Comments on: More Exemplary Hockey Coverage from the Washington Post

By: Gary Perkinson

Gary Perkinson — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:03:31 +0000

I’m with you all on the dearth of collegege hockey news in the Post’s sports pages, but equally deficient, with the exception of the Georgetown University team, is the Post’s coverage of college lacrosse. We lacrosse fans don’t even get a compilation of results in the Post’s Sunday editions except for a distinctly local team like the Hoyas. What is most irritating to me is the Post’s habit of treating teams like Loyola, Johns Hopkins, Mt. St. Mary’s, etc., etc., etc like locals when it suits their circulation needs, but stiffs them all when it comes to reporting sports news out of the main stream, i.e., college hockey and lacrosse.

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:13:38 +0000

Maruk — this will be my final word on this matter, and we’ll let it be a point of disagreement between us: I’m hardly alone in delineating the malicious bias at 15th St., or noting its effects. I’d commend to you the hockey team owner’s veritable Ph.d dissertation on bloggers vs. MSM of January. He didn’t wax impassioned out of the dearth of subjects to discuss; the very future of pro hockey in this town is at stake. There’s a chicken-or-the-egg quality to the discussion as well: The Post actually had fantastic coverage of the Caps once upon a time, and I’d note that the Cap Centre stands (correspondingly?) were well filled. Even with a litany of springtime failures. I wonder what role the paper plays in establishing the Deadskins as the only game in town? Not an insubstantial one, IMO. Now in its desperation to thwart its circulation death-spiral it’s sinking its teeth into radio and television imprint in the region. The stakes are high indeed.

By: Empty Maybe

Empty Maybe — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:49:32 +0000

b.oor4, you are dead-on. Fay embarrassed himself with his piece, which is both incorrect (regarding the state of the Caps and Pens two years ago), and flat-out making stuff up (the baloney about Backstrom, which NO ONE else has reported – is Fay really that good, or just telling a bold-faced lie?).
Disgraceful.

By: maruk

maruk — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:49:19 +0000

Undoubtedly, the Post, like most newspapers, is losing subscribers left and right. Equally true, I’m sure, is the fact that those former subscribers are all college hockey fans.
My sensibilities are no more enlightened than yours, and I have no desire to turn this into one more example of the kind of juvenile arguing/shouting that passes for entertainment these days. This topic excepted, I enjoy your blog.
It just seems that your entire argument comes down to this point: The Post should cover hockey more because I say so.
To you, college hockey is news. I stand with you in that belief. The Post clearly does not feel that way, and they can run their business any way they want. Whether they run it into the ground remains to be seen, but how much ink hockey gets will not make a bit of difference in the scheme of things.
I reckon my argument comes down to this point: Why do you care so much? There are plenty of other media out there that I suspect can feed your jones. You probably know them better than I do. Near as I can tell, there is no college hockey information embargo.
For me, life is too short to sweat stuff like this, so I have a difficult time understanding why this bothers you as much as it does. But hey, do what ya gotta do. Keep on ventin’ in the free world and I’ll skip to the next post.

By: b.oor4

b.oor4 — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:37:14 +0000

You can add the Washington Times to your list. This morning’s pathetic ramblings by Dave Fay give all journalists a bad name. If there was any further evidence needed that Fay has completely lost touch with Washington hockey, his vitriolic rant in today’s paper is the final nail in the coffin. ( no pun intended)

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:58:31 +0000

maruk — Apparently the hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians who once subscribed to the Post but no longer do ain’t so thrilled with the contemporary product either.
But improved by your enlightened sensibilities, I’ll be sure to give the Lady Patriots of George Mason’s next lacrosse game a fairer shake. How early do you think I should arrive there to be assured a seat?

By: maruk

maruk — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:11:50 +0000

What an outrage. How dare The Post cover things I don’t like and ignore things I like?
Look, Quixote, you obviously know how to turn a phrase in a George Will kind of way, but you’re beating the Barbaro in the worst kind of way.

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By: go_bu

go_bu — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:44:18 +0000

anyone have suggestions as to where to watch this friday’s bu vs. msu game? it’s on ESPN U…

By: false_cause

false_cause — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:59:19 +0000

To be clear, I intended no rhetorical device in saying, “I shamelessly ask for more than I think they should give me when I lobby for my interests.” I mean that honestly about myself. In rereading my comment it seemed to me that it could have been misinterpreted.