The Legendary Norm MacLean

Hot day, much fatigue and dull ball game all led to some random Googling, which produced this. Don't know when it was written, but it doesn't matter because Norm is forever.



Legendary journalist joins ranks of The Sports Network

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Sports Network has announced an exclusive relationship with one of the legendary names in sports journalism, Norman Maclean. Mr. Maclean, a veteran of 52 years as a journalist, television commentator, editor of national publications and author of 33 hard and soft cover books on sports, is going to be devoting his experience and knowledge of sports to a regular feature column on TSN’s widely regarded Internet site, www.sportsnetwork.com, as well as across its international wire service.

“’Stormin’ With Norman’ is expected to be one of our most read offerings and early returns are that expectations will be justified,” stated Phil Sokol, Director of Operations for The Sports Network. “Norm brings a wealth of expertise and insight to our content, both on the Internet site as well as across our wire service. He is, and has been, a scout for pro and amateur teams, nine different NHL ones among them, and he is the co-founder and commissioner of the Metropolitan Junior Hockey Association. Further,” continued Mr. Sokol, “he is the managing editor and columnist for Sports Press Service and has covered the last 50 Stanley Cup Finals, 10 Winter Olympics, 52 World Series and 34 Super Bowls. He will be writing about the NHL, NBA and general sports business.

“While we at The Sports Network have a full editorial staff for every major sport and over 30 contributing writers at our corporate headquarters with a plethora of others around the world, it is always nice to have a contributor of the calibre of Norman Maclean join our ranks. We are privileged to add his commentary to our already award winning offerings. People like Norm,” concluded Mr. Sokol, “have a perspective on sports on a realistic approach that is a sought after commodity in a seeming journalistic world of sameness on many levels.”

About The Sports Network

The Sports Network is the nation's foremost international real-time sports wire service furnishing a plethora of content on a 24/7 basis using state-of-the-art technology. This data includes, but is not limited to, scores, trends, analysis, news, features, statistics, pre and post-game reports, box scores, historical data, Las Vegas odds updates, and very much more. Among its clients are Fox Sports National/Regional, Cox Interactive, Tribune Media, Knight-Ridder, Lexis*Nexis, Comtex, Yellow Brix, Screaming Media, Mutual Broadcasting, CanWest Interactive (Canada), Bloomberg Financial, Comcast, Dallas Morning News, New York Times/Post & Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Denver Post, Sunshine Network, Learfield Communications, Media News, Media General and hundreds more.

www.sportsnetwork.com is one of the most accessed web sites on the Internet and TSN currently brands sports pages for sites numbering in excess of 500 while furnishing satellite transmitted data and online transmission to a host of organizations domestically and internationally.

Contact:

Maureen Galeone
The Sports Network
email: Maureen@sportsnetwork.com
phone: +1 215 441 8444

 

Hope there's enough food for everyone

 

Ahem.

Legendar(ily bad) journalist joins ranks (skanks) of The Sports Network

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network is not really in Philly, it's in a suburb) - The Sports Network (not the good one in Canada) has announced an exclusive relationship (yeah because legitimate people are knocking down the door to work with you) with one of the legendary names in sports journalism, Norman Maclean. (it's MacLean. Good job) Mr. Maclean, a veteran of 52 (5200) years as a journalist (yeah right, he was a blogger before computers were invented), television commentator (he watches TV and comments on it, that counts right?), editor of national publications (Bill Shannon let him edit the Who's Who In Baseball once. Once) and author of 33 hard and soft cover books on sports (OK, this will not be difficult at all to disprove), is going to be devoting his experience (at stealing newspapers and eating food) and (minimal) knowledge of sports to a regular feature column (the kids call it a featumn...it's not a feature, it's not a column, but you get a good meal) on TSN's widely regarded (as complete shit) Internet site, www.sportsnetwork.com, as well as across its international wire service (international wire service these days meaning shitty).

