Ask me about being a sports writer!

[MurphNKY]

gogogogogogogogogogo...(be nice)

[NajdorfDefense]

When do you think Cinci will have a playoff win in...well, any sport?

[kyleb]

do you suck like most sports writers?

[Felix_Nietzsche]

I had the same question.....

[MurphNKY]

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do you suck like most sports writers?

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Suck as in..suck at life? NO

Suck as in..suck your Mom's teats? INDEED

[Holybull]

What kind of sports writer are you? Do you write the high-school wrap-ups or are you a columnist? Do you aspire to be a big-time columnust someday?

[MurphNKY]

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What kind of sports writer are you? Do you write the high-school wrap-ups or are you a columnist? Do you aspire to be a big-time columnust someday?

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Great question...here's the short summary:

Started as a stringer (answering office calls, office work, answering calls from high school coaches with game summaries)

Moved to a larger stringer role where my office duties increased and I was sent to cover high school football games and various sporting events that needed a small amount of coverage.

From there, whenst I showed I could write, and write well, I was given the role of a all-around coverage reporter. Here, my main responsibilities became covering a major local Division II program, covering lesser major league sporting events (IHL, Arena Football, Olympic Trials, etc), and training new stringers.

Also,at this time, I was given the responsibility several nights a week of doing the agate page in the paper. For those of you who don't know, this is teh page with odds, tv/radio listings, etc.

After this, I was granted a prestigious summer internship (keep in mind, during these years I was in college) where I was basically granted aa job for several months. Here, I covered MLB, NFL, NBA, WTA, ATP, PGA, LPGA and was assigned columnist duties as well. Got to write features and really get a comprehensive look at the industry from an insiders view.

So, in summary, I definitely wasn't a super sports writer or some established columnist. Basically, just a college kid who kicked ass in the industry as a freelancer for 5 years, got a taste for a summer of what it was like to be a staff writer and then, accordingly, said....sianora!

Keep the questions coming...

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do you suck like most sports writers?

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Suck as in..suck at life? NO

Suck as in..suck your Mom's teats? INDEED

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Will your tenure at 2p2 exceed that of blackjack777?

[MurphNKY]

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do you suck like most sports writers?

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Suck as in..suck at life? NO

Suck as in..suck your Mom's teats? INDEED

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Will your tenure at 2p2 exceed that of blackjack777?

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I know I'm going to get killed for this..but who is Blackjack777?

[diddyeinstein]

1) Are you pressured by whoever pays you to make the tone of any piece you do, fit in with their thoughts on the subject?

2) Does it bother you that you in many ways take the joy out of sports, which is something you seemingly love so much you made a job around?

3) Do you ever think that the sports microcosm and the importance we place on it, is just a little ridiculous?

That's what I got. Be glad you got the second version, I ain't real high on your kind at the moment.