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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Live Super Bowl/New York Sports Chat at 9:30 PM EST Tonight
Wanted to remind everyone we'll be doing a live Super Bowl/New York sports chat at 9:30 PM tonight. Come with questions/comments/thoughts. Below is some reading material to get you started
-Mashable has an article up today about how Social Media is changing the Super Bowl
-Adweek gets us ready for the commercials
-The New York Times has a really interesting profile on Football's First Family, the Mannings (H/T Sarah)
-SI.com has a list of the best QB performances in Super Bowl history (H/T Paul)
-Speaking of the Mannings, Darren Rovell at CNBC has a very odd Archie Manning prop bet
-USA Today has some more weird and wonderful Super Bowl prop bets (H/T Paul)
-The New York Daily News has Rex Ryan's very expensive finger
-And make sure to check out the interview NYaT did with the Consumer Electronics Association about getting ready for the Super Bowl
Leave comments below if you have some topics you want to bring up. Otherwise, I'll see you all tonight
-Mashable has an article up today about how Social Media is changing the Super Bowl
-Adweek gets us ready for the commercials
-The New York Times has a really interesting profile on Football's First Family, the Mannings (H/T Sarah)
-SI.com has a list of the best QB performances in Super Bowl history (H/T Paul)
-Speaking of the Mannings, Darren Rovell at CNBC has a very odd Archie Manning prop bet
-USA Today has some more weird and wonderful Super Bowl prop bets (H/T Paul)
-The New York Daily News has Rex Ryan's very expensive finger
-And make sure to check out the interview NYaT did with the Consumer Electronics Association about getting ready for the Super Bowl
Leave comments below if you have some topics you want to bring up. Otherwise, I'll see you all tonight
Guest Post and Live Super Bowl Chat Reminder
First, I wanted to send out a reminder to everyone that we’ll be chatting tonight on the blog about the Super Bowl and everything going on in New York sports. The live chat will start at 9:30 PM and I look forward to seeing you all here for that.
Second, we have a very special guest post for you today. In my sophomore year of college I walked into the sports department of the school newspaper and said I wanted to help out. I walked out with a weekly column. Without that opportunity to write—something I loved to do but wasn’t able to do as much in college as I would have liked as an Economics major—I don’t think there would ever be a blog today. So when I got a message from a college student who was interested in writing a guest post, I didn’t want to say no; actually I was very interested in giving our guest blogger, Aladdin Shilleh, a chance to show what he could do. So without further ado, here is Aladdin’s guest blog on Brett Favre and those long-suffering Minnesota Vikings fans.
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Say what you want about Brett Favre, one undeniable thing about last Sundays game is that the guy can flat out take a beating. There were multiple instances where Favre was hit late after the play and there was no call (including a vicious ankle hit by Bobby McCray that NFL officiating czar said was a missed call--the result of the play was an interception). While last year nobody actually knew what Favre would give the Vikings--he is 40 and coming off a shoulder injury--most people around the football world all wanted him to just go away, “go back to Kiln, MS and get back on that tractor old man” is what they were saying.
For the last 3 or 4 post-seasons when all the Favre drama started up, I predicted each time that he would retire and stay away (after all, he has to hang it up sometime). Everyone (me included) just wished it would end and just let him go off like the legend that he will become. We were all sick of his antics and indecision. Everyone was (and still is) presumably sick of what seems like 5,000 screen shots of his wife Deanna and daughter Brittany (who I personally don’t mind). However, this season is different because of the production that Favre put up in Minnesota, 38 Tds to only 9 Ints. This is a guy that averaged 17 Ints a year for his first 18 years in the league and all of a sudden he learned to stop making stupid throws. Now we all know what Favre can do and most people would like to see him come back and try to win it all next year with a very talented and deep Minnesota team.
Second, we have a very special guest post for you today. In my sophomore year of college I walked into the sports department of the school newspaper and said I wanted to help out. I walked out with a weekly column. Without that opportunity to write—something I loved to do but wasn’t able to do as much in college as I would have liked as an Economics major—I don’t think there would ever be a blog today. So when I got a message from a college student who was interested in writing a guest post, I didn’t want to say no; actually I was very interested in giving our guest blogger, Aladdin Shilleh, a chance to show what he could do. So without further ado, here is Aladdin’s guest blog on Brett Favre and those long-suffering Minnesota Vikings fans.
