Extra P. Sells Out

I know what you’re thinking… this is news?
As you may know by now, we have a few contacts at ESPN: the Magazine HQ. Heck, one of them even writes a conference report for me at Storming the Floor. Fortunately, that road runs both ways, as they occasionally give us a chance to pursue our unique… [...]

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Voodoo Sabermetrics Debuts at Babes Love Baseball

We have our first appearance of Voodoo Sabermetrics over at Babes Love Baseball. It’s in good hands, let me tell you. Our first victim is Miguel Tejada.
Also going very strong right now is my collaboration with Brian from One More Dying Quail – we talk minor league baseball at Bus Leagues Baseball right here on [...]

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High Ate Us

I’m starting to feel stupid about updating once a week if even that, so I’m going to make it official – the Extrapolater is going on hiatus for a while. I’m currently writing 2-3 posts a day at Storming the Floor, and trying to keep my freelancing going, and I don’t really have [...]

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What I Did on Thanksgiving Vacation

I drove up to Philadelphia on Friday the 23rd to meet some blog-buddies and take in the Philly Classic basketball tournament.
Read my ode to the Palestra and the good times at Storming the Floor.
And now, back to my super-Turkey sandwich. One of many to come.

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My Chat with Jay Busbee

I had an assignment for a writing class recently: interview someone who does what you want to do. So I chose Jay Busbee, who has been a font of wisdom and encouragement in my general direction for a while now. Our Q&A was truly enjoyable, and I will preface it by saying that I was [...]

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Annus Bloggus

No, it doesn’t say “Anus Bloggus”. Settle down, Beavis.
What that means, is that I have completed one full year of blogging, which is like seven years in the mainstream media. This blog has been, at best, mildly popular during that time, so I’m not rolling out the cake with strippers inside, exactly. But I did [...]

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That Heitner… He’s Going Places.

I got this press release from Darren of Sports Agent Blog over the weekend. I’m already signed up as a Media member, so you should drop by and do the same.
Young Entrepreneurs Launch a New Social Networking Site: “AccessAthletes.com”
Gainesville, Fla. – Sept. 24, 2007 , Darren Heitner, 22, of Hollywood, Fla. and Matthew Allinson, [...]

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The USA Plays International Rugby?

Indeed we do. Our national team is called The Eagles, and they are currently playing in the Rugby World Cup in France. This is an event that probably completely escapes our notice year in and year out, but as access to technology shrinks the world, we can expect to hear more about [...]

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Please Come and Stroke My Ego…. Lower… Looowwwer…

New article in Chicago Sports Weekly. It’s a short piece about how the NFL network is putting the preseason in heavy rotation.
Expensive For Some (page 23)
My ego is sated. Now go make us a sandwich.

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Special Patriotic Message

In celebration of the freedoms we enjoy in the United Stakes of the Merica.

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