Ask me about being a sports writer!

[MurphNKY]

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Dids,

If he posts actual articles, the whole thread will get sidetracked by nitty specifics and non-sequitors. If he says, "I was a weekly column in Cincy's biggest newspaper," I'll believe him and then he can get down to specific inside info.

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I think any insight he can offer is pointless until I know if he sucks or not.

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Dids is right on...let me see what I can find.

[RunDownHouse]

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Those guys - Adande, Smith - are the following:

- Outstanding at their job
- Amazingly charismatic and eloquent
- Major market columnists who have major market money behind them.

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Right, but what qualifies "outstanding?" I assume you mean they're really good writers, simply because any idiot can write, "Vick isn't a great QB." Since I assume the basic level of sports knowledge is available to everyone, is it in how they write?

From what little I know, every TV show's overwhelmingly desired demo is young males. I'd guess there's a Woody Paige in ever market in the country. How does ESPN decide that they can put him on TV instead of the multitude of others? I mean, surely they don't interview everyone. They probably cut it down to major markets, but how do they go from there?

btw, obviously all these questions are about how you go from print to TV. I just assume that's the pinnacle. If you want to make trading your profession, you generally start as a broker or on the floor or whatever and end up running a fund. If you want to be a national sportswriter, you start at a college paper and go through city papers to being on TV. Is that right, or horribly wrong? If being a regular on PTI isn't the tops for a sports writer, what is?

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What athlete had the biggest schlong (referencing, of course, your many locker room interviews of naked men)?

My, er, friend wants to know.

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do you enjoy interviewing guys while they have their ding dongs swinging in the locker room?

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do you enjoy interviewing guys while they have their ding dongs swinging in the locker room?

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What a stupid question.

[solids]

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Seriously question, and try to be honest: Do you think you are bias towards teams from Cincinnati, or do you consider yourself to be completely objective?

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Seriously...you HAVE to be objective and I could draw that line. Not being able to not only effects your work, but your reputation. I never had a problem separating objectivity from homerdom.

MANY sportswriters can't...and they suffer for it eventually.

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Follow up question: If this is the case, can you truly ever be a fan of any team?

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Who is the most famous player you interviewed?

Which player got the most mad at you and for what question?

Who is your favorite sportswriter?

[MurphNKY]

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Who was the nicest person you ever interviewed? Who was the biggest dbag?

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By FAR, the nicest person I ever interviewed was Sean Casey. At the time, he was just starting his career and was a huge fan fav. in Cincinnati. He was good to me, talked to me whenever I needed him too, and, unlike most of the other degenerates, understood the job I needed to do.

Biggest d-bag...BY FAR - Barry Larkin. Great story...my editor tells me I have to do a sidebar on Larkin just breaking the longest AB streak without a grand slam. So I have to talk to him about that, after a loss, after he struck out with the bases loaded...already a losing proposition for me since he's probably pissed and he has no clue who I am at the time.

So, I went up to him in the locker room...introduced myself, asked him if he had any comment on the streak and he went nuts. I mean, totally apeshit, cussed me up and down the locker room and then stormed into the trainer's room. Nice..

To be fair, I understood he didn't really know who I was..but, I am a solid interviewer and he should have understood what I was doing. Just a complete POS...seriously.

Runner Up Great Guys - Michael Tucker, Pokey Reese
Runner Up Douche Bags - Jim "LeatherPants" Bowden, Barry Bonds

[MurphNKY]

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What athlete had the biggest schlong (referencing, of course, your many locker room interviews of naked men)?

My, er, friend wants to know.

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Eyes up at all times...honestly, that was kinda weird for awhile until it just became second nature. But, I mean, I never broke my ruler out or pointed in awe...

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Runner Up Douche Bags - Jim "LeatherPants" Bowden, Barry Bonds

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