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Say what you want about Brett Favre, one undeniable thing about last Sundays game is that the guy can flat out take a beating. There were multiple instances where Favre was hit late after the play and there was no call (including a vicious ankle hit by Bobby McCray that NFL officiating czar said was a missed call--the result of the play was an interception). While last year nobody actually knew what Favre would give the Vikings--he is 40 and coming off a shoulder injury--most people around the football world all wanted him to just go away, “go back to Kiln, MS and get back on that tractor old man” is what they were saying.
For the last 3 or 4 post-seasons when all the Favre drama started up, I predicted each time that he would retire and stay away (after all, he has to hang it up sometime). Everyone (me included) just wished it would end and just let him go off like the legend that he will become. We were all sick of his antics and indecision. Everyone was (and still is) presumably sick of what seems like 5,000 screen shots of his wife Deanna and daughter Brittany (who I personally don’t mind). However, this season is different because of the production that Favre put up in Minnesota, 38 Tds to only 9 Ints. This is a guy that averaged 17 Ints a year for his first 18 years in the league and all of a sudden he learned to stop making stupid throws. Now we all know what Favre can do and most people would like to see him come back and try to win it all next year with a very talented and deep Minnesota team.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Getting Ready for the Super Bowl
We have a few great things to get you ready for Super Bowl Sunday here at the new and improved NYaT! First, I want to announce that we'll be doing another live chat this week. We'll be doing it on Thursday at 9:30 PM EST right here on the blog so make sure to come back for that excitement as we talk about Superbowl XLIV and all the happenings in New York sports.
But as you get read for the Super Bowl, we wanted to share with you a very special interview we did with Megan Pollock, Consumer Electronics Association Digital Answer Girl.
As we begin planning our Superbowl Sunday get-together or our brackets for March Madness we realize, that, sports fan or not, the games are undeniably a part of our lives. And the way we consume these sports is ever evolving- from live streams of the big game on your mobile phone, to the highest quality of picture that allows you to see whether that first down was made or not- probably more even clearly that the referees themselves can see. The way we as consumers watch sports has changed dramatically in this century alone.
Megan was kind enough to talk to us about how we consume sports in 2010 and the rest of the Consumer Electronics Association results from their 5th Annual “Sports and Technology” Study titled "From Mobile TV to 3D Televisions – The Way We Watch Sports is Changing":
But as you get read for the Super Bowl, we wanted to share with you a very special interview we did with Megan Pollock, Consumer Electronics Association Digital Answer Girl.
As we begin planning our Superbowl Sunday get-together or our brackets for March Madness we realize, that, sports fan or not, the games are undeniably a part of our lives. And the way we consume these sports is ever evolving- from live streams of the big game on your mobile phone, to the highest quality of picture that allows you to see whether that first down was made or not- probably more even clearly that the referees themselves can see. The way we as consumers watch sports has changed dramatically in this century alone.
Megan was kind enough to talk to us about how we consume sports in 2010 and the rest of the Consumer Electronics Association results from their 5th Annual “Sports and Technology” Study titled "From Mobile TV to 3D Televisions – The Way We Watch Sports is Changing":
Friday, January 22, 2010
New York Sports Live Chat Starting at 2 PM EST
The first ever No, You're a Towel live chat on New York Sports:
Thursday, January 21, 2010
We're Chatting Tomorrow
The picture to the right is from the SI Photo Vault and shows Brett Favre playing football at 15. He declared at the time whether he'd come back for another season at age 16. Tomorrow afternoon (Friday, January 22nd) at 2 PM EST, we're going to try our first live chat on the blog. We'll be talking about:- Yankees' left field, Mets' offseason/follies, and the rest of the MLB Rumor Mill
- Jets playoffs and blitzing Payton Manning
- Rangers/Devils/Islanders hockey
- Maybe some NBA basketball (or all-white league basketball if you will)
- Martha Coakley and Curt Schilling
- And whatever other topics you want to bring up
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