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ESPN non-coverage is atrocious
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Finally convinced husband to at least go to solely online on subscription after non coverage of our fabulous cross country teams. If it were up to me, I would dump that too. Randy’s crap alone is worth canceling that rag.
Well, when you only have a 5 person crew to write the stories, edit them, and setup the printer you have to set your deadline well before the 10:30 finish.
Good points and all that but but bear in mind I clicked on NCAAM. It’s worse than some people realize I think. I don’t expect to get more attention than Dukeor KU but thought there would be a headline. Such a deliberate panning to include headlines for OSU-MICHIGAN football in the mens bball section. But who knows maybe we will get a surprising writeup
I think the Des Moines Register goes to press at around 7 p.m. ISU did not start until 8:30 p.m. Anything after the 7 p.m. on Friday's deadline will be reported on and analyzed in Sunday's paper. Also, I would guess that Randy Peterson was in Ames covering football and I do not know where Travis Hines was.
One of the top articles on ESPN basketball page this am is Juwan Howard excited for OSU-MU football game today.
What a trash publication and they deserve everything that will inevitably happen to them.
What a trash publication and they deserve everything that will inevitably happen to them.
I was pretty creeped out by the practice footage they’d frequently cut to of Memphis and Larry Brown. 81-year-olds wearing joggers is a sight that won’t leave me anytime soon.
When I saw your first comment about this game not being reported by the Register, maybe not long after 9:00 AM, I went to their site and saw this article linked in the upper right corner of their homepage:
T.J. Otzelberger's remarkable Iowa State turnaround has people buzzing about Cyclones hoops again
In three days, the Cyclones proved they are for real by beating a top 25 team in Xavier and a top 10 club in Memphis.
www.desmoinesregister.com
Below the author's name it says "published at 8:02 AM" (maybe just the photos?), and after that, "updated at 9:09 AM."
Again, the link when I first went there was in the upper right corner of their homepage (under Top Headlines). When I went there just now, it is no longer on their homepage -- in either the upper right corner, or under the sports section on the homepage. I had to click on the link to their Sports section to find the headline listed there. I found this part interesting: "Otzelberger, who prides himself on avoiding social media and not paying any attention to what traditional media says or writes ..." [emphasis added].
Here are a couple of paragraphs:
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When I saw your first comment about this game not being reported by the Register, maybe not long after 9:00 AM, I went to their site and saw this article linked in the upper right corner of their homepage:
T.J. Otzelberger's remarkable Iowa State turnaround has people buzzing about Cyclones hoops again
In three days, the Cyclones proved they are for real by beating a top 25 team in Xavier and a top 10 club in Memphis.www.desmoinesregister.com
Below the author's name it says "published at 8:02 AM" (maybe just the photos?), and then after that, "updated at 9:09 AM."
Again, the link when I went there was in the upper right corner of their homepage (under Top Headlines). When I went there just now, it is no longer on their homepage -- in either the upper right, or under the sports section on the homepage. I had to click on their Sports section to find the headline listed under their Sports section. I found this part interesting, "Otzelberger, who prides himself on avoiding social media and not paying any attention to what traditional media says or writes" [emphasis added].
Here are a couple of paragraphs:
I love that "we're kind of boring". He is right. It is old fashioned motion offense. It seems everyone has adopted some form of Hoiball that this type of Johnny Orr offense seems new. People have a hard time defending it. Like the fact they look better against the zone as well. As was said in another thread.......Johnny offense and Tony Bennett defense. Old fashion basketball at it's best.
I've always thought and still do that college basketball should start around early January and end in late May.
I don't think people understand how much ESPN cut their staff as well. Not that that should be an excuse, but I can see they'll put the labor where it's most effective.
