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The Best American Sports Writing of the Century, edited by Halberstam, is a must-read. It's like a big golden bible of fantastic sports writing, both deadline and feature pieces and can be had for pretty cheap. There are some big omissions, but it's an invaluable resource. I never fly without...

Thanks for this, will make great reading for the weekend. I do a links of the week on the blog I write for and try to link to classic pieces of sportswriting each week and I can never find links to the great Esquire pieces. If there's any website that is in desperate need of an SI Vault-esque...

I would punch up the lede as well, but it's not bad as it is. It's straightforward and people reading the story probably just want the basic info. No need to get too cute with gamers, although be creative, doing them gets old fast.

Unless she specifically asks to be referred to by a nickname only (a shortened version of their first name or initials or something) I wouldn't ever just go ahead and print it. I go by a nickname in my byline (initials) but my rule is the same thing I say to my editors: It's what my mom has...

Why keep someone in a job when you can lay them off and hire someone new for out of school for half the price? Got to keep that 15 percent profit margin somehow.

yeah but than again, what are papers doing that bloggers aren't? Game reports? check. Opinions? check. Interviews? Some. I'll admit most blogs aren't doing jack other than collecting links and bragging about page hits, but there are some top notch blogs and the lack of an editor doesn't detract...

yes Michael_Gee but I think it has more to do with accountability. It's not like professional landscapers are the only people who can use gloves and shovels to remove rocks from property, they're just paid to do it. The reason they're paid is because they do what they do well and have something...

they should be edited for typos and facts and things of that nature but a blog should be more opinion, but when's the last time you saw a retraction on a blog? In a perfect world the reporters would just self-edit on blogs. I know I'd make sure I didn't slip up out of personal pride rather...

it has to be a living wage, and with skyrocketing student loan costs the math just doesn't work out. I'm in school now and looking at, at best, 3 years in my parents' house after graduation. And that's with paying every dime I can from a side job to loans before I even get my degree. At this...