The "effin' stud"

Let's see, you could hit up some big papers (DMN, FW S-T, KC Star, etc.) and find some...But it's too late and I'm too tired to do that.

Um, but in a sports realm, my "effin' studs" are (yes, this shit's shocking... ;D)
1.) NFL - LT
2.) MLB - Pujols
3.) NBA - Dwayne Wade
4.) Boxing - Jermain Taylor

 

I figured calling someone an "effin" stud meant someone had the IQ of a 2x4. ;D

 

I think a 26-year-old (or younger) columnist or major pro/college beat writer at a major paper would be an effin stud.

 

In most cases. But not all the time.

I'll leave it right there. ;D

 

The way I've seen it used around here, it seems that an 'effin stud is someone who:

A. Is under the age of 30.
B. Is covering or is one heartbeat away from covering a major beat.
C. Is a very good writer.
D. Happens to have a buddy/admirer or two here who will pimp him/her on this Web site for all to see.

 

Damn it, I thought this was a thread about elfin studs.

 

That would be a short list.

 

Most important attribute.

 

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Okay. So in the hierarchy of sports writers - newspaper, web, magazine - we're saying the effin' stud lives near, but not at, the top of the food chain. Something like this, perhaps:


1.)

2.)

3.)

4.) Effin' Stud

5.)

6.)

7.)

8.)

9.)

10.) Agate Monkey, Tin Cup Chronicle, Tin Cup, Colorado Elev: 9400 ft. Pop: 2


By role, not necessarily by name, how would you fill in the rest?

 

I think my definition of effin' stud, given newspapers' penny-pinching ways, would be:

Confuses opportunity with skill.

 

That's the best definition of "fuckin' stud."