tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59244791183319263442024-02-21T08:20:12.193-05:00A Sports ScribePerception is reality, the saying goes. Modern players can never transcend time, athletes only care about the money and the fan is never wrong. Yet, all you need to do is dig a little deeper to find the truth. As a freelance sportswriter, my job is to give the audience a story around what just happened. As a consumer, I expect that sports will always provide more than I bargained for. As a fan, my hopes are to be enlightened by more than points. Welcome to the mind of a sports scribe.Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.comBlogger540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-54497362938589401752012-02-02T09:00:00.000-05:002012-02-02T09:00:01.020-05:00Looking for the Unexpected in Super Sunday
With a handful of exceptions, I don’t believe in G.O.A.Ts.
Except for boxing, I don’t believe in the idea that one
match or game completely defines a legacy.
In all sports, I don’t believe in the thought that a single
play is the difference between winning and losing.
Yet, all of that seems to counter the one phenomenon that
helps make the Super Bowl the pinnacle of single-day sporting Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-6420903553174502522011-11-08T12:09:00.001-05:002011-11-08T19:53:49.888-05:00Remembering When I Met JoeIt seems as if this site has only been updated in recent months due to somber moments; sullen, but expected anniversaries or unexpected and harrowing tragedy. It’s not the sole intent, but in a crazy world that surrounds this Scribe outside of The Exchange, the words haven’t flowed with consistent streams of thought. Sadly, this is another moment.
RIP Smokin' Joe
Obituaries had been written Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-52786599937848817412011-09-11T10:48:00.001-04:002011-09-11T10:48:40.939-04:00When We Had to Move Forward
As we converse about where were we when the attacks
happened, we’ve also reflecting back to find out what have we discovered in these
3,652 days since.
It’s an exercise I’ve performed countless times in recent
days; deciding if talking about it was worthwhile to give readers that
connection to 9/11. Those of us who witnessed it will never forget it. And
though truthfully, everyone but New Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-30582001055149991512011-08-29T07:00:00.000-04:002011-08-29T10:12:41.727-04:00The Divide Between Analysis and UnderstandingAs America gets reacquainted with the NFL, there are plenty
of people having live fantasy drafts over a few beers, rummaging stores for
grills in order to tailgate and praying that their preachers speed up Sunday
services for the next five months.
We already know what has made the NFL king of American
entertainment over the last decade-plus; a few seasons of parity, a more
passer-friendly Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-6062914846274414192011-07-22T10:15:00.001-04:002011-07-22T10:18:23.011-04:00Curtis Granderson Had a PointAs the NFL's labor battle reaches its hopeful end, you may have missed an interesting story out the baseball world on Tuesday. Curtis Granderson, the New York Yankees centerfielder, spoke with the Star-Telegram about the rarely mentioned quandary of baseball's loss of black fans. The story was then discussed on The PostGame (Yahoo! Sports). Like clockwork at the start of the season, you hear Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-81403974880535010212011-07-19T10:21:00.000-04:002011-07-22T10:20:30.126-04:00They Lost a Match, Not EndorsementsWhen women play sports for a large public to see, we automatically go into these deep trenches to either celebrate or condemn the players and the game they are taking part in. we go into this soliloquies about the importance of their feats or the insignificance of them. There are even these illogical connections to what’s going on with their male counterparts (take this absurdity for example).
Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-82338702508395122392011-07-18T10:10:00.000-04:002011-07-18T10:10:00.538-04:00For D.A.On Saturday after a funeral, I was privately asked if I would write something about the loss of a mutual friend of ours and somehow connect it to sports. Respectfully, I have to say that the connection is hard. Though he did play football for one of the prominent Catholic high schools here in New York City, those days as a former lineman (both sides) were just a very, very minor part of his life.Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-48933256811381997042011-07-08T10:15:00.009-04:002011-07-08T10:15:01.628-04:00HBO, MLB WANT You to Care About 3,000 AgainWhile show prepping for the best edition of "The Exchange" yet, my editor asked me for a Yankees piece for the paper. Seemingly, everything has been said about the topic, but not necessarily for the purview to the New York Beacon's audience (we are a weekly, after all). Fortunately, when HBO sent its press release regarding production on a show that followed Derek Jeter towards the 3,000 Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-25421006302416897982011-06-16T21:44:00.000-04:002011-06-16T21:44:49.336-04:00How Do You Rationalize a Riot?
