Archive: Media
Bissinger's Blog Bashing: Under the Bottom, and Off Target
The night Buzz Bissinger's head exploded, I was busy with the TiVo, attempting to capture the best possible ripped-from-the-TV photographs of DeShawn Stevenson wearing a Mike Vick jersey. The resulting post, somewhat depressingly, turned into the one of the most-clicked items I've ever posted on this blog. And so...
By Dan Steinberg | May 8, 2008; 02:14 PM ET | Comments (30)
Wiz vs. Caps on TV
Still winning, but just barely. D.C. Sports are obviously one big happy family, as evidenced by the following logic ladder: Clyde Simms goes to Caps games, from where Alex Ovechkin goes to Wizards games, from where Roger Mason goes to Redskins games, from where Jason Campbell goes to Georgetown...
By Dan Steinberg | May 7, 2008; 10:14 AM ET | Comments (12)
Frank Deford's Diagnosis of D.C. Fans
Dilettante this. (By Preston Keres - TWP) In the past few months, I've heard the following criticism of D.C. sports fans, I don't know, maybe 17 billion times: "No one's from here! Everyone has other loyalties! People are too busy to pay attention! The Redskins is all that matters!...
By Dan Steinberg | April 25, 2008; 01:35 PM ET | Comments (19)
Last Week's Five Stars
Having quit the Internet for much of what turned into the most exciting D.C. sports blogging week of calendar year 2008, figured I'd say hello to the five stars of the last week. Yeah, blogging is supposed to combat the ills of recycling mild news that's six days old,...
By Dan Steinberg | April 21, 2008; 02:24 PM ET | Comments (0)
I Got Biffed
I've spent most of my time at this U.S. Olympic media summit wandering around, hoping to find Olympic athletes away from their official round tables, in order to get them to say mildly funny things on video. Like, yesterday I found Misty May-Treanor, the undisputed world champion of professional women's...
By Dan Steinberg | April 16, 2008; 12:59 PM ET | Comments (9)
Chris Miller is Hardheaded
After a rocky start to his D.C. tenure, treating Blog Show with all the respect LeBron has shown Deshawn Stevenson, Comcast SportsyNet's Chris Miller has grown on me immensely, to the point that I've laughed at his on-air jokes more regularly than with any CSN personality save Michael "Mohawk" Jenkins....
By Dan Steinberg | April 15, 2008; 02:42 PM ET | Comments (10)
TK Continues to Win Argument Against Nobody
I'd like to be measured here, because soon this will be posted on The Big Lead, and then some producer from PTI will see it, and then maybe that producer will show this to Tony Kornheiser, and maybe he'll call me again and I'll get all cowed and declare...
By Dan Steinberg | April 9, 2008; 03:40 PM ET | Comments (28)
Bram Weinstein to ESPN
Bye Bram Bram Weinstein, he of the "Covering the Redskins.....I'm Bram Weinstein!!!!!!!!" radio call, actually used to do television in Nebraska after he finished school (Springbrook/American). I didn't know that. But I guess that makes the news that he's leaving us for Bristol and the ESPN News Anchor chair...
By Dan Steinberg | April 7, 2008; 06:23 PM ET | Comments (17)
Don King Supports Blog Show
If having Don King repeatedly scream the name of your eight-minute taped regional cable segment about the Internet while waving American flags isn't the oddest moment of your professional career, you've had a pretty dang odd career. Catch Blog Show tonight as part of Washington Post Live, airing on Comcast...
By Dan Steinberg | April 1, 2008; 04:33 PM ET | Comments (2)
Buck and Phil Kiss: the Video
Our good friends and colleagues and countrymen from Comcast SportsyNet have come through again with video of the two Steve Buckhantz-Phil Chenier kissing incidents from recent weeks. What do Wednesday night's loss and this smooch have in common? Plenty of O, but no D. Which was followed by one of...
By Dan Steinberg | March 7, 2008; 02:13 PM ET | Comments (6)
Funniest D.C. Sports Celebrity: Justice, Finally
It was either this or a photo of Mike Wise. What do Dexter Manley, Marc Burch, Dan Hellie, Lindsay Czarniak, Holly Fantaskey and yours truly have in common? Why, we were all judges for the Third Annual Funniest D.C. Sports Celebrity contest at the Improv last night, silly. A...
By Dan Steinberg | February 28, 2008; 08:48 AM ET | Comments (13)
Wilbon Threatens to Beat Me Down
(If you're opposed to bloggers blogging about columnists talking about bloggers blogging about columnists talking about bloggers, stop reading right now. But it's not like you have that much better to do on a Wednesday morning.) I suppose it says something either about my e-mail traffic or the audience for...
By Dan Steinberg | February 27, 2008; 10:02 AM ET | Comments (25)
Kornheiser Names His Blogging Enemy
Washington Post Radio, 3WT, same difference. So after yesterday's publication of the Tony Kornheiser anti-blogging screed was picked up by several blogs, Tony called me. I was in the Blog Show conference call at the time, allowing uber blogger Jamie Mottram, Comcast SportsyNet producer Andy Siegel and lowlife intern...