"Stormin' With Norman" (what the fuck is this, 1991??) is expected to be one of our most read offerings (high praise, that, since we get three hits a day) and early returns are that expectations will be justified (in other news, Gore is President!)," stated Phil Sokol, Director of Operations (and everything else) for The Sports Network. "Norm brings a wealth of expertise (at sucking) and (absolutely no) insight to our content, both on the Internet site as well as across our wire service (neither of which anybody reads). He is, and has been, (a complete mooch) a scout for pro and amateur teams (just because you watch games does not make you a scout), nine different NHL ones among them (scouting one game nine times for the California Golden Seals explains a lot), and he is the co-founder and commissioner of the Metropolitan Junior Hockey Association (that's great, no one has ever heard of it). Further," continued Mr. Sokol, (what the fuck is this, two quotes in one graph? fuck hiring Norm, find an editor) 'he is the managing editor and columnist for Sports Press Service (and the last time you read anything by Norm on the Sports Press Service was 1872) and has covered (covered is such a loose term, plus, it sounds better than mooched free food at) the last 50 Stanley Cup Finals (cargo flights!), 10 Winter Olympics (cargo flights!), 52 World Series (hey Keith Foulke do do do you like hockey?) and 34 Super Bowls (that's XXXIV Super Bowls to you Norm). He will be writing about the NHL, NBA and general sports business (what are three things Norm has no idea about).

"While we at The Sports Network have a full editorial staff for every major sport (i.e. one guy working real cheap on every sport) and over 30 contributing writers (we count staff members as contributing writers) at our corporate headquarters (which are run by a felon) with a plethora (nice word here meaning NONE) of others around the world, it is always nice to have a contributor of the calibre (caliber, you fuckhead) of Norman Maclean join our ranks (yes he's a perfect fit for your fradulent. We are privileged to add his commentary to our already award winning offerings (being named the worst sports website 12 years running does not count). People like Norm, (give the rest of the business a bad name)" concluded Mr. Sokol, "have a perspective on sports on a realistic approach that is a sought after commodity in a seeming journalistic world of sameness on many levels (what in the holy fuck was that?)."

About The Sports Network

The Sports Network is the nation's foremost international real-time sports wire service (have you ever heard of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) furnishing a plethora (buy a fucking thesaurus) of content (shit) on a 24/7 basis using state-of-the-art technology (our modem is 28K!). This data (does not) includes, but is not limited to, scores, trends, analysis, news, features, statistics, pre and post-game reports, box scores, historical data, Las Vegas odds updates, and very much more. Among its clients are Fox Sports National/Regional, Cox Interactive, Tribune Media, Knight-Ridder, Lexis*Nexis, Comtex, Yellow Brix, Screaming Media, Mutual Broadcasting, CanWest Interactive (Canada), Bloomberg Financial, Comcast, Dallas Morning News, New York Times/Post & Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Denver Post, Sunshine Network, Learfield Communications, Media News, Media General and hundreds more (don't let this fool you, when was the last time you read anything by The Sports Network?)

www.sportsnetwork.com is one of the most accessed web sites on the Internet (18,126 on Alexa, ooooo) and TSN currently brands sports pages for sites numbering in excess of 500 while furnishing satellite transmitted data and online transmission to a host of organizations domestically and internationally (blah blah blah I'm tired).

Contact:

Maureen Galeone
The Sports Network
email: Maureen@sportsnetwork.com
phone: +1 215 441 8444

(call me with job offers, please)

 

Oh and this is Norm's last masterpiece for The Sports Network. Feb. 21, 2007. Good times.

Look at that mug shot. Is that a photo made for the post office or what?

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=other/misc/stormin-norman_column.htm

 

Outstanding work as always, Beej...

And even better sigline... there's an issue of peeple magazine Ms. Slappy was reading with Topanga in a bikini... oof

 

Damn.
BYH got his iron pills today.

 

Re: the mug shot. I always pictured him being some massive, slovenly human being with a combover.

Instead, he's the farmer from "Babe."

Sad.

 

smasher -- that was the funniest thing I've ever read on here. nice work

you nailed it

 

Me, too! The stories don't fit with that photo. I pictured a fat guy, in sansabelt slacks, with crumbs all over his stained shirt. Now maybe that is what Norm wears, but I always pictured him obese.

 

This is the same guy that is such a cheap-skate that he drove to Ottawa from Detroit (or somewhere ridiculously far) to cover the Stanley Cup finals and sleeps in his car, right?