Category Archives: Media/Journalism
#hiremikeholden on washingtonpost.com
The #hiremikeholden hashtag made it onto washingtonpost.com, thanks to my fantastic wife! The Post wished good luck on Twitter too, after I tweeted the image below. Thanks to them and everyone else who has been spreading the word about my … Continue reading
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USA Today Sports QR Code
I like this use of a QR code in the USA Today Sports section.
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Kevin Weekes says Caps now “the main team” in DC area sports scene
Speaking on the NHL Network about the Anaheim Ducks hiring of former Caps coach Bruce Boudreau, Kevin Weekes praised Boudreau for putting Caps “back on the radar” and said, “they’re now the main team back in the DC area in … Continue reading
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Tank Carder of TCU & WAKA Kickball
TCU linebacker and ESPN Preseason All-American Tank Carder sent WAKA this picture of his mantel this week, which has his 2011 Rose Bowl defensive MVP trophy displayed right in between two WAKA Kickball trophies from one of our Fort Worth … Continue reading
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WAKA Kickball on ESPN’s Mike & Mike
I came across this on YouTube this morning. A few years ago, former NFL player Mike Golic of ESPN’s Mike & Mike show stumbled upon a WAKA Kickball game in Connecticut and ended up rolling out the first pitch. Here … Continue reading
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Website to identify Vancouver rioters
A reason not to riot (just in case the resulting injuries and damage aren’t enough): People have camera phones which they use to take pictures of you and then they post them to the web and ask for help identifying … Continue reading
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It’s not like you threw a D-Cell, Steinberg, right?
Washington Post writer Dan Steinberg says that seeing all the Phillies fans invade Nats park today made him “want to be a Nats fan.” He then notes he’s “supposed to be neutral and all that.” Sure, it’s generally the rule … Continue reading
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What channel is the Caps game on tonight?
***Read my new Caps blog, brookslaichyear.com*** Some people have landed on the blog today after searching for things like “what channel is the caps game on tonight”. There seems to be a bit of confusion about what channel tonight’s playoff … Continue reading
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Looks like tonight’s CSN+ Caps broadcast will be on a different channel…
If you can’t find the CSN+ broadcast of tonight’s Caps game vs. the Florida Panthers in its usual spot on your cable system, it may have moved due to what looks to be MASN overflow baseball. Check the channel look-up … Continue reading
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Washington Post Insider
I just bought this domain, washingtonpostinsider.com, after reading a DC Sports Bog post about how the Washington Redskins asked The Washington Post to drop the name Redskins from their Redskins Insider blog. Read the last paragraph of that Dan Steinberg … Continue reading
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You ask, when will Verizon FiOS have CSN+ available in HD?
A quick (cause this guy’s got a day job that doesn’t involve DC sports or cable television) lunchtime post… A year ago, I was blogging about how FiOS customers in some parts of the Greater Washington DC area were not … Continue reading
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The Washington Post and “writing in the Internet age”
Check out page D2 of today’s Washington Post and Dave Sheinin’s story “Putting a number on a theory” for a nice example of how media in print form can reference/recognize a blogger not on their staff. The article even has … Continue reading
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CSN has Caps & Wizards in HD tonight simultaneously for first time ever
Tonight will be the first time during the 2010-11 regular season that the Washington Capitals and Wizards play at the same time. And as CSN Washington notes on their blog, the regional sports network will broadcast both teams’ games simultaneously … Continue reading
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‘Turning down the thermostat on our political rhetoric’
I had been working on this prior to yesterday’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear but, with the demands of a day job and a family, I don’t always get a chance to finish and post some of what I … Continue reading
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Another Former Washington Times Sportswriter Gone Indie
Another former Washington Times writer is going the route of Mark Zuckerman and working to raise money so he can cover sports independently via a blog. Just as Zuckerman is doing with the Nats on his Nats Insider blog, former … Continue reading
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