By Dan Steinberg | February 26, 2008; 10:54 AM ET | Comments (23)
Tony Kornheiser Appears to Like Bloggers
A naked mole rat. (National Zoo photo.) Having thought long and hard about how best to attack the advancing scourge of bloggers, Tony Kornheiser apparently settled on this novel approach: he could make a joke about how they do nothing but sit in their collective mothers' collective basements and...
By Dan Steinberg | February 25, 2008; 09:52 AM ET | Comments (35)
John Feinstein on Colbert
There's not really much more to say than this: John Feinstein was on the Colbert Report last night (fourth or so clip). He was talking about steroids. He went with the "play it straight" strategy, pointing out that "children's heroes are athletes....they see these guys taking steroids and they say,...
By Dan Steinberg | February 15, 2008; 01:10 PM ET | Comments (5)
Did Andrea Kremer Take a Shot at TK?
Photo from The Retriever Weekly; go there and support them. Andrea Kremer, talking to USA Today about the changing roles for Michele Tafoya and Suzy Kolber on MNF: "Don't you think some people would be more interested in hearing what they have to say than some other people on...
By Dan Steinberg | February 13, 2008; 12:53 PM ET | Comments (6)
Mike Wise's Brush With Death
Photo ruthlessly ripped from the GW Hatchet. I certainly don't want to make light of Mike Wise's brush with death, but I will say that the only person I know who could turn a brush with death into an appearance on the cover of the GW Hatchet is Mike...
By Dan Steinberg | February 8, 2008; 10:14 AM ET | Comments (7)
NFL Mullets and Media Mullets
Jared Allen's mullet, with 15.5 tracks. Everyone on Radio Row is selling something. Everyone. Soup, hydration beverages, mobile content, financial planning companies, video game consoles, sneakers, gloves, athletic apparel. You name it, there's a famous or semi-famous person selling it. "Guys don't come here just for the hell of...
By Dan Steinberg | January 31, 2008; 02:41 PM ET | Comments (3)
Dan Hellie Will Crush You
When I saw Dan Hellie walk into the media room this morning looking like he had just taken a few crosses to his temple, I immediately thought.....well, you all can guess what I thought. But no, it turns out Hellie was headbutted yesterday while playing pick-up hoops in Bethesda....
By Dan Steinberg | January 31, 2008; 12:47 PM ET | Comments (9)
Reporter in Kilt
Everyone who shows up on radio row is promoting something. Like, yesterday, Brian Westbrook and Drew Brees and Adrian Peterson were making the rounds, but they were there to promote some sort of bacon cheeseburger contest they're running with Chile's. Westbrook's version is a "Smokehouse Bacon Triple-the-Cheese Burger," although...
By Dan Steinberg | January 31, 2008; 10:58 AM ET | Comments (2)
Larry Johnson's Watch and Dr. Z's Curse Words
Notes from other Super Bowl bloggers.... * Larry Johnson encourages a blogger to start selling crack! * Dr. Z tells a blogger that he's gonna support Art Monk for the Hall of Fame because he's "tired of being the a--hole!" * A blogger takes extreme close-up photos of Donovan McNabb...
By Dan Steinberg | January 30, 2008; 07:08 PM ET | Comments (4)
More Famous People
Miss Nevada USA 2008, with the Patriots. She said she loves men with dreads. Sure, there are famous people everywhere in the media center. Brandon Lloyd reportedly made the rounds this morning. So did Adrian Peterson and his dad. The good Adrian Peterson. Warrick Dunn is out there right...
By Dan Steinberg | January 30, 2008; 03:55 PM ET | Comments (8)
Come Chat With Me
I'm doing a Super Bowl chat in like seven minutes on Washingtonpost.com, and I need you to click here and ask me some questions right this very second....
By Dan Steinberg | January 30, 2008; 10:52 AM ET | Comments (0)
Media Costumes
Blog Show! Jeez, all you ever hear about is how crazy crazy crazy media day is, all the people acting like freaks and dressed like chickens or whatever. So I thought I'd be comparatively tame in my "Television Blogger" costume, but honestly I'm probably leading the league in costumes...
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2008; 11:54 AM ET | Comments (6)
Gregg Doyel's Mohawk
Applause, applause. I can hardly count any more the number of mohawks I've written about on this site. At a minimum, they include the mohawks of Rock Cartwright, Mike Green, Nick Young, Andray Blatche, DeShawn Stevenson and Dmitri Young's son. But never a media member. Something I've often considered,...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 03:54 PM ET | Comments (8)
Cowherd, SVP and Tirico
Colin Cowherd on set. So it's pretty quiet around here. There are lots of white male print reporters wearing bright white sneakers. There are also some better dressed white female print reporters. Just outside the Phoenix Convention Center is the ESPN radio set, complete with real ESPN personalities sitting...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 01:29 PM ET | Comments (15)
Jim Rome and Kelli Johnson Updates
Here's the thing about all this Super Bowl stuff; it's hard to get access to the players, but easy to get access to the media. And yet I'd say the average big-name media person here is more celebritified than all but about 7 players in the game (say Brady, Moss,...
