Time to let the cat out of the bag
Guys,
Time to let the cat out of the bag—I write for Bleacher Report, have for some time, and will continue to do so in the future. I'm an officially unofficial "sportswriting intern", which means I get paid, but also have to write some articles on assignment that I don't exactly agree with or enjoy. Guess that's the nature of the biz right now.
Just wanted to point you all to my article on the Michigan allegations.
I hope I don't end up with egg on my face for what I say. And it is, to some extent, a stream-of-consciousness rant (albeit with some editing after the fact). But I think it has our best interests at heart.
Peace,
BK
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:00 PM ^
Bleacher Report really sucks.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:32 PM ^
...but I've somehow misplaced my pitchfork
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:42 PM ^
This is the internet, your anonymous credibility is at stake.
nice article by the way.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:43 PM ^
The Freep can eat a bag of dick. Lying to kids to conjure up a story is jacked up. You are right; they are trying to make news, not report it.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:35 PM ^
Confusing, but yeah, they can totally do that as far as I'm concerned.
February 24th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
Louis CK is absolutely hilarious. The Freep can definitely suck a bag of dicks.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:44 PM ^
Bag of dicks - Louis CK?
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:44 PM ^
Hey Brian, I liked the article as well as the many articles you've written over there. You are one of the few voices of reason over there. I really enjoyed BR at first, but now it seems like it's just troll fodder.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:46 PM ^
Great article. Thanks for sharing.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:48 PM ^
RR must be fired. He broke the rules and has made michigan look bad. I think this is the final nail in the coffin. He has brought negativity from day 1 to the football program. He needs to be fired and we need to move on. We deserve a better coach and a better person. I wish brandon would have disposed of RR today so we could have started looking for a new coach. RR has disrespected every player and coach who has ever been involed with the team. If Bo was alive he would be so mad that his team, michigan has major violations.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:12 PM ^
You couldn't be more undeserving of your user name.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:14 PM ^
wow, the copy and paste method of ranting, where you literally copy and paste the same text into several threads which are related to your rant in varying degrees. nice.
here's a tip: ctrl+c and ctrl+v are faster.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
Alt+f4 is also strongly encouraged.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:56 PM ^
format c:
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:15 PM ^
Z....Don't disrespect Bo by assuming.
I hope RR coaches for 20yrs (ie lots of championships).
btw. I liked the article.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:34 PM ^
sayonara
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:47 PM ^
You's trollin'!
begone
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:07 PM ^
Hey Z if Bo was alive that FP story would have never been written.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:10 PM ^
Well, I'm willing to take the high road.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
...after sampling the stickiest of the icky:
That was some good shit.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:50 PM ^
Thanks, guys, for the kind words. I had serious hesitations about posting the article here and inviting all the (justified) criticism of B/R and of the people who work there.
I hear those criticisms, and I've emphasized to my bosses that now that we've broken into the market, we need to turn our attention to getting better with our quality and editing. But in a lot of ways, they're still too obsessed with pageviews.
Anyhow, Go Blue.
BK
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
It took a lot of guts to make this thread and put yourself out there for other people to pick apart your column. I will also say that the column is probably one of the sanest things I've read today about the whole situation. Well done!
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:27 PM ^
You have to eat a lot of crap to make it in the media world.
You are better than some, hopefully your career goes well and you can start writing what you believe in.