writing Stories - Mile High Report
When The Press Became The Media
There is a great valedictory from Frank Deford called Confessions of a Sportswriter in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated. It's well worth your time to read. I've touched upon some of these themes here before on Barking Carnival, most recently when Gary Cartwright tore into the modern sports...
Q&A with Patrick Sheltra, author of 100 Things Utes Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
Utah athletics has a pretty storied history. There have been Final Fours and BCS bowls and a lot in between. If you're a fan, certainly there are memories and moments that you'll carry to the grave. Maybe it was Utah's remarkable run through the NCAA tournament in 1998 or the 2004 undefeated season...
Hockey Goosebumps #1: Welcome to Dead Rink
Twelve-year-old Patrick Marleau is about to find out that there's a reason no one goes to the old hockey rink... "But I don't want to move to a new town!" I whined from the back seat of my dad's car, "All my friends are back in San Jose!" "Now Patrick," my dad replied, not taking his eyes off the...
In Search of (More) Big 12 Writers.
Big12Hoops is now just over a month old, and we're gearing up for a big pre-season, season and post-season with tons of in-depth coverage of each Big 12 team. We still need writers for these teams: TexasTexas TechTexas A&MOklahoma StateKansasKansas StateIowa StateNebraska This is your chance to...
The Great Migration
I know it must seem callous for me to be here, on OBNUG, with Fight, Fight BSU's eulogy so fresh in all of our minds...but we all must move on. Be strong, FFBSU followers, for blogs never really go away—sometimes they just move to a new city and get remarried...and you can still see them...
An MHR University Special - Building Your Rep at MHR
So you want to be a sportswriter? Perhaps you just want to be noticed more at MHR. Maybe you want to write some of the articles that get linked at Sports Illustrated, or to interview your favorite player, or get invited to the draft? It's all possible. At MHR, your dreams can come true. We...
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