better after he left and his hand-picked successor left after a brief stay.

 

if that's a 'great job' i'd hate to see what a mediocre or bad job looks like.

 

Ah, yes. HenryHenry lives up to his name and proves twice that he is a clown.

 

Call me crazy, but I actually really like the Sporting News now. No, it's not going to give me the epic emotional piece like an SI will. And it's not going to give me the OH MY GOD HERE IS A STORY THAT LOOKS LIKE AN AD!!!! that The Mag does, but it's a good read for me. I play a lot of fantasy sports, so it's a nice little lifeline there and it's fun and quirky. I'm able to keep up with names in all the major sports without having to invest too much time or energy.

Back in the day, we called it a great "One Trip" magazine. SI or The Mag is a good three or four trips, unless you're a little backed up.

 

if you don't play fantasy sports, why read it?

the best thing about it is that there are no ads to break up the copy...