Recent content by JonathanG

True, but then Conley Sr. and the mom came out saying that Oden Sr. isn't really in the loop so much and that Greg hadn't decided at that point yet. Was pretty ugly, and in the end didn't really resolve anything. This one seems more definitive...although lets be honest, it was always going to be...

This is along the lines of what I was thinking...but what's up with the "two sources" Goodman is claiming then?

Clearly then, this thread is not for you.

So what do you guys think happened? Who are the two sources that Goodman is reporting about? Did the other media outlets see Fox's report and then confirm it themselves?

I've been following the draft for a while now, and especially the angle of how its reported on by the mass media. This stuff with the Oden scoop was pretty unique. Every media outlet has essentially the same exact info, all are claiming they got it on their own, and none are attributing it to...

Another sign of the apocalypse... The best NBA blog on the internet has been purchased by the world wide leader. Read about it here: http://www.truehoop.com/leaguewide-issues-70363-major-announcement-truehoop-is-becoming-part-of-espn.html Couldn't have happened to a better guy. Henry is a...

Not a beat guy at all, but David Thorpe has been fantastic in a very short time thus far at ESPN. I've always liked Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel too.

I really don't judge writers by how good their editors are. Some outlets have a guy with an Ivy League Master's degree in English on call 24/7 to edit stuff, and some don't. I can see why other people (especially on this board) would see it differently. To me, originality/creativity is a lot...

Wetzel's last column it looks like was about soccer: http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=dw-beckham011107&prov=yhoo&type=lgns I also see a very recent NBA article. Damn shame if you ask me if he's out of the NCAA scene. I enjoyed his stuff. Here's Burlison's archive at the Press Telegram...

I think Andy Katz is great actually. It's unbelievable to see the kind of sources the guy has. I don't think any writer in America gets down to the nitty gritty of college basketball (from a real hard-core's perspective, not your typical simplistic media fluff) the way he does. Yes he seems to...

Regarding whether or not he's a public figure...the Supreme Court really has never ruled one way or the other, but lower courts have ruled time after time that public figures do NOT lose their public figure status with a lapse of time. The reason for that being that public figures do not lose...

So I guess this comes down to whether Eddie Johnson is still considered a public figure (almost certainly yes) and if so, whether the Trib had actual malice when they confused one Eddie Johnson with another. Maybe they should have done better research, but its hard not to think that Johnson is...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-0610130260oct13,1,4924443.story?coll=chi-newslocalssouthwest-hed

Chicago Sun-Times?

Thank you for pointing that out. Key detail indeed. Even though Hoops' company doesn't have to be the norm, this makes me wonder why we're reading so much discussion here lately about journalists being laid off to go along with the usual bantering about how little they are paid.