Recent content by Chris_Dankberg

At no point did it seem likely that this was a revelation of truth. These guys aren't Woodward and Bernstein. The reaction from journalists around the country just seemed out of character, to me. There are some truly great investigative journalists around and plenty of them break incredible...

Anybody know why this debate is progressing so furiously at SportsJournalists.com? I discovered this site about six months ago and read - didn't post. The discussions at that time were very journalism focused. It was different, but not titillating. Now, this forum, for better or worse, has...

I had two points. One, Simmons was certainly the face of writing. He gave those who took refuge in the internet some legitimacy. Nothing that hasn't been said before. The quality of his stuff tailed off - he had to explain "Jumped the Shark"! But he's certainly one of the more relevant...

The lack of coverage from ESPN is definitely concerning. I think Jemele's got a pretty good point. Vegas has been out of control before. The difference, in my view, is strictly the type of coverage that was available, on DeadSpin, AOL, and and the other sites. And then you've got several...

Re: The Chron Guys and Balco: New Damning Dates and Thoughts How come we haven't seen any further reaction from Jim Caple, among some other national writers, who expressed outrage when the SF Chron guys were facing jail time? At that time, didn't it seem fairly obvious that these guys were...