By Dan Steinberg | January 28, 2008; 11:14 AM ET | Comments (10)
Colin Cowherd: Still Dumb
Another great radio show for Colin on Friday!!!!! And before you ask me, "Why, Dan, were you possibly listening to this drivel that you're obviously predisposed to loathe?" let me state for the record that I was driving my young daughter around in the car and Colin's melodious ranting...
By Dan Steinberg | January 14, 2008; 01:06 PM ET | Comments (11)
Chat With Me
Busy day today: I've got an interview with Al Jazeera English's Sportsworld program about tailgating (which will allow me to introduce an international audience to the Dead Tree Crew, heaven help us all), and I've got a WaPo chat about my year-end Best of 2007 list at 2 pm. There...
By Dan Steinberg | January 9, 2008; 11:12 AM ET | Comments (5)
More Theismann on Kornheiser
The headline on this massive Joe Theismann profile/Q&A from Washingtonian is "Theismann Sounds Off." Not sure if I'd agree; mostly it's pretty much as flavorful as cheerios over white toast >strike>vanilla. As far as I'm concerned, the best quote comes right at the beginning: "I talk too much," Theismann...
By Dan Steinberg | December 4, 2007; 02:50 PM ET | Comments (7)
Today in Ivan Carter and Mike Wise
Official Wizards Beat Writer Ivan Carter would like to send this message to his Wizards Insider minions: a fat Atlanta fan knocked his computer off the press table at the Hawks game and crushed it into a million pieces. Or, at least, made it non-operational. The laptop is day-to-day and...
By Dan Steinberg | November 13, 2007; 12:28 PM ET | Comments (3)
Video of Singing D.C. Media Stars
At least one prominent local pro sports team employee has suggested that I am entirely too fond of writing about my fellow sports media members. Which might be the case. So instead of more writing, here's video! Happy?!!? Some highlights from the Mike Wise-sponsored Charity-oke event last week, which was...
By Dan Steinberg | October 31, 2007; 12:44 PM ET | Comments (8)
Attempting to Get Fired
Tony Kornheiser on Monday Night Football last night: "If you're a columnist, if you're trying to put together a column, Favre is the guy you want to talk to first, because Favre will sit down and open his chest....All of his frailties are out in the open. There are no...
By Dan Steinberg | October 30, 2007; 10:16 AM ET | Comments (8)
Etan Thomas's Open Letter to Ivan Carter
[UPDATE: Sorry. Link here.] Remember when Mister Irrelevant talked up D.C. sports media beefs last week? No end in sight. Luckily, no reporters seemed to have fought in the Redskins locker room yesterday (official motto: No Fight This Week!), but after Etan Thomas and Ivan Carter posted dueling blog-like items...
By Dan Steinberg | October 29, 2007; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (17)
Sports Media Karaoke Report
Mike Wise, dancing. Yeah, I know some of you would prefer I not produce yet more navel-gazing media reports. But look at it this way: at least this isn't about Brandon Lloyd. I was going to score all the contestants in last night's Sports Media Charity-oke event from 0-10...
By Dan Steinberg | October 26, 2007; 12:28 AM ET | Comments (28)
Blog Show Gets Sponsored
If you had Easterns Automotive Group in the "what local company will step up and sponsor Blog Show" pool, I'm sorry to say you've lost. Blog Show, our weekly televised t-shirt-wearing look at the week in blogs, finally has a sponsor, and if you haven't heard, I'm proud to report...
By Dan Steinberg | October 25, 2007; 11:59 AM ET | Comments (3)
Final Sports Media All-Stars Karaoke Alert
Since Charity-oke event organizer Mike Wise is hawking his event to Washington Post Live, the former Washington Post Radio, Redskins Radio and various other media outlets over the next few days, might as well give him one more bit of glory on the Bog. To repeat, Thursday from 6-10 at...
By Dan Steinberg | October 23, 2007; 11:01 AM ET | Comments (15)
New Media War: Junkies vs. Mottrams
Ooh boy, it's been quite a few weeks for media wars. The latest is the Junkies vs. the Bros. Mottram, better known as the Misters Irrelevant. I happen to have a soft spot for the Junkies, due to the fact that I had to try to call various Junkies from...
By Dan Steinberg | October 17, 2007; 12:34 PM ET | Comments (14)
Pros vs. Joes at RFK
As Steve Goff has already noted, RFK Stadium is currently tricked out with a basketball court, a boxing ring, 60 yards worth of a football field, great amounts of television equipment and lights, and diagrams for yet more fantastical sports competitions. Never mind that D.C. United is getting ready to...
