Updated throughout the day with quick takes from staff.
This whole thing started back in 2007 under the guidance of Chris Mottram, who departed for SB Nation just over a year ago. I've had the pleasure of steering the ship for the period of time since his departure. Just as Mottram had the chance to work with talented people like Dan Shanoff, Brian Powell, Nathaniel Friedman (aka Bethlehem Shoals), Tom Ziller, Will Brinson, Eric McErlain and Dave Larzelere, I had my own roster of all-stars with Dan Levy, Michael Tunison, Andy Hutchins, LSUFreek, Brian Cook and Eric Freeman. I still feel very good about a lot of our work being entertaining and interesting to read. We had coverage at multiple Super Bowls, All-Star Games and the Final Four. We tried to bring a unique perspective to those events.
We will not disappear into the background of the web. Everyone will continue to do their thing, just in other places.
Two of our own -- Michael Tunison and Andy Hutchins will be joining some of our old friends at SB Nation. In addition, the archive for TSB will migrate over to SB Nation and find a new home there soon as part of an acquisition.
Tunison will continue his posts at Kissing Suzy Kolber. Follow him on Twitter, too.
Hutchins, the young scholar he is, will continue to shoehorn writing responsibilities into his undergrad life at Florida. In addition to his responsibilities at SB Nation, he maintains a music blog, The Rockabye Review. Follow him on Twitter.
Dan Levy will continue to do his fine work with his podcast, the On the DL Podcast. Follow him on Twitter.
Brian Cook's life as the foremost authority in the blogosphere on Michigan sports will continue at MGoBlog. Follow him on Twitter.
LSUFreek will continue to bang out classics for former TSB'er Spencer Hall at Every Day Should Be Saturday. His work can be found at this link. Follow him on Twitter.
Dan Shanoff will maintain DanShanoff.com and you can also follow him on Twitter.
As for me, I'll continue on with a new role at SportingNews.com in the social media world. You thought I was obnoxious on Twitter before? Just wait. (Kidding! Sort of.) Follow me there. You can also add me on Facebook here.
To those who read us frequently, I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks.
I hope readers continue to support those in the burgeoning blog world that do good work. Vote with your eyeballs and support quality content. See you around the internets.
This post originally appeared on the Sporting Blog. For more, see The Sporting Blog Archives.
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severely bummed about this. Fanhouse just doesn’t do it for me and still haven’t gotten into SB Nation. Guess I need to start.
Thanks for the good work, both current and former contributors. I’ve been reading since day 1.
by Bacon99 on Jul 21, 2010 10:28 AM EDT reply actions
all right TSN. How much you gonna offer me, Lord Harry Latts…to round up last night’s news in sports. Shoot me an e-mail. I work for peanuts.
by lordhlatts on Jul 21, 2010 10:53 AM EDT reply actions
so the sporting blog comes in and essentially kills off the member blogs… and now the sporting blog can’t hang… makes perfect sense.
by wiltfongjr on Jul 21, 2010 11:43 AM EDT reply actions
Best of luck, all!
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jul 21, 2010 11:48 AM EDT reply actions
Where are you off to, L’etat? I love reading your comments as much as the posts themselves!
by skommando on Jul 21, 2010 12:33 PM EDT reply actions
Glad you asked….
With my bookie Abdullah and some help from a guy named Ted From Hyannis Port, I (Stacey) handle all the hard-driving sports coverage needed for Cape Cod .
If you don’t read me writing at length and more prefer my style here in the TSB comments, just go here (below) and look for comments by Monponsett. It’s mostly Cape Cod stuff. I actually prefer working in Comment form, and generally only write at length if the kids are in bed and I have good marijuana.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jul 21, 2010 12:46 PM EDT reply actions
I can’t drop links… go to Cape Cod Today and their eponymously titled dot com addy, and look for Monponsett or The Belly Check.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jul 21, 2010 12:48 PM EDT reply actions
Wilt, I want to address your comment so there’s no confusion: Anything that ever happened with the member blogs had nothing to do with The Sporting Blog. I’m sorry if you’ve held some sort of chip against the TSB folks and thought they were somehow responsible for anything that went on there, but that is categorically false and I don’t want there to be any mistake about that.
