Thanks again, AP

[HejiraHenry]

On the second point, only time a hometown lead moves on women's basketball is if a team ranked in the Top 10 loses.

Okay, sure, but NO loser quotes in the "optional"? That's bull****.

 

[wicked]

I try not to complain about AP but this is ridiculous.

George Martin died tonight. A couple hours ago, the reports started rolling in.

What does AP do? Send out an alert hours later quoting David Cameron quoting Ringo Starr saying Martin will be missed -- with no actual information on why he'd be missed. Did he go on holiday? Stop at the ice cream shop? Stay too long at a massage parlo(u)r?

FFS. Places were reporting it and had it confirmed by various sources: Martin's management, Martin's label were two.

What a bunch of poppycock.

 

[Batman]

Wow. This is the first 100 words or so of the AP story on Johnny Manziel being released. Looks like it's the only version that moved, too.
Did Manziel steal this guy's girlfriend at a club or something? Whatever happened to objectivity?

CLEVELAND (AP) — Johnny Manziel's tightest spiral with the Browns was a downward one.
Less than two years after arriving armed with a Heisman Trophy, full of swagger and touted as a savior for this football-frenzied city's sagging franchise, Manziel was shown the door — a rude exit for the overhyped quarterback.
Manziel, who did as much partying as playing during two drama-filled seasons with the Browns, was waived Friday.
Welcomed as a hero, he leaves as one of the biggest busts in team — and perhaps — NFL history.
Johnny Be Gone.
The Browns had hoped to recoup something for the former Texas A&M star, but after failing to find a team interested in trading for him the past two days, the team finally cut ties. Cleveland announced its move with a simple sentence: "The Cleveland Browns have waived Johnny Manziel." The Browns included his pedestrian statistics but not any comment.
Actions, not words. That was the same mantra they asked of Manziel, who always promised to change his behavior but never did.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Anyone know when the AP plans on moving next week's TV sked? It usually hits the wire Wednesday afternoon or early evening, but it hasn't been updated in a while.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

For those who use the AP TV sked like I do, they changed the slug. It's just sportswatch now. So if you type bc-tv in the search, the new advance won't show up.

Thanks for the heads up, AP.

 

[HanSenSE]

Anyone know when the AP plans on moving next week's TV sked? It usually hits the wire Wednesday afternoon or early evening, but it hasn't been updated in a while.

Maybe waiting for NCAA results? Or did the second post answer this?

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Maybe waiting for NCAA results? Or did the second post answer this?

Second post answered my own question. lol

I thought they were doing that, too, but called the Louisville bureau and the guy ran a search of sportswatch and -- voila. Told him I was searching for "TV" and nothing came up. He said it was odd they changed the slug, but everything is there as it always has been.

 

[Southwinds]

Hey AP: It's North Carolina, not Carolina, not even on second reference. Just like they're the Tar Heels, not the Heels, which you also used repeatedly, or how for some inane reason y'all continue to omit the "Fighting" before "Irish" and "Illini."

 

[BDC99]

Hey AP: It's North Carolina, not Carolina, not even on second reference. Just like they're the Tar Heels, not the Heels, which you also used repeatedly, or how for some inane reason y'all continue to omit the "Fighting" before "Irish" and "Illini."

Alrighty. That's not a fight I would put a whole lot of effort into. They're all pretty common usage.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

At least they didn't spell Tar Heels as one word ...

Also:
Dear AP,
Please slug the weekly TV schedules the same damn way each week. None of this flipping back and forth **** you've been pulling for several weeks now.

 

[Batman]

Has anybody fooled around with the new AP Newsroom yet?
I just signed up today and glanced at the first page. Haven't dived into it. Any pros, cons, or tips on what to watch for?

 

[I Should Coco]

Haven't fooled around too much with it ... but once you pick an AP Newsroom login/password, it becomes your Exchange password.

 

[Batman]

Yeah, I realized that last night when I went to log in to Exchange. I'm signed up for the Newsroom web training late next week.
Hopefully this isn't one of those "It wasn't broken, but we fixed it anyway" deals. I've always liked the simplicity of Exchange. It was a lean, functional site where you could find stuff easily if you knew a few slugs and key words to search for. I'm afraid Newsroom is going to have more "features" that do nothing but add five steps to the process.

 

[Doom and gloom]

Yeah, I realized that last night when I went to log in to Exchange. I'm signed up for the Newsroom web training late next week.
Hopefully this isn't one of those "It wasn't broken, but we fixed it anyway" deals. I've always liked the simplicity of Exchange. It was a lean, functional site where you could find stuff easily if you knew a few slugs and key words to search for. I'm afraid Newsroom is going to have more "features" that do nothing but add five steps to the process.

You know the business...

If it's not broke, we've got to fix it to stay relevant. Signed, Employees without a Real Purpose.

 

[UPChip]

Dear USA TODAY Sports Images:
Thanks a bunch for not shooting EITHER of our coverage's MLB teams tonight. Also, thanks for the pretentious bull**** ALL CAPS in your name that I have to edit out of every single damned cutline.

Dear AP,

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Anyone know why the Spelling Bee is listed in next week's TV sked? Makes no sense, even if the WWL is airing it.

 

[HanSenSE]

Anyone know why the Spelling Bee is listed in next week's TV sked? Makes no sense, even if the WWL is airing it.

The same reason they list the dog show?

 

[HejiraHenry]

I've meant to say this week that AP did a super job Sunday night getting the Coca-Cola 600 taken care of in a timely manner. I had a decent lead and a photo of the winner in plenty of time for my 10 p.m. deadline.

 

[Batman]

I've meant to say this week that AP did a super job Sunday night getting the Coca-Cola 600 taken care of in a timely manner. I had a decent lead and a photo of the winner in plenty of time for my 10 p.m. deadline.

Have you ever looked at nascarmedia.com?

It's .... well, it's the NASCAR media relations site. Since we dropped AP photos, it's where we get our NASCAR pictures from. They're kind of repetitive with what they make available (a couple of track pictures, one or two of the winner in victory lane), but they usually put them up there quickly. There's some other good stuff on the site, too, if you need to dive deeper.

 

[Southwinds]

I've meant to say this week that AP did a super job Sunday night getting the Coca-Cola 600 taken care of in a timely manner. I had a decent lead and a photo of the winner in plenty of time for my 10 p.m. deadline.

A timely NASCAR story? Once in a blue moon, I guess.