If the words "formerly of" followed by a newspaper are on your resume, ESPN.com may be able to use you
So, what do you know about Big East football?
And what paper did you used to work for before they kicked you to the curb?
Answer those two with a reasonable response, and ESPN.com apparently could use you for their blog-centic website covering football.
Latest, up to the second, still smelling the ditto machine ink on the paper wet ESPN press release says that ESPN.com will launch a "football blog network" with "journalists hired" to launch it.
Take that you .... you ... non-journalistic bloggers.
There are 15 blogs in this network with daily coverage of pro and college -- and, says the play, "collectively, the best content from each divisional and conference blog will be aggregated daily into national blogs for both pro and college football."
So, it's a competition?
(That's my journalistic take on it ... what's your take, you ... you ....non-journalstic?)
These journalists names you're about to read have "more than 125 years of writing and reporting experience," says the relase. So if you do the math, that about 8 years apiece for these guys. Unless there's a Buzz Bissinger in the mix, bogarting most of that 125 for himself. These bloggers are also going to be "a specialized regional football reporter for ESPN television and radio programs, including College GameDay, SportsCenter, NFL Live, and College Football Live - beginning with ESPN's Camp Confidential series of segments" that started running Monday and go through August 3.
And like any good blog, ESPN.com has "also hired a talented staff of editors" to fix things up, guys who used to work at the Boston Globe, Washington Post, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and National Journal.
Apparently, this is where laid off and take-the-buyout newspaper sports guys go to continue their life's work. At least there's a safety net there for someone. And, apparently, they get paid for it.
Here's the ESPN.com roster:
NFL:
NFC East: Matt Mosley - formerly of Dallas Morning News (previously authored Hashmarks blog on ESPN.com);
NFC West: Mike Sando - formerly of Tacoma News Tribune
NFC North : Kevin Seifert - formerly of Minneapolis Star-Tribune
NFC South: Pat Yasinkas - formerly of Charlotte Observer
AFC West: Bill Williamson - formerly of Denver Post
AFC North : James Walker - formerly of Columbus Dispatch
AFC South : Paul Kuharsky - formerly of The Tennessean
AFC East: Tim Graham - formerly of Palm Beach Post
College Football
ACC: Heather Dinich - formerly of Baltimore Sun;
Pac-10: Ted Miller - formerly of Seattle Post-Intelligencer;
Big 12: Tim Griffin - formerly of San Antonio Express-News;
Big Ten: Adam Rittenberg - formerly of Chicago Daily Herald;
SEC: Chris Low - formerly of The Tennessean and Rivals.com;
Big East: TBD;
Independents/additional conferences: Graham Watson - formerly of St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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