By Dan Steinberg | October 16, 2007; 04:08 PM ET | Comments (7)
Sports Media Karaoke
Thanks to Mike Wise, next week the world will be treated to the on-air stars of the D.C. sports media world doing karaoke at a Bethesda bar. Yes, this will include Wise doing Bon Jovi. Yes, this will include Comcast SportsyNet's Michael Jenkins doing hip-hop. Yes, I'm giddy with excitement....
By Dan Steinberg | October 16, 2007; 01:49 PM ET | Comments (12)
Theismann vs. Kornheiser
Joey T. on Tony K.: "Ron is a terrific football guy but he happens to work on Tony's show. It has become a three-hour Tony Kornheiser show. When I was let go, they explained they wanted more of an issue show and less about football. They've accomplished that.'' Frankly, I...
By Dan Steinberg | October 15, 2007; 01:02 PM ET | Comments (7)
Media Locker Room Rumble
Blind item: Which print journalist and which television talking head nearly came to blows in the Redskins locker room after Sunday's game, at which point they were forcibly separated by another TV employee, only to later rejoin their argument, drawing stares from several players? Fun fun fun....
By Dan Steinberg | October 9, 2007; 09:58 AM ET | Comments (25)
ESPN.com's Tailgate Reporter
So this ESPN.com guy is traveling around the country doing a tailgating video from each MNF site. I'm sitting in the Commissioner of Tailgating's RV, borrowing his juice, and I had to watch this ESPN.com guy interview the commissioner in faux-serious style. There's really nothing like watching Internet video magic...
By Dan Steinberg | September 17, 2007; 03:50 PM ET | Comments (8)
Prostate News and Joey T
Prostate health is very important, and I don't ever want to joke about it for fear that karma would then decide to smite my prostate. That being said, the D.C. area appears to lead the league in sports-celebrity-prostate warnings. If you recall, Karl Hobbs and the GW men's basketball coaching...
By Dan Steinberg | September 11, 2007; 12:41 PM ET | Comments (2)
Scott Van Pelt on Blogs
When I spoke with Scott Van Pelt last week and mentioned that there was a blog named after him, he seemed unaware of Scott Van Pelt Style, despite the fact that its proprietor seems to have commented on every sports blog post authored within the past 60 days. Well, I...
By Dan Steinberg | September 10, 2007; 03:44 PM ET | Comments (2)
On Message Boards, Scott Van Pelt and Fandom
loudterp, Saturday, 9:09 pm Thread title: That's why Chris Turner will never play..God help us if Jordan gets hurt In the interest of full disclosure, let me first say that I read message boards constantly, that I'm a registered member of the Caps board, Extreme Skins, Terrapin Times and...
By Dan Steinberg | September 5, 2007; 09:01 AM ET | Comments (52)
Watch Blog Show XXI
Blog Show, my modest contribution to the new and improved and slimmed down and all around much sexier Washington Post Live, will make its Tuesday debut later this afternoon. My blogging cohort, Mister Irrelevant, and I are much, much pithier on Tuesdays. Topics discussed are the demise of mgoblog,...
By Dan Steinberg | September 4, 2007; 04:44 PM ET | Comments (6)
A Moment With Mike Wise
I took this photo, so I can re-use it. Since the blogger in question virtually begged for a link, here's a link to Scott Van Pelt Style.com's Q&A with Mike Wise, a rambling affair that runs to way over 3,000 words. Wise might have rattled the bloggers' cages, or...
By Dan Steinberg | August 31, 2007; 01:44 PM ET | Comments (4)
Another Vacation? Seriously?
Sorry, but I have all this genuine Washington Post issued vacation time that will disappear if I don't use it this month. I'm off this week. Some powers-that-be were unsure about continuing the Guest Bogger experiment, so this space will be dark for one and only one more week. Aug....
By Dan Steinberg | August 20, 2007; 12:04 PM ET | Comments (12)
Ted Leonsis vs. Steve Czaban, Part XVIIVIXVIX
I'm going to summarize this fight for those who haven't been paying attention. It's an awesome, awesome fight, a fight made for the Interwebnetebays, a fight that has left me feeling much more enlightened, and happy once again to make my living writing about sports. Ted Leonsis: I went to...
By Dan Steinberg | August 17, 2007; 01:44 PM ET | Comments (69)
SportsTalk Throwdown
You know that old, now-useless adage about never picking fights with people who buy ink by the barrel? Well, change it to never pick fights with people whose parents' employers buy wattage by the....watt, I guess. After Mike Wilbon crushed the Ball State folks this AM over the Ronny Thompson...
By Dan Steinberg | August 14, 2007; 02:51 PM ET | Comments (12)
Ted Leonsis Takes On SportsTalk 980
I've previously noted how Ted Leonsis has come to the defense of his fellow put-upon local sports team owners, but this one is better, because now he's taking on Andy Pollin and Steve Czaban, scourges to fans of all things non-Redskins or -Wizards. Hey, I listen to 980 as much...
