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    ANOTHER ONE to ESPN - and ANOTHER one updated 10/27

    Couldn't agree more with spnited. As a part of the operation at The National, I sure wish we had access to that amount $$.
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    ANOTHER ONE to ESPN - and ANOTHER one updated 10/27

    T.J. will do a fine job for the worldwide leader. A great hire.
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    Is this the worst lede ever?

    I stopped teaching sports journalism classes a few years ago. Otherwise, I'd use this as the perfect example of how NOT to begin a gamer. Badly overwritten? An understatement.
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    Is this the worst lede ever?

    Believe it or not, this was in a major metro. It belongs in Overwriting 101. It's also grammatically incorrect. A terrible job by the writer. I'm surprised the desk let it go through.
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    Sports writer needed in Northwest New Jersey

    melock speaks the truth. I can provide a few more details. Send me a PM and I'll fill you on what a good friend told me of this place.
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    Denver Post writer goes postal on ESPN

    Stunning. In a bad way.
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    Is this the worst lede ever?

    Hope that stringer didn't get another gig. That's pretty bad.
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    Orlando Sentinel general assignment reporter

    150-200 seems about right.
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    Is this the worst lede ever?

    From the U.S. Open OAKMONT, Pa. -- The nastiest golf course ever designed by man, sitting on a tree-stripped, ill-tempered piece of real estate in the broiling heat of the Pittsburgh suburbs has decided the best golfer in the world is a fat guy who smokes between shots, looks like Rocky...
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    F'n writer's block

    Walk away for 10-15 minutes to clear your mind. It's simple, but effective.
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    Interactive journalism

    The wave of the future.
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    The Star-Ledger Sports Section

    I'm an old-timer, but there were plenty of interesting things I never knew. I don't think many people knew about the 108 three point attempts in one game or that experiment in the '40s. The Bob Knight irony was fascinating. Most coaches didn't want the line, so I disagree that it wasn't a big...
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    The Star-Ledger Sports Section

    For all of the critical remarks about the section, there is an amazing package about the 20th anniversary of the college three pointer today.
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