blogging Stories - Mile High Hockey
On media feuds, the motives of a blogger and why we all belong
Editor's Note: We try not to stray away from coverage of Flyers hockey too often, but as somebody who makes his livelihood in this new media world, and as somebody who deeply cares about the issues surrounding the coverage of our sport, it's hard for me to stay silent on this subject for long. If...
Bloggers Deserve More Respect
Over the past year, while establishing myself as a mainstream blogger, the only thing that has turned me off about what I do is the disrespect Bloggers are shown. I have seen it every now and then and it got to me a little bit. I am usually not one to care what others think, because quite...
Ohlund, tampering and how it's so much easier to insinuate than investigate
A few months back, it was noted both here at Raw Charge and elsewhere that Lightning ownership took a shot at bloggers in general. I won't rehash that at all. Click on those links to get the full context.And in the last few days, Tony Gallagher's insinuations that the Tampa Bay Lightning tampered...
The Jibbles-Dater Accords
[Hey kids, remember me? Yeah, I don't either.] In San Jose this past weekend, a watershed event in the history of the Colorado Avalanche took place. It didn't take place on the ice and it didn't really have anything to do with anyone on the team. No, it was more important than that. A beat...
The Battle Rages On - Why MSM Hates Blogs
Main stream media, (MSM), has always held contempt for blogs. The disdain took a very public turn during this past week as well known sportscaster Bob Costas hosted a special feature about the new media on his most recent "Costas NOW" series on HBO. The 90 minute show was comprised of several...
The best way to avoid addressing the criticisms is to write a blog that directly addresses the criticisms
The sports blogosphere has a new member: Mr. Peter Chiarelli. Chiarelli has been occasionally writing blog entries this off-season entitled "On Point with Peter" for the Bruins website.So, I logged on to bostonbruins.com this morning to see what was going on over on Causeway St. and found a very...
Can my blog outdraw the WNBA?
According to womensbasketballonline.com, the average nightly attendance in the WNBA this season is 7,860.How hard can it be to draw 7,860 people? Well, I am about to find out. I am attempting to draw at least 7,860 unique visitors to my blog by midnight tonight (12 AM Eastern).I know I have a more...
Apparently the WNBA is way better than my blog
Yesterday afternoon I conducted a little experiment to see just how difficult it is to get 7,860 people to do anything, let alone go to a WNBA.It turns out it is a lot more difficult than I thought. I failed. In fact, I failed miserably. The amount of traffic I drew to my site was more like the...
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