By Dan Steinberg | August 13, 2007; 09:04 AM ET | Comments (14)
The Wash Times vs. The Wash Post
Here's columnist and forever-Bog-friend Mike Wise, writing in Saturday's Washington Post: And if Gibbs is honest with himself, he knows he contributed to the complacency by essentially proclaiming "Super Bowl or bust" during an offseason team meeting more than a year ago. Here's Wash Times beat guy Ryan O'Halloran, writing...
By Dan Steinberg | July 30, 2007; 02:07 PM ET | Comments (3)
Why Sports Are Stupid
Did you see the massive USA Today A-1 headline screaming out from the newspaper boxes all weekend? "For these QBs, it's win now ... or else." Seriously man, win now or else life as we know it will end. (Eduardo Munoz - Reuters) In large letters, letting readers now that...
By Dan Steinberg | July 23, 2007; 09:42 AM ET | Comments (9)
Why Do You Hate ESPN, Bloggers?
Dan Steinberg is on vacation. Despite his massive photo above, this was not written by him. It was written by Adam Littlefield of The Dude Abides, which you must read. Other guest bloggers will check in for the foreseeable future. Littles gets paid an additional 15 cents every time someone...
By Dan Steinberg | July 20, 2007; 03:13 PM ET | Comments (24)
Tony Kornheiser as a Youngster
Since this will assure me at least seven or eight hits from WaPo editors, here's yesterday's FanHaus-uncovered 22-year-old clip of Tony Kornheiser, Larry King and some other guys talking about the Redskins. It's basically a Reagan Administration "Around the Horn," without the sound effects and the insane screaming. I don't...
By Dan Steinberg | June 19, 2007; 10:06 AM ET | Comments (10)
Tony Kornheiser Rips Washington Post Live
Or, WashingtonPost.com writer presents Washington Post Radio transcript of Washington Post columnist trashing Washington Post Television. Ask yourself, is it really possible to have too much Washington Post in your lives? Never. Look! Someone who doesn't work for The Washington Post! (On the right.) (Jim Mone - AP) As you...
By Dan Steinberg | June 13, 2007; 11:06 AM ET | Comments (45)
Watch Blog Show XII
Fulfilling my contractual obligations, I'd ask you to kindly tune in to Comcast SportsyNet around 6 p.m. tonight, or to its streaming cousin on this very Web site, to watch the glory that will be Blog Show XII, featuring contributions (read: stolen material) from such made-for-TV blogs as Digital Headbutt,...
By Dan Steinberg | June 8, 2007; 02:29 PM ET | Comments (2)
Watch Blog Show XI
Tonight's episode, Blog Show XI, will feature an interview with Matt Ufford, the smut-peddling, child-corrupting, apocalypse-harbinging editor of With Leather. When Ufford went on Fox News (look for the clip that says "Unwanted Fame"), he wore a suit jacket and was greeted with calm and measured Official Fox News phrases...
By Dan Steinberg | June 1, 2007; 04:06 PM ET | Comments (5)
Stuart Scott Doesn't Read Your Blog
In the break between sessions at yesterday's Spelling Bee, Stuart Scott's 6th-grade daughter, Taelor, stood at the podium and took notes on a handheld device. She was doing a school project on the Spelling Bee, and her dad wanted her to feel what it was like to be on the...
By Dan Steinberg | June 1, 2007; 12:23 PM ET | Comments (16)
Watch Blog Show IX
As always, I'd recommend you tune in sometime around 6 p.m. tonight to watch the glory that is your Blog Show. In tonight's installment, Mister Irrelevant's Jamie Mottram and I will shamelessly steal news stories from the usual suspects, along with such made-for-primetime blogs as The Jaunt, Every Day Should...
By Dan Steinberg | May 18, 2007; 02:02 PM ET | Comments (6)
Watch Blog Show 8
It's part of the extravaganza known as Washington Post Live, on Comcast SportsyNet, today and every day from 5-6:30, as long as the day in question is not Saturday or Sunday. Blog Show is on at 6ish, but watch the whole show, so the ratings remain stellar and my daughter...
By Dan Steinberg | May 11, 2007; 03:20 PM ET | Comments (1)
Sarah Lee Fries Golf Balls
So a golfer named Sarah Lee storms out to the first-round lead at an LPGA tourney in Williamsburg, and the media persons realize something. Wait a second, the media persons say to themselves, as the realization dawns. Spelling differences aside, Sarah Lee is ALSO THE NAME OF A FAMOUS COMPANY!!!!!!!...
By Dan Steinberg | May 11, 2007; 12:44 PM ET | Comments (5)
Blog Show V
As always, the caveat: I still haven't watched this, or any, episode of Blog Show, but I'm still contractually obligated to post the video, when I remember. At least we made it to the number V, which is likely more than the Wizards will be able to say....
