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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Blogs With Balls Radio, Episode 23

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

Download Episode 23 here, or subscribe via iTunes.

Our guest this week is Phil from the multifaceted men's website Gunaxin.com.

Phil has been a longtime friend of HHR and, more so, the Blogs With Balls conferences, having attended and been vocal at both the New York and Vegas shows.

In Vegas, we had a great panel conversation on whether or not bloggers should be granted the same access and treatment that teams and leagues afford traditional media and journalists. On that panel, Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy Greg Wyshynski - among the most high profile and respected hockey bloggers on the web - brought up the fact that the NHL has embraced new media to circumvent the lack of coverage MSM has allotted the sport. Specifically, the Washington Capitals, thanks in large part to their new-media savvy owner, is regarded as one of the most progressive franchises in terms of blogger credentialing. Phil, who blogs at the Fansided Caps blog Capitals Outsider, is among those select few sports bloggers in any sport that covers games from the press box.

Recently, his actions in the press area drew the attention and criticism from the Internets, the team and even Wyshinski...actions that eventually lead to his suspension from the press box.

With almost 3 weeks to digest the incident, Phil reflects on his actions, the reactions, and the hypocritical treatment in relation to his Verizon Center nemesis Mike Milbury.

Moving on to Gunaxin, Phil talks about how his unique background has aided in positioning the site among the fastest growing men's general interest sites, how and why the Gunaxin decided to dabble in podcasting, and its recent launch of Gunaxin Links - a direct and men's focused alternative to Reddit.

A recurring theme is Phil's appreciation for the online community. He credits folks he met at BwB (Dan Levy, Matt Sebek and Gary Vaynerchuk) as being influential in Gunaxin moving into many of the areas it has, and credits the conference itself as helping facilitate some of the A-list guests they've gotten to interview.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Ovie Named 48th Most Powerful Person in DC in GQ's Top 50

From the magazine's Politics section:

48. Alexander Ovechkin
Hockey Player, Washingon Capitals

As a cliché-prone poet once wrote, Washington loves a winner, and no local sports team these days wins nearly as often as the Caps. And no one in the entire NHL scores goals with the brutal frequency of Alexander Ovechkin. Which means he's something of a hero around town: In 2008, Mayor Fenty awarded him a key to the city. (Other honorees during the mayor's term: Nicolas Sarkozy, the pope.) More politicos are starting to cotton to him, too. David Gregory is a regular at the Verizon Center, while John Kerry and Joe Lieberman show up when they can. Earlier this year, Ovechkin even got a shout-out from Obama during the president's trip to Russia: "As a resident of Washington, D.C.," he said, "I continue to benefit from the contributions of Russians—specifically, from Alexander Ovechkin."

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Video: Obama Thanks Russians for Giving DC Ovechkin

From Politico:

President Obama addressing the commencement ceremonies at Moscow's New Economic School: "As a resident of Washington, D.C., I continue to benefit from the contributions of Russians — specifically, from Alexander Ovechkin. We're very pleased to have him in Washington, D.C."

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Friday, April 18, 2008

"We know how Philadelphians are"

Photo: Michael Klein / Inquirer

By that statement did the manager of the city's Capital Grille, whose above 4x6 Flyers banner was swiped off the restaurant's facade mean:

A. Die Hard Fans
B. Petty Thieves
C. Drunken Jagoffs
D. Mulleted Neanderthals
E. All of the Above

By her tone, I believe she implied "E."

"We know how Philadelphians are," Griffin said, explaining that it was secured with heavy cording. Given the effort required to remove the banner and the use of a luxury car in the getaway, she believed that the thief "was not just some Joe off the streets."

"Secured with heavy cording." To protect it from people like you - Die-Hard-Well-To-Do-Petty-Criminal-Flyers-Fans.

We know how you are. We know.