Senseless.
How can anyone rationalize reasons for a riot?
There’s no question that the behavior of some rowdy idiots further spoiled a rotten evening for Vancouver Canucks fans across the city, British Columbia and around the globe. To lose Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, no matter the fashion, is maddening enough. However, for people to react as if losing is not a proper reason to set of Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-20479516766899240202011-06-02T15:45:00.000-04:002011-06-02T15:45:53.036-04:00Let Shaq's Legacy Stand on Its Own
GREAT photo: via InsideHoops (and somewhere else)
Shaq retires and within nanoseconds, the sports world goes into a tizzy for good, comical, awful and amazingly predictable reasons.
· The good: fans of all likes come up with their favorite Shaq moments. The smack talking through the media rings for some while the absurd backboard breaking dunks and his All-Star, Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-57874312254510707142011-05-31T10:26:00.000-04:002011-05-31T10:26:15.008-04:00Special Start Time for The ExchangeA couple of quick notes:
For at least one week, The Exchange will move up an hour to flow right into the NBA Finals. Tonight's show kicks off at 8PM Eastern and we'll discuss a few topics. We're obviously going to talk up the big three topics of the moment in sports: those aforementioned finals, the Stanley Cup Finals that begin tomorrow night in Vancouver and of course, the de-threading of the Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-45831437166709006302011-05-16T15:19:00.001-04:002011-05-16T15:25:48.734-04:00We Be Puckin' on The Exchange
via Tampa Tribune
So if you missed the first three episodes of The Exchange, do yourselves a favor and take a listen to each. For quick recaps:
Our debut featured Lahne Mattas of Steelergurl, one of the more popular Pittsburgh Steelers-themed sites going. We chatted on the NFL Draft that would take place later that week, including potential picks and the cloud that loomed over the festivitiesJason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-24040560710855649582011-05-09T15:38:00.001-04:002011-05-09T15:39:42.280-04:00#TwitterSports AKA Sporting SchadenfreudeFor those who follow on Scribe on Twitter, it’s sincerely appreciated. It has allowed for the growth of the blog and a great launching pad for The Exchange. Coupled with exisiting relationships, Facebook and sheer persistence, Twitter has done wonders both professionally and personally that make the journey worthwhile. Sadly, for the good that comes from it must follow the bad, or in Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-32108138726060944202011-05-04T13:37:00.000-04:002011-05-04T13:37:38.626-04:00The Exchange - Episode 2 - Labor Strife & Why We Do/Don't CareLast night's episode of The Exchange was much smoother and we had a pretty good time with it. Hopefully, you will too by downloading the podcast.
We didn't plan to spend as much time on the ongoing NBA playoffs and last week's NFL Draft as we did, but they flowed well with the main topic of the differences in how the labor issues with both leagues are being covered and spoken of by fans.
Take aJason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-34059037932935232422011-05-02T16:51:00.001-04:002011-05-02T17:11:22.479-04:00Reactions That Matter - 5/1/11
Where United Flight 93 fell
It was echoed often in the last dozen or so hours: we will remember where we were when President Barack Obama told the world that Osama Bin Laden – a pepper-bearded Hitler for generations removed from his reign of terror – was killed by a brave group of Navy S.E.A.L.s. We will remember it because of unbridled celebrations across the country and immediately somber Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-64394696801769036432011-04-27T13:07:00.000-04:002011-04-27T13:07:20.707-04:00Podcast - The Debut of The ExchangeKeeping in mind, it's the first show. A few kinks to work out, but what will help is that the show will be two hours instead of one (except select times where there's so little to discuss that shortening it might work).
To those who listened live or already grabbed the podcast afterwards, many thanks.
Follow Sumit on Twitter and Scribe on Facebook. Also, show Lahne some love over at SteelergurlJason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-81250301732906817702011-04-26T13:18:00.000-04:002011-04-26T13:18:15.517-04:00Tonight's the Night! - The Debut of The ExchangeTonight's the night, friends.
