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Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by steveu, Jan 29, 2009.

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  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Butch obviously would be good, but he's got a good gig going at CU.
     
    MileHigh, Feb 16, 2010
    #61
  2. chase.colston

    chase.colston Member

    Hire is done. Not ready to be divulged, I don't think.
     
    chase.colston, Feb 16, 2010
    #62
  3. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

    Mile, when I was out watching Philly-Colorado in the 2007 NLDS, I did a couple stories for our local paper on athletes at CU and had the great pleasure to talk to BG for about 30 minutes. What a guy. What's he up to now at Colorado?
     
    steveu, Feb 16, 2010
    #63
  4. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Butch is a fantastic guy. He got on with CU after the Rocky was burned to the ground and is their main writer for the school's sports Web site.

    http://bit.ly/90bvzI
     
    MileHigh, Feb 16, 2010
    #64
  5. Paper Guy

    Paper Guy Member

    Anyone know what happened to Graham? Just curious.
     
    Paper Guy, Feb 16, 2010
    #65
  6. Editude

    Editude Active Member

    My understanding is that it was a two-year deal that Tim wasn't sorry to see end. He traveled from his San Antonio base far more than he thought he would, and almost every Big 12 team's fans thought he was biased against them.
     
    Editude, Feb 16, 2010
    #66
  7. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Still there, no?
     
    MileHigh, Feb 16, 2010
    #67
  8. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    Indeed.

    http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/19681/niu-looks-to-challenge-for-the-mac-title

    And: I love football myself, but geez . . . so much coverage in the middle of February?
     
    Piotr Rasputin, Feb 16, 2010
    #68
  9. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    When Butch was at the RMN he was the best Big 12 writer by a longshot. Plenty of good ones, plenty of very good ones, but he's the best. I doubt many would even bother to argue that.

    One of the nicest people you'll ever meet as well.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Feb 17, 2010
    #69
  10. chase.colston

    chase.colston Member

    Heard today Tim Griffin is going back to the Express-News. Can't confirm it yet. Can anyone else?
     
    chase.colston, Feb 17, 2010
    #70
  11. armageddon

    armageddon Active Member

    Not sure that would work, at least when it comes to breaking news. I doubt the host paper of the "contract worker" would be too happy seeing news bring broken on ESPN.com instead of the paper's site.

    The WWL used to have freelance writers for football and hoops -- by conference. In Bristol they understood you broke news for your paper. The work was enjoyable, quite cumbersome during NCAA tournament time, but you could make some pretty good coin.

    The web editors back then were both decent guys.
     
    armageddon, Feb 17, 2010
    #71
  12. Paper Guy

    Paper Guy Member

    Sorry -- I meant Griffin, not Graham.
     
    Paper Guy, Feb 17, 2010
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