by littmann.tsn on Jul 21, 2010 1:06 PM EDT reply actions
This stinks. I enjoyed this site, always a daily read. Now what? Too many other blogs to surf through. I just want one main site to visit, comment, enjoy. Not 12 different blogs. I do have a life.Stacey, I’ll miss you, too. Cape Cod, huh? Little slice of heaven out there. I have MVY Radio on here as I tap away.Cheers.M.
by michaelgmitchell on Jul 21, 2010 1:24 PM EDT reply actions
My husband imported me from Rouen. MVY is one of the three stations I get in on my radio, and one of the other ones is all weather and fishing reports. I don’t know who T Pain is, but I know the marine forecast for George’s Bank.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jul 21, 2010 1:27 PM EDT reply actions
anyone else want to nomiate me to write a morning round-up for TSN ??? i promise to be snotty, stupid and funny.
by lordhlatts on Jul 21, 2010 1:45 PM EDT reply actions
nominate…sorry about that.
by lordhlatts on Jul 21, 2010 1:46 PM EDT reply actions
If they’ll give it to you, I’m with it.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jul 21, 2010 2:12 PM EDT reply actions
thanks frenchie….how bout i split the duties with someone who hates all of the teams i love. even more comedy !!!!
by lordhlatts on Jul 21, 2010 2:33 PM EDT reply actions
Everyone hates the teams you love, latts. Anyway, this is a sad day. it reminds me of the time I heard that TSB would no longer be a part of TSN.
by ChiAdam on Jul 21, 2010 3:25 PM EDT reply actions
adam…seriously…me and you CAN do it. who better than a Chi-Town guy and a New yorker. We’ll never agree on anything. It would be really funny !!!
by lordhlatts on Jul 21, 2010 3:46 PM EDT reply actions
and yes…we have to get scurds involved in this somehow. also…there are a bunch of dominant posters here at TSN that could contribute.
by lordhlatts on Jul 21, 2010 4:32 PM EDT reply actions
Scurds can’t say anything about hockey until a Canadian team wins a Cup (ie: never). But he is free to yammer about how awful the Rams are and how much he hates the Steelers. Being Canadian, he is also free to discuss crappy basketball, ice fishing, courtesy, crappier beer, curling and envy.
by ChiAdam on Jul 21, 2010 5:49 PM EDT reply actions
well that’s very flattering chiadam. thank you. I am taking aim at the bears this season by the way. in case you haven’t noticed they have been stalking former rams in a very sincere form of imitation/flattery that is coming up a couple of superbowls short of the real thing. the steelers have been defeated soundly.
LH: I am confused by what you are proposing exactly. My big mouth is here pretty much all the time now any way. what do you have in mind exactly? it seems that we give this site quite a bit more than they give us and i am getting tempted to tap 30-40 of the greats here and take them to someplace more appreciative. but i kind of like it here and don’t know where else to go. many of us could embarass the staff here easily in terms of sports insight, but where’s the money?
by scurds on Jul 21, 2010 7:13 PM EDT reply actions
If I’m on the job, I’m running the job. That’s how I work. Let me know when you have the basics handled.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jul 21, 2010 7:16 PM EDT reply actions
hey chaps: how about olympic gold? I’ll take a WORLD championship if i can’t get a cup anyday!
by scurds on Jul 21, 2010 7:23 PM EDT reply actions
scurds…i happen to agree….guys like us…and you know who you are…WE RUN THIS SITE….and it’s just kind of a fun place to go read some real sports talk…YOU GOTTA THINK TSN KNOWS ALL ABOUT US…and appreciates the loyalty and contributions. I still say they should broadcast OUR thoughts…nationally…organized.
