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Twitter Still Changing the Game

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.

With Twitter leveling the media playing field by giving everyone access to an athletes’ Tweets, where does this leave the press?

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Just Click It — 6/21/09

Posted on 21. Jun, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.

Only a week in and we’re having identity issues with this “Just Do It” idea. Apparently there is a little company called Nike with a similar slogan. While we’re pretty sure Nike has bigger fish to fry than this website’s best sports stories round-up, the braint rust here at Box Score Beat thought it prudent [...]

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The Expanding Boundaries of Sports Reporting

Posted on 08. Jan, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.

Stick with me as I point out the obvious here, but it bears repeating and further analysis: the format of sports journalism, like all journalism, is changing.
Traditional article form is giving way to the form of blog posts. Years of stripe-earning beat writing is no longer the only way to gain a readership. And the [...]

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