By Dan Steinberg | April 23, 2007; 11:34 AM ET | Comments (3)
The Future of the Bog
I have repeatedly tried to quit my assignment, and all my attempts have been rebuffed. However, we're having some big WaPo conference in the near future to discuss all our sports blogs, so the winds of change might yet blow. Honestly, I have no idea what to do with myself...
By Dan Steinberg | April 18, 2007; 12:43 PM ET | Comments (117)
John Feinstein: Blowhard?
I don't listen to the Tony Kornheiser show any more, because it gives rise to all sort of guilt issues and anger issues and floating-in-a-sea-of-meaninglessness issues, but a co-worker points out that the TK show today pointed out that Wikipedia points out certain things about John Feinstein. Here's the first...
By Dan Steinberg | April 12, 2007; 01:31 PM ET | Comments (19)
Cal Backs Out of Imus Appearance
Since Thom Loverro is allowed to appear on Washington Post Live despite working for the Washington Times, I'm not going to feel guilty about using what appears to be a Washington Times exclusive in a Washington Post blog: Hall of Famer Cal Ripken canceled an appearance on Don Imus' radio...
By Dan Steinberg | April 9, 2007; 10:17 AM ET | Comments (3)
Blog Show, Take Three, Now With Less Face Time!
The wise people at WPL have figured out that the less they show Jamie and me talking, the better the final product will likely be. At least, that's what I've surmised from accidentally seeing a few seconds of this YouTube clip when I just tried to grab the link. I...
By Dan Steinberg | April 9, 2007; 09:23 AM ET | Comments (4)
Blog Show, Version II
I believe I'm contractually obligated to post this video here, even though it pains me. This is AOL FanHaus evil overlord Jamie Mottram (aka Mister Irrelevant) and I, discussing the week in blogs, on Comcast SportsyNet's Washington Post Live last week. One of us is familiar with the TV medium...
By Dan Steinberg | April 3, 2007; 08:27 AM ET | Comments (3)
Wow
Not to intrude again on the college basketball talk, but here's a Blog Poll: On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate Friday night's debut of Blog Show on Washington Post Live, featuring choking dog Dan Steinberg as one host, the non-speech-encumbered Jamie Mottram of Mister Irrelevant as another...
By Dan Steinberg | March 23, 2007; 07:53 PM ET | Comments (22)
On Washington Post Live
Dan Steinberg here. Do you care what I think about Washington Post Live, our exciting new venture into the world of boring live TV talk shows? No, you do not. How do I know this? Because of my seven phone numbers and 14 e-mail addresses and multiple blog comment spaces,...
By Dan Steinberg | March 21, 2007; 01:14 PM ET | Comments (32)
More Bog T-Shirts
We're rapidly approaching the day when I have more random Internets people making t-shirts in my honor than Tony Kornheiser does. Apparently he warned me not to "poke the bear" or something like that the other day. I can only assume that this does not count as poking the bear....
By Dan Steinberg | February 28, 2007; 02:45 PM ET | Comments (3)
Another Bog
I have to say, I always figured I had the only Washington-based Bog that focused on D.C. United, Alecko Eskandarian, Gilbert Arenas and YAYSports!, but I was wrong. 'Tis another. It's called Bogland. Comcast Super Duper SportsyNet producer Littles found it. I have no idea what to make of this,...
By Dan Steinberg | February 28, 2007; 02:35 PM ET | Comments (4)
Wizards Employ Jamie Foxx
Reader Adam wisely reminded me last night that people at Deadspin and the 700 Level were working themselves into a lather identifying courtside NBA all-star game celebs. Reader Adam also wisely noted that one well-dressed young black man with a great seat was identified on Flickr as "Jamie Foxx, ghost-writing...
By Dan Steinberg | February 23, 2007; 11:31 AM ET | Comments (6)
German Sports Blog
When I asked yesterday for help translating this German blog that mentioned the Bog, the help came from all sides. I'd like to mention two in particular: Reader Glenn used Babel Fish, with predictably comical results: After it stated on Saturday stably, "I did not read Blogs" and the whole...
By Dan Steinberg | February 23, 2007; 11:13 AM ET | Comments (5)
Sucking Up Part II: Mike Wise (Plus, German Help Needed)
Since I wrote an ode to Tony Kornheiser earlier today, let's throw a little love in the Mike Wise direction. Wise's fantabulous Gilbert Arenas story won second place in the feature/enterprise category from the Pro Basketball Writers Association, which means Jason Quick's winning story about the Blazers must be really...
By Dan Steinberg | February 22, 2007; 04:13 PM ET | Comments (1)
Sports Bloggers: Still White, Still Male
(Last self-indulgent post of the day, promise, more college hoops coming momentarily.) Gotta say, my favorite line in my very very very long Q&A with Zach over at The Big Picture came from Zach himself, when he wrote the following: "Many mainstream media outlets now have blogs, but they don't...
