These are works that are passionate and political
Passion/enthusiasm and politics are two important facets of "the American Dream". The U.S. is seen by many as a place where their goals may be accomplished with their own passion driving themselves in a society assisted by a certain political freedom.
burdens of celebrity, the persistence of racism, and the difficulties of breaking with tradition
This is in many ways an example of double consciousness; while the burdens of celebrity might not be what Basquiat wants, he perceives himeselfmthrough the public eye and chooses to "ride the wave."
the use of provocative words permanently became a big part of his aesthetic.”
The use of provocative language by Basquiat seems similar to Coates, perhaps because strong words are used to draw attention to such strong topics.
ing error on its revenue, has clearly proved to be incorrect. As some of my readers pointed out on Friday, Grantland didn’t give fans an opportunity to pay for it, much less sequestering some of its content behind a paywall or create premium content for paying subscribers, as Slate does.
Audiences are willing to pay for "good" sports journalism in certain cases.
One of the prevailing reactions — at least on Twitter — on Friday was that ESPN had tossed the classiest part of its brand out the window. As “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” creator and sports superfan Michael Schur grumbled, “‘Hey, sorry about Grantland. But coming up next: The Fanduel/DraftKings Shouting Hour, where 8 doughy men shout about YOUR tweets!’ – ESPN.”
A good observation of a prevailing trend: big sports media companies moving towards shouting match style dialogue and leaving behind more "classy" sports reporting
But Barkley was accidentally useful in clarifying just what the analytics revolution has done for sportswriting. It has created a better, smarter press corps — in the eyes of the press corps. But in the eyes of all but a few adventurous players, the media hacks haven’t changed much at all. No player is granting us the right to judge him. But judge him we must. If we do our jobs right, Moneyball II ought to be a quagmire.
Overall implications on statistics in sportswriting
If anything, it’s tougher when someone does it with numbers, because it has at least a patina of objectivity,” said Neyer. The writer insists it’s not personal, but the athlete sees it as highly personal.
The more objectivity, the more personal...interesting notion regarding the use of analytics
One thing that’s hard for sportswriters to understand is that writing an article is by its nature an aggressive act. Every time we write, we are claiming a piece of the game for ourselves: I understand this in a way that you, the athlete, do not.
Implication of those who are sportswriters actually writing about sports
ayers started reading Greenberg’s stories. They didn’t see him as an objective number-cruncher. They saw him as another nosey writer.
there may always be subjectivity, or at least percieved subjectivity, as long as people take offense.
“Can I build this team better than the way it’s being built?”
This is the "job" of sportswriters, encouraging better teams
Moneyball II is an older war. It’s about who really owns the game. It’s about a group of people whose jobs by their very nature threaten another group of people. You may know this war by another name. It’s called sportswriting.
heres the crux...sportswriting is intentionally supposed to be threatening, perhaps because when people are threatened there is a greater sense to do something productive. AND, if "they" dont (the people/organizations being written about) act with productivity and urgency, what comes next is SAM HINKIE #TTP
It pits media versus athletes in a battle over who gets to tell the story of basketball.
Where does the narrative come from in sports jounrliasm
People wrote it anyway. Barkley’s rant was “unintelligible” and “wholly useless” (SB Nation); his target — ostensibly Rockets GM Daryl Morey and his apostles in the media — was a “straw man” (ProBasketballTalk); and Barkley himself was a “doofus” (Deadspin).
Sports jounrnalists commenting on sports commentators
Some athletes also hold it against writers who never played the game. Personal expertise: does it matter? How many presidential biographers held office; how many music writers could play “Misty” for you?
"Who" are sportswriters? (What type of people?)
smooth and elegant, with juniper wit and distilled insights that made something you already liked even more complex in its flavors.
An answer to "What makes good sportswriting?"
relentless private investigator probing a public realm
Sportswriting comparison to investegative journalism
regard sports as a parallel world full of little climaxes and telling details, just waiting for you to make the most of them.
Sports, and therefore sportswriting, is its own little bubble in many ways
Your audience often already knows the outcome before it starts reading
One problem with sportwriting is that its a repeat, how do authors make the narrative more compelling?
One of the reasons that most good writing about sports is nonfiction is that you just can’t compete with the inherent drama of the reality.
Sometimes nonfiction is the best narrative...esp in sports
A story in which we’d always be slaves.No. Not here.
Again, perhaps ignoring what may be possible and even what has already happened is a form of ignorance that leads to the repeating off previous events.
We tried to pretend war wasn’t going to happen
Often times, optimism and ignorance are large factors in the lead up to diffferent forms of conflict.
Most poetry isn’t written but rather spoken and sung.
That's why eminem should win the poetry prize. After all, he deals with and "writes" about human experience (especially struggle) with as much nuance as the next guy.
McDonald’s
Yea McDonald's sucks why the hell dompeople even go there? Definitely isn't cuz of their dollar menu.
I have a hard time with those kinds of poems, but the role of the poet is truth teller
But perhaps "truth tellers" can use this notion to claim opinions and subjective views under under the pretense of being factual and especially unbiased.
; it’s more like the poem and I have chemistry
Poetry is a mutual relationship. It cannot be forced.
imitative fallacy
It seems that negative capability is not developed, but rather it is people with the misconceptions of what is or what isn't seen as poetic.
service
"Self-Service" coffee bar continues the theme of lessening human communication/interaction in society