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What is considered "a well-edited photography portfolio?" 4-5 photos? I don't think I have seen this in an ad for a sports editor position before.

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Anyone know anything about this area/job?

How close is this to New Orleans? Is it a decent place to live?

I interviewed a softball player who had signed to pitch for a Division II program, even though she had offers from several much larger and better programs. I asked her why she chose the smaller school. She said "_________ has a rodeo team, and I really like cowboys." I asked her to clarify her...

The sports in that part of the county aren't bad.

I probably won't do it. Most nights I don't even have $5 for a ticket.

Maybe they counted the domed stadium.

Glad to see my hometown, Birmingham, on the list at 131. I'm not to sure what makes it a great sports town these days, though. UAB sports? The PapaJohns.Com Bowl?

This may be a dumb question, but would it be inappropriate to participate in a split the pot contest at a football game that you were covering? At the games i cover, they always announce that Joe Blow won like $700 just for buying a raffle ticket for $5. It is always tempting to drop some...

One of my stringers actually sent me a gamer with a line like that in it tonight. Second paragraph started like this: "Podunk High won the coin toss and got ready to receive the opening kick." I guess I should be glad it wasn't the lede.

We made deadline tonight. Veteran guy turned in his story 10 minutes before his deadline. Again, thanks for all the advice.

again, thanks for all the advice. i shot him an email this morning reminding him of the deadline. this week, if he doesn't have his stuff in something else is going in place of it. i am also sending him to a game that should finish earlier than the other games.

thanks for all the advice.

he knows the deadline. he is just slow. i just don't know how to tell him to speed it up without sounding like a brick.