By Dan Steinberg | February 22, 2007; 01:32 PM ET | Comments (1)
Life Imitates Kornheiser
If my e-mailers are to be believed, I'm now three for three in Cheese Boy references during the three-day history of the new Tony Kornheiser Show (8:30-10:30 am M-F, WTWP, support all the show's fine sponsors, etc. etc.). Aside from this morning's "Idol" recap, I haven't heard much of the...
By Dan Steinberg | February 22, 2007; 12:23 PM ET | Comments (15)
Calling All Bloggers, Again
The D.C. blog happy hours are coming fast and furious: Caps on Sunday, D.C. United on Wednesday, plus another catch-all event Wednesday night. I was supposed to be more organized about inviting people to this, but I wasn't, so lemme just say now: if you're a local sports blogger, you...
By Dan Steinberg | February 20, 2007; 08:04 PM ET | Comments (30)
Major Announcement: WaPo and Bog Do TV! (Early Evening Cable, Anyhow)
(This is a self-indulgent entry. If you want to read about Gilbert Arenas, check out his half-court shot over at The 700 Level.) Lemme actually go ahead and quote from an official-sounding news release for one second. Comcast SportsNet, the leader in local sports television in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore region,...
By Dan Steinberg | February 19, 2007; 08:01 AM ET | Comments (53)
Sun Ming Ming Goes National
I knew Sun Ming Ming was scheduled to be on Today this morning, but I forgot. A heartbreaking mistake, as it turns out. Pray that it appears out of the innerwebs either. If you missed this comment above, here's what Local Poll voter Bryc3 saw: Sun Ming Ming was on...
By Dan Steinberg | February 9, 2007; 11:21 AM ET | Comments (5)
Send Me Your Blogs (With a Mason Rant)
If you're a real observant sort, you might notice that there's a little Top 5 blog list that went up to the left of these words today. Apparently feeling that I haven't been working hard enough, my boss has given me something else to do: choose five (hopefully) local (hopefully)...
By Dan Steinberg | February 6, 2007; 04:17 PM ET | Comments (13)
My Message to High School Journalists
In case you're curious, I showed the high school journalism students my video of the Wizards discussing Gil's party, and a You Tube (via Deadspin via Sports By Brooks) video of Bill Cowher shirtless on the beach, and the Gil-DeShawn shooting competition, and Gil's MySpace page, and the best-dressed Wizard...
By Dan Steinberg | February 6, 2007; 03:00 PM ET | Comments (5)
Non Friends of the Bog: Justin Timberlake and Pink
For the record, the Justin Timberlake/Pink show at the Verizon Center for some reason required that the media's wireless access be cut off this morning. Also, that all the chairs be removed from the media room, which is serving as the staging area for Pink's band tonight. (The G'town locker...
By Dan Steinberg | February 2, 2007; 11:01 AM ET | Comments (13)
Devon McTavish Philosophizes
So Sharon Ryan, the philosophy chair at West Virginia, started this blog called "The Question," which asks ordinary non-philosophers to get a tad philosophical. And it seems The Question has been getting all sporty. West Virginia sports celebs like Jerry West, Rich Rodriguez, John Beilein and Mike Gansey have participated,...
By Dan Steinberg | February 1, 2007; 05:03 PM ET | Comments (12)
Nigel Is My Co-Worker
I figured D.C. DCRTV would eventually post this news, but he keeps not doing it (and I don't count the Mailbag), so I gave up and called Nigel to ask him about the news. In fact, the only place on the Web I found the news definitively stated was This...
By Dan Steinberg | January 30, 2007; 03:03 PM ET | Comments (17)
Sports Writers in Hard Hats
I don't really have much to say about this, but my feeling about Sports Writers in Hard Hats is pretty similar to my feeling about Giant Headed Racing Presidents in Grocery Stores: If you have photos of them, you might as well publish 'em. Plus, maybe this way I can...
By Dan Steinberg | January 30, 2007; 11:07 AM ET | Comments (4)
MDT's Haiku Blog
Although I'm well behind Off Wing Opinion and Deadspin on this, longtime Bog reader MDT continues to complain about the lack of a Bog link, so here goes. Longtime Bog reader MDT has started a daily sports haiku blog. There. Like you, I'd initially be skeptical of the enterprise, but...
By Dan Steinberg | January 29, 2007; 12:39 PM ET | Comments (4)
Wilbon Pulling $8 Million?
Apologies if this is old news--maybe I've suppressed it--but Washingtonian says Wilbon's new deal with Disney was four years and just under $8 mil. Which is sort of in the same ballpark as what the typical Post sports blogger makes, in the same way that the Nats' payroll is sort...
