Ben Golliver @blazersedge Happy to announce I'll soon join SI .com's NBA team with @RobMahoney. I'll stay at Blazersedge too. http://sbn.to/R7amLh Does this mean SI has no real sources now, or the SI doesn't know what it is talking about?
Maybe he can stop being as negative as can be on the Blazers now. Just because your a fan doesn't mean you always have to look at negative side to be considered a "real" reporter. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2
Actually that's exactly what it means. When I covered the team I had no credibility with the "real" media because I wasn't negative like Quick and Clownzano.
golliver is a hack, but most of their cnnsi.com writers are, i assume he is going to work online? if so, just another know nothing pretending to be worth reading
I doubt it. I don't know Ben (only said Hi to him once at a M&G), but if he's anything like Abbott he'll go out of his way to play up the "I'm a Blazer fan, but (badbadbadbadbadbadbadbadbadmouthing), so if I'm saying it it must be true." Hollinger seems much more equal opportunity with his stats-based h8terade across the board.
I would put it right up there with The Sporting News or CBS in terms of sites that are completely irrelevant.
I think it's pretty damn cool. To go from writing for some little Blazer fan blog to SI is impressive. Props to finding a way to getting paid for doing something he loves.
honestly i never thought that his writing was especially good or memorable, did you? did anyone? the sbn giants blog has a great writer
Yep. Congrats to Goliver, who has taken a gig at a free blog and made it into a paid job at a prestigious publication. Very cool.
yeah, as much as I think he's nothing special as a writer, I'd totally love to be paid to write about the Blazers, go to Blazer games and be smug. So far, I write about the Blazers and am smug for free.
It's a shame how many of us would be giddy at the prospect of being paid to write about the Blazers, isn't it? Not that I'd be able to write on par with those guys, but I would stop sleeping with Mrs HCP, stop joking ABOUT sleeping with Mrs HCP, stop sparring with people on here, vote for Romney AND cheer for the L.A. Lakers if it meant I could get paid to film the Blazers for a year AND follow them for a whole season.