Recent content by freaky styley

Serena is dismantling Maria like she's some qualifier. This is remarkable.

now the Rose Bowl story is ESPN's main art and the NFL playoffs are the smaller picture to the side. williams's death has fallen to the second headline item, between mora and green's firings. curious, espn, who's making editorial decisions over there?

good point. a very nice person, quotable, really good career, probably should have been better. the davis love III of women's tennis.

no he won't

I would say yes they are. Boom, you are talking about a Tuesday paper, two days following a pretty decisive win in Green Bay. Seems to me like a good day for a feature, not a breakdown of the 3-4 defense. But maybe that's just me.

As an admirer of Karen in particular and the Times in general, I think the coverage works. Karen broke the story of the year - years, perhaps - on Coles. John Branch, mentioned earlier, broke the story of the year on the Giants with Tiki's retirement. Seems to me their beat skills are serving...

total stretch

Won't be Darren Everson. He just left the Daily News to take a job with the Wall Street Journal. From Ralph Vacchiano's Giants Blog: Friday is the final day at the Daily News for Darren Everson, my successor on the New Jersey Devils beat a few years ago. He is leaving us for the Wall Street...

Just finished the excerpt from SI. Phenomenal. Talk about a taking what could be a dreadful topic and making it pop. Not that I'm jealous or anything.

Alma, you are off on separating Glass and Blair, and I am writing as someone who used to work in the same shop with the latter. Both guys were considered eccentric, funny, hip, high-energy, incredibly talented writers who wowed editors, kissed up to management, and could turn phrases with the...