so my local newspaper had webb's AR on page 4 of the sports section as a side note. how about yours? Im sure scott's record was on the front page of the sports section.
so my local newspaper had webb's AR on page 4 of the sports section as a side note. how about yours? Im sure scott's record was on the front page of the sports section.
welcome to the 36th thread of the last 24 hours (2,132nd of all -time) on how no one cares about running.
Who the hell gets a newspaper these days?
Didn't see it.
What we need is more runners getting into the news business. Get more runners to be reporters, writers or just be in charge of what gets put out on paper. That way we can put running news on the front page and stuff about other sports on page 4 as a side note.
In Eugene, Oregon's newspaper it got a small blurb on page two of the sports. On the top of The very front (section A) there was a sentence teling you to go to the sports to read it though.
The NY Times thing kinda hurt-- minimal coverage, page 9 and 1 quote. They have longer obituaries.
Major article though on Bonds' go-to batting practice guy.
USATF dropped the ball. What the hell are they thinking?
It would be interesting to go back and see how Ryun's, Scott's and Webb's AR news reports compare.
what was usatf supposed to do? they hosted a teleconference with webb and flynn after the race. they can't force news outlets to cover the event. and it's not like this record attempt was a secret. webb has been searching for a race to break the record in for months and everyone knew he was doing it this weekend. i'm sorry if this is a newsflash for you: no one cares about the sport in this country. we all know this. if anyone did care, at least one american journalist would have bothered to cover the event personally.
The Washington Post had it on the front page of the Sports section (below the fold).
Page 3, three sentences.
Teleconfrence after the race?
That's the USATF's fine job, well done?
Properly marketing an event, isnt forcing anybody to do anything -- just giving it a chance to breath.
Streaming live coverage on the USATF website would be the minimum. A Podcast just below that. A decent press release, with photos, just below that.
You cant tell me that negotiating a deal with that local track club in Belgium wouldve been a problem. A year's worth of beer would've done the trick.
Not a word about it in "The State" (Columbia, SC) dissapointing especially since Webbs outdoor season started in our state.
live coverage of the race? i think you underestimate just a teensy bit the cost of that. a podcast? might be a good idea but to what end? i thought the press releases were just fine. i don't know many press releases that contain photos; the point of those is to provide the press with information and quotes. they had the link to the actual race - seems much better than a photo but i guess that's just me.
again, i'm just not sure what any of this would have changed in the press coverage. track is a marginal sport in this country. sad for those of us who like it but that's the way it goes.
nothing about it in my "Razor City's" newspaper here.
Indy Star had a small box on the bottom front page of the sports section with a note about the record run, and a picture of webb from the gaz de france meet where he ran the fast 1500 a few weeks ago.
Who's Alan Webb?
Actually, In the St. Pete Times, he ended up under "et cetera", a tiny blurb under the main story with the headline for the Pan American Games. "BRAZILIAN SWIMMER WINS SIXTH GOLD, BREAKS 40-YEAR-OLD RECORD". The blurb was a 28 word paragraph mixed in with another 84 word paragraph about some horse race. We all know that horses are three times more important than humans.
Here in American the media always thinks it is more important to highlight non-Americans breaking a record and not even listing the times of the swimmer from Brazil that no one in the USA ever heard of.
Page B-13? of the Seattle Times - next to last page - in the "AM Briefing." One paragraph about how "Webb broke a 25-year-old-record at a sparsely attended meet."
He was upstaged by the local boy who won a judo medal at the Pan Am games.
The most ridiculous thing is that it is a side note in the Indy paper. This is in USATF'S backyard and they can't sell the story. The Hanson's take a shit and I am forced to read about it. Are they sleeping with editor's? Why can they consistently do what USATF can NEVER seem to accomplish? Webb breaks a 25 year old american record and no one cares. USATF just doesn't understand the basics about "selling the product".
Front Page of my paper, had picture and everything but it was on the sied of the pade but still a pretty good article
The AJC had ZERO mention of the record run by Webb BUT did have full results from the IAAF meet that was held the same evening....hmm...