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How to write good sports blogs?

Are there sports blogs for those uninterested in sports?

  • What sports blog would you recommend for someone who is uninterested in sports? I'm one of those guys who just isn't that into sports. I would like to have some level of conversational knowledge of sports however. If I'm out with friends and the topic of baseball comes up, I'd like to be able to mention something relevant I've read recently rather than wait for the topic to change. I'm sure there are sites like ESPN which would provide a good overview of what's current, but my feeling is that it would cater toward the person who's already relatively on top of everything and interested in the details. I suppose the site I'm envisioning would provide a bit more backstory to the articles and wouldn't contain as much statistics and such that are are completely uninteresting to those like me. I suppose one that has some focus on local teams would be great as well (Los Angeles for me). RSS feeds would be sweet, but not required. If such a site doesn't exist, I suggest an enterprising MeFi-er to start a chain of easily digestible blogs devoted to conversational topics (politics, sports, current events, etc.)

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    http://deadspin.com/ is easily accessible in that it's funny, well-written, and about more sports gossip and personalities than Xs and Os, but it would definitely still help to know the major names in sports.

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http://dir.salon.com/topics/sports/ features a once a weekday column that has a lot of style and substance. I think you would get a lot of mileage out of it without expending too much effort.

mmascolino

I third the recommendation for Salon's King Kaufman. Slate's irregular sports writing is good too. Both, while being written by folk who like sports, understand that a lot of people don't and, unlike a lot of writing on ESPN or SI, admit that not really caring about sports is a valid position.

croctommy

I'll also second Pardon the Interruption. This is espacially true since the show features an always on screen rundown of current topics and a countdown clock of how long they will be discussing the current topic. With this innovation and a DVR I can usually watch PTI in about 10 minutes and get what I want out of it.

mmascolino

http://dodgerthoughts.com is not only the best LA Dodgers blog on the web, it's one of the best sports blogs. It's definitely focused more on stories than just game recaps and stats so it should be perfect for you (as far as your local baseball needs go).

subclub

Well Pardon the Interruption on ESPN is not a blog but has lots of entertaining banter pertaining to current sports without getting into X's and O's. If you can't catch it on TV (its on at 5:30 ET), it is also in http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/index form.

ngn01

Bill Simmons' column http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/simmons/index at ESPN mixes and matches sports with all sorts of genre-bending commentary. Unfortunately, they wall off his archives to subscribers. But I recommend it as a weekly read.

frogan

Thanks for the recommendations, all! I'll go through these and see what catches my eye.

chimmyc

Seconding King Kaufman's column on Salon.com. And maybe USA Today's http://blogs.usatoday.com/sportsscope/?

staggernation

The http://www.laist.com/ is good for quick updates on what's happening in LA sports. (Along with lots of other useful local information!)

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