by lordhlatts on Jul 22, 2010 12:10 AM EDT reply actions
i saw mike florio on tv a little while ago being asked about something football related. his answer was just kind of barely competent. I couldn’t help but think how i would much rather have heard yourself or wiltfongjr, arKrazor, chiadam, DWB,mlesin, ferociousjane, jdin, wmorin, tileking,bigtoke, 3rdstone, 9erfan, zigzag,……and on and on it goes, take the mic. THERE ARE SOME VERY VERY SHARP INDIVIDUALS HERE. I know this to be true because i have been able to turn some of their ideas and opinions into cold hard cash, and because I enjoy reading what they think everyday! the oneway communication of television is becoming an artifact. interactive live blogging will be the future of sports broadcasts because we all know how excruciating it is to have to suffer thru phil simms and dan dierdorf ruining a perfectly good football game with their inane stating of the obvious.
here’s an idea: how about a broadcast of a football game in which the existance of a POINT SPREAD is acknowledged? and admit that there is an over under number posted on the game as well when you analyze it! it isn’t a secret! almost everybody watching has some form of action on the game! and guess why? because they want to be involved! it makes it interactive instead of passive! you lose and win too, just like the players on the field! embrace it.
by scurds on Jul 22, 2010 10:24 AM EDT reply actions
So, when is this officially "down"? And why do I only have one star? Must be a rookie here. Hell, ‘scurds’ has FOUR. And he’s CANADIAN. What’s up with that? (I’m as well.)I don’t where to go to put my $0.02 in, now. I went over to Yahoo’s sports blogs yesterday for a bit. But I don’t have the time to surf through dozens of blogs.I’ve enjoyed the usual suspects here, though I’ve only checked in recently.
by michaelgmitchell on Jul 22, 2010 10:59 AM EDT reply actions
exactly scurds…no one here waits to see what freeman or florio thinks…our opinions are far more interesting…and most of the time…much more informed. it’s time for TSN to showcase their best and brightest…which happens TO BE US !!!!
by lordhlatts on Jul 22, 2010 11:46 AM EDT reply actions
hmm…do you mean you’ll charge everybody else except for me ??? i want a loudmouth discount !!!
by lordhlatts on Jul 22, 2010 12:03 PM EDT reply actions
You’re genius, ‘scurds’. I’ve got some detergent in the basement to move as well.Sexual prowess? One star? That’s about right these days.
by michaelgmitchell on Jul 22, 2010 2:11 PM EDT reply actions
i like the way you think scurds…you must be american.
by lordhlatts on Jul 22, 2010 2:57 PM EDT reply actions
I am north american guys.
by scurds on Jul 22, 2010 8:57 PM EDT reply actions
close enough for me.
by lordhlatts on Jul 23, 2010 9:43 AM EDT reply actions
I am Borg. So, you know what THAT means. You’re all screwed.
by michaelgmitchell on Jul 23, 2010 11:15 AM EDT reply actions
I am DWB, i fear no borg. And i only screw dirty white chicks.
by dwb on Jul 23, 2010 12:53 PM EDT reply actions
Its enough for me :D
by krooksyk on Jul 24, 2010 2:34 AM EDT reply actions
This went south quickly. I suppose this entry should be deemed dead.
by michaelgmitchell on Jul 24, 2010 10:38 AM EDT reply actions
.I know this to be true because i have been able to turn some of their
ideas and opinions into cold hard cash, and because I enjoy reading
what they think everyday! the oneway communication of television is
becoming an artifact. interactive live blogging will be the future of
sports broadcasts because we all know how excruciating it is to have to
suffer thru phil simms and dan dierdorf ruining a perfectly good
football game with their inane stating of the obvious.
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by nikeshoesa on Aug 2, 2010 10:49 PM EDT reply actions
hey chaps: how about olympic gold? I’ll take a WORLD championship if i can’t get a cup anyday!
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by MarkWaugh on Aug 10, 2010 2:38 AM EDT reply actions
hey chaps: how about olympic gold? I’ll take a WORLD championship if i can’t get a cup anyday!
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by MarkWaugh on Aug 10, 2010 2:40 AM EDT reply actions
Feels like I just got laid off… again. This sucks.
by Radatz on Aug 16, 2010 10:46 PM EDT reply actions
I hear ya, Radatz. They just killed The Trenches, too.
Now we have to go to ESPN or SI, and be one of 300 commenters on an issue. I like my blogs a little more small-time than that, with some sense of community.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Aug 18, 2010 3:16 AM EDT reply actions
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