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    The state of small sports Web sites

    Since selling Sportspages.com nearly three years ago, I've laid low. But a friend recently asked me what's happening with sports web entrepeneurs, so I'm trying to catch up. It looks like this site is still going strong, with more discussions and fewer flames than I remember. That said, I do...
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    Worst pre-game meal ever?

    Lincoln/Franklin... Only looked at the sign for 5 hours. When it goes, it goes quickly....
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    Worst pre-game meal ever?

    You judge... http://www.richjohnson.info/eagle.htm
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    AP Sues Moreover -- seems like old times!

    Gosh, this takes me back to the days when editors were calling up accusing Sportspages of stealing their paper's product. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138271-c,copyright/article.html Rich Ord, the founder of Moreover, has the definitive counter-arguments...
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    Ever try to listen to the game AT the game these days?

    Pausing the DVR works well, with a little trial and error. It took me three tries to synch up the Ducks-Call game on TV with Jerry Allen's call on XM Radio. Right you are, Headbutt, about WHFS. Not a whisper from the tallest point for many miles in College Park. In-venue radio is something...
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    Ever try to listen to the game AT the game these days?

    So I'm 5 rows from the top at Byrd Stadium Saturday at the Maryland-Georgia Tech game, with a commanding view to the south. Without the haze I might have seen the Capitol or the Washington Monument. But Maryland's DC flagship station is WJFK, an FM licensed to Manassas, Virginia. With my Sony...
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    Principal bans reporter from press box, apologizes

    From Winchester, Kentucky. Principal doesn't like story on the front page, so he bans the sportswriter. Our education system at work. http://www.wtvq.com/midatlantic/tvq/news.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2007-09-10-0007.html
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    When a coach says a naughty word (GASP!) ...

    Somewhere in the midst of the '83 - '84 NBA season, the Nuggets came to Portland and stunk up the place.. to the point where the Blazers were a few points away from breaking the team's one-game scoring record. Doug Moe told his guys to let 'em have it, and the Blazers scored 3-4 uncontested...
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    Sportspages.com becomes USSportspages.com

    Here's the note I've posted on Sportspages explaining the new deal: RJ - - - It was 1997 when I came up with the idea of a Drudge Report for sports. My business partner, Rick Scott, came along nearly a year later. We made Sportspages.com into a real site, like everybody else in the Internet...
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    Professional discussion of coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings

    A couple of notes from the ground. Slow initial reporter response was in part caused by the weather. The high winds and snow Monday in Roanoke cancelled a lot of flights, and others were already filled with the spillover passengers BEFORE the shootings. So assignment desks quickly (and...
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    What's up at Sportspages?

    Thanks for the interest and I will report back - when I have something to report. RJ
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    O's deny press credentials to radio station

    A few updates. According to DCRTV, the site covering DC and Baltimore radio stuff, quotes the O's as saying they had season credential snags, and will issue 7 season passes and two parking passes to WNST. WNST is one of the very rare ones in this country: A locally-owned station with local...
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    What's up at Sportspages?

    The annoucement speaks for itself. Since then, we've had a couple of inquiries and a few more appeals to carry on. We'll announce more in the coming days. In the meantime, the Daily Links continue. And yes, there will be refunds if we hang it up. RJ
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    Sportspages.com -- Anybody still care?

    Yeah, I'm a sensitive f***'in guy! You're right, and there's another thing. I work for a big-time media company. Anybody turning a truely critical eye on the biz needs to be free of conflicts. That said, permit me to amend my posting to thank you for the love over the years -- especially the...
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    Sportspages.com -- Anybody still care?

    Part II: Free days of the DLS got us some complements, but no new subscriptions. Slow to load, loaded down with pop-ups and other crap. Way too guilty. But every one of those things helps keep us in business. And we need every penny to make a several-thousand-dollar-a-month nut...
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    Sportspages.com -- Anybody still care?

    I've split this up into pieces so it will fit. Starting from the first responses, here I go: Thanks to all that says they still use the site and still subscribe to the Daily Links Service. Strokes are always nice. Same thanks to those who say they haven’t used the site in years...
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    Sportspages.com -- Anybody still care?

    It's been 24 hours, for Gad's sake! I have a job that starts at 6am. So hold your bladder and I'll work on a comprehensive reply/thanks/snark in the next hour or so.
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    Sportspages.com -- Anybody still care?

    Yep, it's a sincere question. I need to know if it's worth carrying on. We're eight years old and still scratching. Of course, this site is five years old thanks to our short-lived forum crashing under the weight of veiled lawsuit threats. But the folks who run this joint have stuck it out...
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