Look, there's plenty of room. You, Eli, the guy in the circle.
Okay, no Eli, but we're going to party!!!!!!
Follow The Exchange on BlogTalkRadio and tune in at 9PM Eastern. With friend of Scribe, Steelergurl, joining the fray, we have a lot of NFL Draft chatter mixed in with the goodness of the NBA & NHL playoffs. Hope you can join us and/or download the Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-60027514018667239142011-04-21T08:10:00.000-04:002011-04-21T08:10:16.095-04:00The Exchange - The 411 on the New PodcastLast Tuesday’s post about the podcast actually provided the long-needed inspiration for its name. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, A Sports Scribe presents to you… The Exchange.
The Exchange?
Well, yeah.
See, when reading the final edited version of the post, chatting with potential guests and the likely co-host, it just made sense.
I’ve always believed that there’s no better social Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-86436464387025731602011-04-15T16:11:00.000-04:002011-04-15T16:11:21.785-04:00How Jackie Robinson Impacted New York
Going into the third year of Citi Field’s existence, the beautiful park in Willets Point/Flushing has been maligned with controversy. It’s been soaked with snark and populist anger; the financial crisis that crippled Citibank made the moniker “Taxpayer Field” stick for a few weeks in the local media as the financial services company received TARP funds. It has also been lambasted as another Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-15742562103593764512011-04-11T14:45:00.001-04:002011-04-11T15:05:44.792-04:00What's This About Doing a Show?When you’ve worked in the media or have made some appearances in the public space, you’re looked upon as some sort of expert in whatever you are discussing at large. Of course, you should be highly knowledgeable in something; whether it’s a specific subject or at least the discipline of conducting interviews & facilitating those discussions.
There is not an arena that this is more evident Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-9439203310900261162011-04-06T14:54:00.000-04:002011-04-06T14:54:01.134-04:00Heritage Field ConstructionSo, you are probably aware of the previous posts and videos about the old and new versions of Yankee Stadium. Back in 2009 when the new stadium opened, this post discussed a class divide that seemed to have widened. Last May, this post gave you a video and pictures inside the new facility. Today, though, was the first time I had been able to get a quick look at the latest development.
While Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-84516010426095235852011-04-05T15:19:00.000-04:002011-04-05T15:19:17.720-04:00Is Thirty Seconds Too Much to Ask?Last night’s debacle called the Men's Divison I National Championship Game is likely still turning stomachs. Yes, a win’s a win and a title is a title if you’re a fan of the boys from Storrs; so congratulations to the UConn Huskies that actually scored a basket, blocked a shot or grabbed a rebound. That Butler played in back to back national championship games is a testament to the program, Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-22823766885013842012011-04-03T11:50:00.000-04:002011-04-03T11:50:24.680-04:00Scribe Announcements: Podcast/Live Radio & FacebookWatch, listen and love my shirt.
Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-33605858400777996712011-03-29T18:24:00.001-04:002011-03-29T18:52:07.307-04:00Scribe's Baseball Week: The Shifting Small Market NarrativeIf you missed the 3/28/11 post to start baseball week, here you go.
What made the 2010 baseball season so compelling was that the usual national narrative of the ‘big market’ dominance didn’t hold water. In fact, you could say that the overarching theme of the stories in these cities was ‘coming up short’.
In the summer, the Yankees were spurned by the Seattle Mariners in favor of the Texas Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924479118331926344.post-11209295630659049242011-03-28T14:10:00.000-04:002011-03-28T14:10:54.111-04:00Scribe's Baseball Week: The Souring Marketing MixIf you’re not a marketing communications professional or an unabashed Jeter Girl, you may have missed Nielsen’s recent news about its ten most marketable baseball players. Unsurprisingly, a few Yankees populate the list – Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Alex Rodriguez – as well as some of the sport’s best players such as St. Louis’ Albert Pujols, Joe Mauer of Minnesota and Seattle’s Ichiro. You Jason Clinkscaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11100315288752472586noreply@blogger.com0