Comments on: Because It Never Gets Old http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:09:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16728 Keith Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:58:33 +0000 http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16728 Mr. Lavalle's wiki page has a nice little section about this quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nye_Lavalle Mr. Lavalle’s wiki page has a nice little section about this quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nye_Lavalle

]]> By: admin http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16712 admin Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:00:59 +0000 http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16712 The Sporting News ignored the World Cup as a competition that summer. The only other thing they ran was a poll showing that most Americans had no idea it was going on or were indifferent to it. That was the extent of the coverage from The Sporting News, The Sports Bible. The Sporting News ignored the World Cup as a competition that summer. The only other thing they ran was a poll showing that most Americans had no idea it was going on or were indifferent to it.

That was the extent of the coverage from The Sporting News, The Sports Bible.

]]> By: chuck http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16711 chuck Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:16:52 +0000 http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16711 I can't access the article, either (though I remember reading the drivel when it was published). But the video says it all. I can’t access the article, either (though I remember reading the drivel when it was published). But the video says it all.

]]> By: Jim Barg http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16710 Jim Barg Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:55:51 +0000 http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16710 Nice find. Was that the only mention of the WC in the Sporting News? My grandfather was a longtime subscriber and I cannot recall anything soccer-related from that summer's issues. SI was where to go for my World Cup needs. Something tells me that article wouldn't have been worth signing up for the Indy Star's paid archive... Nice find. Was that the only mention of the WC in the Sporting News? My grandfather was a longtime subscriber and I cannot recall anything soccer-related from that summer’s issues. SI was where to go for my World Cup needs.

Something tells me that article wouldn’t have been worth signing up for the Indy Star’s paid archive…

]]> By: chuck http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16708 chuck Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:48:12 +0000 http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16708 I didn't mean to say soccer was the reason for print news media's decline. But that it is a microcosm of the problems. I didn’t mean to say soccer was the reason for print news media’s decline. But that it is a microcosm of the problems.

]]> By: chuck http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16707 chuck Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:46:31 +0000 http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=4758#comment-16707 The Nye Lavelle's of the world have finally shut up. Now if THIS generation of sad, tired, bloviating sports columnists would just retire: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100706/SPORTS15/7040380/Where-soccer-really-matters If that rant sounds familiar, it's because Kravitz's is just reading off the same script that all sports columnists use; they rarely write anything original. And they never say an intellectual word about soccer (in their defense, they never say an intellectual word about anything). Soccer is just one of many reasons newspapers are laying people off, reducing the number of publication days, losing money, losing readership, and going bankrupt -- whatever your interest, you can find deeper, quicker, and more thoughtful coverage elsewhere. The Nye Lavelle’s of the world have finally shut up. Now if THIS generation of sad, tired, bloviating sports columnists would just retire:

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100706/SPORTS15/7040380/Where-soccer-really-matters

If that rant sounds familiar, it’s because Kravitz’s is just reading off the same script that all sports columnists use; they rarely write anything original. And they never say an intellectual word about soccer (in their defense, they never say an intellectual word about anything).

Soccer is just one of many reasons newspapers are laying people off, reducing the number of publication days, losing money, losing readership, and going bankrupt — whatever your interest, you can find deeper, quicker, and more thoughtful coverage elsewhere.

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