By Dan Steinberg | January 26, 2007; 09:51 AM ET | Comments (13)
Man Law On Recess
Remember that question at the end of Norman Chad's column this week? Here's a reminder: Q. Can we make a man law for no more man laws? (Bill Greenstein; Seattle) A. We could do that, but where else am I going to see Burt Reynolds? Well, Mr. Chad, you'd better...
By Dan Steinberg | January 23, 2007; 01:37 PM ET | Comments (18)
Kornheiser to WTWP
Well, the Examiner item I linked to this morning was incorrect. Tony Kornheiser's return to radio will take place on WTWP, and not on WTEM. The official announcement will come within the hour. Many apologies for sending you in the wrong direction. Updated: Story here. Show will be 8:30-10:30 AM,...
By Dan Steinberg | January 23, 2007; 01:21 PM ET | Comments (24)
Steve Czaban Hates Bloggers
(Programming note: Reader Dan D. correctly notes that I should be writing nothing but Suns-Wizards all day today, so I'll try to start that train in a few minutes. But first, Steve Czaban.) So Steve Czaban was doing his "I'm so done with..." segment this morning, which is usually the...
By Dan Steinberg | January 23, 2007; 09:57 AM ET | Comments (32)
Media Superstars: Mike Wise vs. Scoop Jackson
The Wizards' press room was thick with important media people last night, leaving bloggers without chairs to sit in. New York has a lot of media people, I guess. In addition to all the usual suspects, we were graced by the presences of Mike Wise and Scoop Jackson, who, I'd...
By Dan Steinberg | January 18, 2007; 09:31 AM ET | Comments (23)
Bog Doomsday Approaches: Kornheiser wants his space back
As anyone over the age of 50 out there who still reads the newspaper might realize, my blog is often excerpted on Page 2 of the Washington Post's sports section, where Tony Kornheiser's micro-mini-columns used to reside, before he started interviewing celebrities inside sporting venues for ESPN. This Page 2...
By Dan Steinberg | January 3, 2007; 01:52 PM ET | Comments (24)
Updates on Previous Bog Items
1) Etan Thomas. Weeks ago, Etan wrote an essay on the black athlete in America for Bog purposes. At the time, I recommended he begin writing for Slam instead. Today is the first installment of what will be a regular column at SLAMOnline. Etan writes today about people who make...
By Dan Steinberg | November 28, 2006; 02:01 PM ET | Comments (8)
Columnist Calls Out Wilbon
I know this Michael Irvin stuff is very old news, but did you actually listen to it? Remarkable. Since some of my co-workers haven't even seen it, and they work in sports, it's worth a quote. Quoth The Big Lead, in a fairly good transcription: At about the 3:42 mark...
By Dan Steinberg | November 28, 2006; 11:39 AM ET | Comments (14)
Another Judging Controversy
Quite a night at the Improv on Tuesday. Although I left in a raging fury. It's taken me three days to get enough perspective to post a recap. I've been waiting for the D.C. DCRTV to follow up on its promised recap, but it never happened. FishbowlDC, disappointingly, gave us...
By Dan Steinberg | November 17, 2006; 10:43 AM ET | Comments (19)
Two Idiots Flailing Away At Each Other
That's how Cakes from the Junkies described his 45 seconds in the boxing ring with fellow Junky JP Flaim. That's about the extent of Cakes's boxing experience, if you don't count the times that he and JP would ball up their soccer shin guards in high school and punch each...
By Dan Steinberg | November 16, 2006; 03:16 PM ET | Comments (3)
Top Three D.C. Sports Media Events of the Day
1) All of Washington was planning on heading to Nathan's in Georgetown in a few minutes to welcome the Baltimore Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse, who are moving to D.C. Not sure on the team name; MLL is calling them the Washington Bayhawks, but the team Web site still says...
By Dan Steinberg | November 14, 2006; 11:41 AM ET | Comments (2)
Darryl Strawberry Comes to Comcast
Large correction: the original version of this post hinted that an employee of the Upright Citizens Brigade posted a blog item about Darryl Strawberry. That was false. A brother of a UCB employee, with no formal connection to the troupe, posted a blog item. You can read my correction here....
By Dan Steinberg | November 8, 2006; 12:14 PM ET | Comments (4)
The New Republic: Your New Source for Sportswriting Excellence
I guess all I'd say to ex-student-radical and grumpy old person John B. Judis is this: if you want to write a mean-spirited and comically trivial critique of The Post's sports section that indicts us for, among other things, sloppy grammar, these are a few things you might not want...
By Dan Steinberg | November 8, 2006; 11:14 AM ET | Comments (12)
Brian Mitchell on Baseball
Things I learned about the MLB playoffs from Brian Mitchell. 1) On the Dodgers' base running adventures: "[Lo Duca] just tagged one guy, what in hell makes them think the second guy is gonna sneak in? Is he invisible or something?" 2) B-Mitch pointed out that the over-under on today's...
By Dan Steinberg | October 5, 2006; 03:33 PM ET | Comments (1)
