@bmoritz99
Ph.D. Director of journalism MA online programs at St Bonaventure. Writing on Substack at Sports Media Guy. Podcasting about writing at The Other 51. Ellie's dad. Bills/Bonnies/Barça fan. He/Him/His. Print news, raise hell.
A life lived in journalism is one that's inextricably linked to other people. One of those people for me is Mark Schmidt.
I look back at his first victory at St. Bonaventure and how that night was the story of two programs converging one night.
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So maybe allowing legal and accessible gambling to be taken over by tech bros in an unregulated space was a bad thing.
Fantastic work from @davekarpf.bsky.social putting some perspective on the notion that AI can do social science research. It can generate passable journal articles, which is not necessarily the same thing. It's a chance to consider what we should be valuing. davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/can-ai-rep...
I have a mic, zoom, and an adobe license. LFG.
This is a story that is 100 percent about gambling but never mentions gambling.
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Ban Polymarket.
It’s immoral and will corrupt our foreign policy decisions and likely has already.
Same.
New addition to the bookshelf (hi randy)
I have not.
A reminder that the integration of Polymarket and other prediction markets into media outlets is very bad for ethical journalism.
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If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.
This is basically legalized insider trading
The first time I’ve ever seen a big piece of news like this and thought, “hold on, this may not be credible, it’s just the Washington Post”
(former news editor during GWB era wars, current lawyer & journalism professor here)
We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
Love to see this, and deeply believe more indie publications need to pursue bulk/institutional sale strategies. It’s one of the bigger reasons Extra Points has survived this long! Indie pubs can be college curriculum supplements! Get that big textbook money!
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Look, there are a lot of independent media outlets that do very important work and deserve your support
Once you’ve done that though, and also want to support indie college sports business writing?
Check out www.extrapointsmb.com
It’s a good website!
…the united states had a vibrant ecosystem of local, regional and alternative press sources. in a real sense — and this has been true since the start — the US is a nation of newspapers and newspapermen, with both of those categories broadly defined…
New at Sports Media Guy: The February research roundup features a fascinating study about baseball box scores by my man @michaelmirer.bsky.social
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I know it's February, but @ifbookspod.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social an early nominee for Worst Take of 2026.
Madison would be a Belichick-ian in his knowledge of the every single rule and how to exploit every single one of them.
Trump's speech was under two hours, which bolsters the thesis that the leaks about it being more than two hours were meant to work the prediction markets
My friend @bmoritz99.bsky.social's regular sports media research round-up is something I look forward to. It was extra exciting to see my study featured in it.
Love from my boy Gus and his toy collection.
New at Sports Media Guy: The February research roundup features a fascinating study about baseball box scores by my man @michaelmirer.bsky.social
sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/research-r...
Of course they were on sale
Wow, Polymarket's new ad campaign is really articulate.
