Mr. WEO Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Are there really that many athletic supporters out there any more?
Saxum Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 21 hours ago, ndirish1978 said: Athletic > The Buffalo News Certainly in how much you pay.
Mike in Horseheads Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 No offense but who cares this isn't a fight in the parking lot at high school.
BuffaloRush Posted July 11, 2018 Author Posted July 11, 2018 20 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: No offense but who cares this isn't a fight in the parking lot at high school. No but it’s a series of verbal jousting on Twitter in front of a much bigger audience
Mike in Horseheads Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 1 minute ago, BuffaloRush said: No but it’s a series of verbal jousting on Twitter in front of a much bigger audience Still don't care but if that means something to you carry on.
BuffaloRush Posted July 11, 2018 Author Posted July 11, 2018 36 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: Still don't care but if that means something to you carry on. It does to thousands of others
DrDawkinstein Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Side note, heard on Atlanta sports radio this week that a couple guys at the AJC left for the Athletic as well. No controversy down here though. But it's interesting they are going after folks at big name papers.
ndirish1978 Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 The Athletic actually looks to be building something that is relevant and may actually be worth paying for.
Malazan Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said: Side note, heard on Atlanta sports radio this week that a couple guys at the AJC left for the Athletic as well. No controversy down here though. But it's interesting they are going after folks at big name papers. I hope the business model works out for them. They seem to be hiring a lot of writers. I've signed up for a year, but we'll see how their coverage is when the Bills/Sabres seasons start.
BillsFan4 Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 I really like the athletic so far. They’ve done a good job of putting out original content. Theyre offering a nice mix of analysis, opinion, inside access and breaking news. But the true test will be when the Bills/Sabres training camp and regular season start. I actually ended up signing up for 1 year of the Buffalo News Blitz, as well. I realized that I was holding onto my past opinion of, and bias against them, and wasn’t giving them a true chance in the present. And when I went back and looked through their more recent stuff, they’re actually doing a much better job than I’ve been giving them credit for. They've made a lot of changes (many for the better IMO) and I feel like I owe them a chance. I give that Josh Barnett a lot of credit, too. He has been active in engaging the fan base and actually listening to their feedback. That alone earns the Buffalo news a chance in my book. Plus, we as a fan base have nothing to gain if we lost the Buffalo news coverage.
BuffaloRush Posted July 15, 2018 Author Posted July 15, 2018 2 hours ago, BillsFan4 said: I really like the athletic so far. They’ve done a good job of putting out original content. Theyre offering a nice mix of analysis, opinion, inside access and breaking news. But the true test will be when the Bills/Sabres training camp and regular season start. I actually ended up signing up for 1 year of the Buffalo News Blitz, as well. I realized that I was holding onto my past opinion of, and bias against them, and wasn’t giving them a true chance in the present. And when I went back and looked through their more recent stuff, they’re actually doing a much better job than I’ve been giving them credit for. They've made a lot of changes (many for the better IMO) and I feel like I owe them a chance. I give that Josh Barnett a lot of credit, too. He has been active in engaging the fan base and actually listening to their feedback. That alone earns the Buffalo news a chance in my book. Plus, we as a fan base have nothing to gain if we lost the Buffalo news coverage. Josh Barnett? He’s a UFC fighter. Why would he be talking about the Bills?
Lurker Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 40 minutes ago, BuffaloRush said: Josh Barnett? He’s a UFC fighter. Why would he be talking about the Bills? https://buffalonews.com/2017/09/01/josh-barnett-named-news-executive-sports-editor/
BillsFan4 Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 It’s still early, but so far I think the Buffalo News is doing a better job covering Bills training camp than The Athletic is. Ive actually been a bit disappointed by the athletic’s coverage of Bills camp up to this point. They’ve basically only been doing 1 training camp article per day. It kind of seems like maybe they’re just doing the bare minimum IMO. I’ve found that the BN Blitz has been providing more in depth coverage (so far, anyway). I’m glad I gave them a chance.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 10:43 AM, Boca BIlls said: I didn't know I had to pick sides... I'm with you Boca. TBN seems to be hiring some promising new writers. The Athletic seems to be hiring some promising new writers If they both offer good content, I'll read both 2
Lurker Posted July 29, 2018 Posted July 29, 2018 59 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: It’s still early, but so far I think the Buffalo News is doing a better job covering Bills training camp than The Athletic is. Ive actually been a bit disappointed by the athletic’s coverage of Bills camp up to this point. They’ve basically only been doing 1 training camp article per day. It kind of seems like maybe they’re just doing the bare minimum IMO. I’ve found that the BN Blitz has been providing more in depth coverage (so far, anyway). I’m glad I gave them a chance. Agreed so far. I like Fairburn's stories but I expected a bit more content. Still, TC is glorified gym class so I'll wait for the reinforcements to arrive... 1
YoloinOhio Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 Shams to the Athletic! This is big for nba fans
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