by Ethan Johnson
August 6, 2008

There are days I hover over the "unsubscribe" button for a blog called PressThink, as I'm not in the journo biz, and can probably read Romanesko if I really want to stay abreast of how many layoffs are happening domestically at the big newspaper outlets. Jay Rosen tends to be flogging his latest "citizen journalism" experiment, and I just don't have the calories for that stuff anymore. Have fun, I say, to those who do. But I keep the feed in my rotation because items like this one come along once in a while: Three Vital Questions for ABC News About its Anthrax Reporting in 2001

I have one vital question: Where has everybody been?

by Ethan Johnson
June 27, 2008

Game 2 of the Schellas Hyndman era. I probably shouldn't keep tacking that on, but after 3 coaches in one year, "watch this space" seems to be operative until it isn't. Since this was a road game, YOUR investigative bullet points have the day off:

by Ethan Johnson
June 17, 2008

Whenever I would subject myself to a friendly game of chess with my father, I knew I was in deep trouble when, after a long, stonefaced silence, he would exhale and murmur, "okay, I'll be a sucker." Checkmate was sure to follow in short order.

by Ethan Johnson
September 16, 2007

News flash: I am a red-blooded heterosexual male. Happily married, but still subject to various hormonal, social, biological, and normative conditions that say, compel me to note that various women are attractive (read: hawt) while others are not attractive. To me. However, what bothers me lately is that I have been catching myself applying a huge double standard to female athletes. My one-line defense/excuse has been provided above, but the question is, why? And how does this happen? Let's explore:

by Ethan Johnson
August 21, 2007

It has been a long time since I clicked over to read the latest exploits of the extremely left-wing web comic called Minimum Security. Extreme politics aren't my bag, man, but for the purposes of leaving a snarky blog comment I hopped over there figuring extreme views on recycling and attempts at "living green" would be nary a stone's throw away. I was correct. Upon further review, I simply must exercise my Fair Use rights and share a few thoughts.

by Ethan Johnson
May 12, 2007

This game was broadcast in stunningly awful 480i on Fox Sports Net, not that I'm complaining since I couldn't be at the game. But seriously? I thought Univision and Telefutura had picture quality issues until tonight. Oof. Let's go live to the DVR (spoilers follow):

by Ethan Johnson
April 22, 2007

Holy crappin' moley.

I managed to attend the home opener for FC Dallas. I got tickets in the "obnoxious" section (116) in the 2nd row. Amazing seats. If we were any closer to the action, we'd have been on the field playing for the team. We were right behind the goal, and I commented to my game pal that we'll for sure know if the shot goes in as long as the attempt is made on our end of the field.

by Ethan Johnson
April 15, 2007

Unlike my coverage of Copa Mundial 2006, I will post occasional updates regarding Major League Soccer (MLS). Ironically, I was re-reading those heady World Cup articles and recaps from yesteryear and they really re-lit the fire for me to check out soccer (football, futbol) once more. I watched Mexican League soccer on Univision, and was surprised that San Luis (whoever they are) spent the first half of the game acting like they couldn't pat their ass with both hands, only to score the one and only goal early in the second half. That's why they play the games.