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It’s tough: Mike Vaccaro’s Unsigned Obit for Colleague Mike Rodman

Posted July 27, 2011, 4:00 pm by (74 Comments)

This month in northwest Arkansas a reporter by the name of Mike Rodman died, unexpectedly, at the age of 55. Stepping up to pen his obituary, which ran the local paper minus a byline, was author and New York Post sports columnist Mike Vaccaro, who worked with Rodman 20 years ago.

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A Q&A with Sports Illustrated’s Lee Jenkins

Posted June 9, 2011, 3:35 pm by (216 Comments)

Topics covered: The NBA’s best interviews, why he went to Vanderbilt, stats and the NBA, and Russell Westbrook vs. Chris Paul.

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Q&A with New York Times NFL Reporter Judy Battista

Posted May 26, 2011, 2:25 pm by (119 Comments)

Judy Battista has been at the New York Times since 1998, and she’s currently the paper’s NFL reporter.

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A Q&A with James Andrew Miller, Author of the New ESPN Book, “Those Guys Have All the Fun”

Posted May 22, 2011, 3:30 pm by (13 Comments)

The ESPN Book doesn’t hit bookstores until Tuesday, but it’s already gotten so much publicity that it has risen to No. 7 at Amazon. The media-types who received an advance copy are devouring the 700-page book and early reviews are positive. Author James Andrew Miller has already been interviewed by a plethora of outlets, and [...]

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Jason Sobel Leaves ESPN To Become Senior Writer At The Golf Channel

Posted May 2, 2011, 12:30 pm by (20 Comments)

Maybe you noticed that ESPN.com was lacking Jason Sobel’s Masters live blog this year. Today we have the official answer – Jason Sobel has left ESPN to become a senior writer for The Golf Channel. Sobel was good enough to chat with me last week about his new home at The Golf Channel and reflect [...]

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A Q&A With NFL Draft Prospect Christian Ponder

Posted April 27, 2011, 3:15 pm by (32 Comments)

We had the opportunity to interview Florida State’s Christian Ponder, one of the quarterbacks in this year’s draft class. It was pretty easy to see in just a span of a short interview why teams would be drawn to Ponder’s personality as they assess quarterbacks, and I hope it comes through in print. The interview was made possible by the [...]

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Interview with Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders

Posted April 26, 2011, 4:10 pm by (53 Comments)

Aaron Schatz is the founder and President of Football Outsiders, Inc., a writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine, and the Editor of Football Outsiders Almanac, which will be released in July (pending ownership and players getting along.) Aaron and I exchanged e-mails on a variety of topics, including Mark Sanchez, his business model, the [...]

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