Jackson Martin

[Myth @Myth_]

I swear niggas on twitter would hate on the wind if it had an account

[Brett Kollmann @BrettKollmann]

It won't happen, but the ultimate petty move would be Kyler getting paid by the Cardinals to sit behind Stafford and hang out with Kliff in LA, and then become the heir apparent for McVay while still collecting a big check.

[Brett Kollmann @BrettKollmann]

Posting this now so you have time to get what you need from the store before this weekend.

[Nick Penticoff @NickPenticoff]

Excuse me, Cam Ward?! https://t.co/irbbCMz3Fi

[Brett Kollmann @BrettKollmann]

(long-winded sports media rant here that I'll possibly turn into a video at some point)

This article mentions the massive industry wide layoffs and cuts over the last decade to traditional written sports journalism, and I think a downstream effect that nobody has mentioned yet is that because of that industry crumbling, networks like ESPN and FS1 have drastically reduced up and coming talent pools to work with, and it's really hurting sports TV.

It's no wonder they fill seats on debate shows with so many ex-players now. There is a whole missing generation of young-ish writers and radio hosts that basically *doesn't exist*, because almost the whole traditional sports journalism industry is gone.

And here's the real underlying issue - while yes, a lot of the sports writers or radio hosts that network TV would usually poach from never played in the league...and most of them certainly didn't come to the network with their own baked-in celebrity or national brand...many of them had a skill that not a lot of ex-players possess.

They can tell a good story.

Great sports content - even on debate shows or analytical shows - is all about being able to coherently craft a narrative. Narratives are what make the games compelling. It's why we all care about this stuff.

Every Sunday in the fall, we get to see Scott Hanson guide us through a hundred simultaneous hero's journeys playing out in the Octobox.

Every four years, we see small nations take on global superpowers on the pitch.

Every century or so, we see a Monégasque driver sit atop the podium in Monaco, thinking about his father.

Writers know how to write stories. They know how to make the audience care about the games. There are many ex-players on TV that really don't know how to do that all, so they just yell out a talking point that half the time they don't even believe in, just because it gets attention.

And let me tell you; the greatest trick the devil ever played on sports television executives was making them think that getting the audience's attention was more important than getting the audience's investment.

A smaller pipeline of sports writers in traditional media means less and less story tellers end up on sports TV. That is bad for everyone.

My only hope is that YouTube becomes the new breeding ground for that talent to grow and develop. All of that creativity has to go somewhere, I guess.

[Flats @Flats_OW]

Thank you Overwatch, Thank you Rivals, and thank all of you ❤��

[Brett Kollmann @BrettKollmann]

Meet Oklahoma safety Billy Bowman Jr.

This year's annual day two safety prospect that God carved entirely out of smelling salts and angst.

[The Act Man @TheActMan_YT]

Battlefront 2 writers in 2005:

[ESPN @espn]

The Black Mamba is forever immortalized.

Kobe Bryant is a Hall of Famer 🐍🏆

[Brent Faiyaz’s Disciple ❤️‍🩹🥀 @itsjoebro_]

You had to be there

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

"KOBE" chants in downtown LA 🙏

(via @AO619)

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

AD WINS IT AT THE BUZZER.

OH MY. https://t.co/Um2uWqjmZR

[AMP Agent ⚡ @CallMeAgent00]

I'M LOSING 50 MORE LBS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. IF I FAIL, I'M GIVING 30 PEOPLE WHO RT THIS $100.

TIME TO WORK.

[Stadium @Stadium]

EXCLUSIVE: Our cameras captured the emotional moment Derrick Rose learned his hometown #Bulls traded him to the #Knicks.

#DRoseDoc https://t.co/qCXvbKsoH7

[BVW Assassins 2019 @bvw2019]

Unfortunately Nic CANN’t move onto the next round after Maddie eliminates him

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

🗣"I'm built for this s--t."

Talk your talk, D-Lo. https://t.co/Av4ApcLy0G

[Jackson Martin @crackingjboy]

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[Jackson Martin @crackingjboy]

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[Jackson Martin @crackingjboy]

#MaddenNFL16 #XboxShare

[Jackson Martin @crackingjboy]

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