Check out Michael Silver's pimpin' new mug and column name!

[suburbanite]

Nice research, DD. Shows just how short a shelf life the pop-culture references have.

 

[thebiglead]

Isn't this a ripoff of the Orlando Sentinel's "ride along" series?

That's what we thought.

 

[Jones]

I know I've said this a bajillion times, but pop culture references, particularly when employed as metaphors and analogies, are as hacky as the French dude in Slapshot.

 

[Jack_Kerouac]

I know I've said this a bajillion times, but pop culture references, particularly when employed as metaphors and analogies, are as hacky as the French dude in Slapshot.

I tend to agree, Jonesy, but coming from one of the best writers going today, that statement carries a lot of weight.

 

[bigpern23]

i think Michael is a pretty dammn good writer...i agreee sometimes he comes off buddy buddy with the guys he covers..but sometimes his stories are those type of fluff pieces...he can be very good at game stories at big events...i admit i am biased cause i have "rolled" with him and he is a good guy

Hey, we all have to write hum jobs sometimes. It comes with the territory. I know I've written my share. I just don't like his because they smack of 'I'm WAYYYYYY cooler than you' to the reader [he probably is, but that doesn't prove anything]. That's not something I want to read further, when the writer is basically big-timing the reader.

Even Murrow had to chat with "Lee" Liberace in order to get to McCarthy.

*Disclaimer: In no way am I comparing Silver with Murrow. After seeing those glasses, I might go for a comparison with Liberace, though.

 

[deportes]

michael silver is writing for the best sports magazine. and you're scribbling for whom again?

 

[Pringle]

michael silver is writing for the best sports magazine. and you’re scribbling for whom again?

So maybe we should cancel all English courses at colleges, as well? I mean, who are we to critique F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Clown.

 

[deportes]

pringle, you're the buffoon for even comparing michael silver to one of the greatest american writers of the twentieth century.

 

[Freelance Hack]

michael silver is writing for the best sports magazine. and you're scribbling for whom again?

He's writing for ESPN? I thought he was at SI?

 

[Pringle]

pringle, you're the buffoon for even comparing michael silver to one of the greatest american writers of the twentieth century.

Yeah, that's what I said. Go away.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

Hey, Mike:

Thanks for reading SportsJournalists.com.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/michael_silver/09/21/brett/2.html

And your writing at SI is as forgettable as a Best of Hanson album. It's awkward the first time you hear it and doesn't get any better with repetitions.

(See, I can use dated pop culture references, too! I even spell-checked my post! Wee!)

 

[da man]

Wow, Mike ... Touchy, touchy!