Blogs With Balls Radio, Episode 27 (We’re Back)

This week’s Blogs With Balls Show on the JoeSportsFan Radio Network is now available.

Download Episode 27 here, or subscribe via iTunes.



Hot damn! It's been a while! Not since Amy K. Nelson told us how lame we were have we been able to get a podcast in.

We blame, of course, BwB3...a great success if we do say so. Don't take our word for it, ask this guy. And these folks.

Our guest this week is is the VP of Business Development at BleacherReport.com, David Nemetz.

B/R kicked off the BwB3 experience with a bang, hosting our kickoff party with flowing Guiness at The Fifty/50. David was then a member of the Localization panel at the main event, and we expand a bit on that conversation.

Since its inception, Bleacher Report has gone through a number of tweaks and facelifts, none more significant than the recent addition of Brian Grey, formerly of Yahoo and Fox Sports, as their new CEO.

We talk with David on a number of topics pertaining to B/R's position in the industry, its benefits to its members and where it goes next.

This week’s links of interest:

• Bleacher Report
• @bleacherreport

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A Special Message to Bloggers from Joakim Noah

Joakim Noah invites you to Chicago for Blogs With Balls 3. Except for one person, that is.

Blogs With Balls 3.0 | Joakim Noah from HHR on Vimeo.

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Blogs With Balls 3 Tickets Now On Sale

Two months away, and Blogs with Balls 3 is officially kicked off.

SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2010

At the Captain Morgan Club at Wrigley Field

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Pre-sale tickets go on sale on Friday, April 2, 2010 at 1:30pm et. There will be a limited number of pre-sale tickets available exclusively on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Capacity at Blogs with Balls 3 is extremely limited. Please don’t wait, because once they’re gone, they’re gone. Get your ticket to Blogs with Balls 3 today!

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Event Information

Your ticket to Blogs with Balls 3 includes admission to the following invitation-only events:

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FRIDAY, JUNE 4

• The Blogs with Balls 3 Pregame Party

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SATURDAY, JUNE 5

• BLOGS WITH BALLS 3: The Main Event
  • Where: Captain Morgan Club at Wrigley Field
  • When: 10AM-6PM
  • Some of the people scheduled to appear:
    • Bethlehem Shoals
    • Big League Stew
    • The Basketball Jones
    • Morgan Ensberg
    • Amy K. Nelson (ESPN)
    • Michael Rand (RandBall)

    More names, panel announcements to follow soon! – 

• The Blogs with Balls 3 After-Party

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Travel & Lodging

We are working to arrange hotel deals in Chicago for Blogs with Balls 3. Stay tuned for updates on hotel discounts and other travel benefits.

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Blogs With Balls Radio, Episode 25

This week’s Blogs With Balls Show on the JoeSportsFan Radio Network is now available.

Download Episode 25 here, or subscribe via iTunes.



We kick the show off this week with a very pointed voicemail we received from the incomparable Softball Guy, who was not all that thrilled with our guest selection this week: Matt Sebek from our podcasting partners JoeSportsFan.com.

An Exclusive, Emotional Interview with Softball Guy from JoeSportsFan.com on Vimeo.

Long before partnering up on the Internets waves, JoeSportsFan was a everyday read for HHR.

Matt's experience as an online programmer has helped take the site's brand to a new level of online media that includes blogging, and the incorporation of both audio and video.


About a month ago, JSF launched JoeSportsFanSTL.com which focuses on sports in the site's home town of St. Louis, and puts out a weekly Basketball Jones-esq video segment covering the latest hot topics surrounding the city's teams and athletes in the offbeat tone JSF fans have come to know and love.

Ep. 3: The One with Derrick Chievous from JoeSportsFan.com on Vimeo.

The city-centric, or "hyper-local," approach to online sports coverage is one we have been keeping a close eye on leading up to BwB3 in light of national companies like ESPN and Comcast, and regional ones like NESN and SNY going full force into blogging and multimedia/online platforms. We talk about how this could affect team and city-based sites, including the new JSF STL.

The guys that run the site have also dabbled in AM radio, and Matt talks about the advantages to working online as opposed to the terrestrial waves.

For any aspiring podcasters, and those bloggers looking to attempt video, this week is a must listen, as Matt let's you know from his experience what steps you can take to make your show(s) better and differentiate them from the field that is rapidly saturating.

This week's sites of interest:

• JoeSportsFan
• JoeSportsFanSTL
• The JoeSportsFan Show (iTunes)
• The St. Louis JoeSportsFan Show (iTunes)
• Sebek Media
• @JoeSportsFan
• @MattSebek
• @thesoftballguy
• The Basketball Jones
• The Jones on Vimeo
• BwB on The 700 Level/Comcast deal

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From BwB Blog: The Localization of Online Sports Media & The 700 Level Goes Corporate

Yesterday, Enrico announced what can probably be seen as the inevitable:

Today, I’m excited to announce that The700Level.com has entered a new stage in its history. We have officially partnered with Comcast SportsNet and CSNPhilly.com. The700Level.com will retain editorial independence, while tapping into the unique access, technology, and resources of Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia.

View full post here.

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