June 2012
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The Plainsman Reports a Tragedy
If it had not been for Twitter, I might just have gone on to church last Sunday.
As I prepared to leave at 6:30 a.m. for an early service, I checked al.com, where there was news of a shooting in Auburn with unidentified fatalities. But it was not until I checked my Twitter feed and saw re-tweets of expressed grief for two former Auburn football players that I realized.
This was a big story.
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The Fake Pimp and Darren Rovell
Darren Rovell of CNBC can tell you: If you’re going to do something really dumb, like use an escort service owner as a source based strictly on e-mail interviews, you’d better hope that Deadspin.com does not find out.
The sports business reporter might have done the deed a whole six months ago, as part of an article on effects of the NBA lockout, but Deadspin found out and exposed...
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On the Set of '42'
I had a chance to visit the set of 42— the biopic on Jackie Robinson that filmed recently at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field. I had already planned to roto-geek out over the film for two reasons: 1) It’s about sports history; and 2) It is directed by Brian Helgeland, who wrote “L.A. Confidential,” one of the best 1940s movies ever.
But when Ernie Malik, unit...
