April 2010

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Blogger Raid Raises Questions

CNET reports that police “have seized computers and servers belonging to an editor of Gizmodo” a tech blog in the Gawker Media Network, parent company of Deadspin. After an apparent prototype of Apple’s iPhone 4G was allegedly left and found in a San Jose bar, Gizmodo last week said they paid $5,000 for the device.  Editor [...]

Who is Speaking at Blogs with Balls 3 on June 5th?

It’s the question that’s been on everyone’s mind.  We’re here with some answers. Here’s an updated list of panelists; still more panelist confirmations to come — but we were too excited about the latest round of additions to wait any longer before sharing: Henry Abbott  (TrueHoop) Jim Bankoff (SBN) The Basketball Jones  (The Score) Jay Busbee (Yahoo! Sports) Enrico Campitelli (The 700 Level) Rich [...]

New York State of Mind

New York State of Mind

As we finish up our edits from our trips to Boston and Chicago, we’ll be site-seeing in the Big Apple tomorrow with Knicks star Danilo Gallinari. Keep an eye open at both HHR and on the BwB site, as well as our Twitter and Facebook pages. If you have any suggestions, shoot them our way.

Announcing BwB3 Panel Topics

With over 100 applicants for roughly 30 spots, we have purposely taken our time in crafting the panels and content for BwB3.  That said we feel 99% confident that the topics we will be addressing in June are as follows: Going Local: Evolution of the Local Sports Media Market in the Digital Age The Future of Sports [...]

Joakim Noah Invites All Sports Bloggers to Chicago, Except for One

A very special message to the sports blogosphere from Joakim Noah. Blogs With Balls 3.0 | Joakim Noah from HHR on Vimeo. Blogs with Balls 3 will be held: SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2010 At the Captain Morgan Club at Wrigley Field  –  Capacity at Blogs with Balls 3 is extremely limited. Please don’t wait, because once they’re gone, they’re [...]

Images from myTown-Boston Shoot with Scalabrine

Images from myTown-Boston Shoot with Scalabrine

Last week we spent the day in Boston where Celtics F/C Brian Scalabrine played our gracious host and showed us his favorite places and things to do in the city. Here are some images from the video shoot. Three primary places we hit up were the Italian restaurant Piccolo Nido on the North End (Scal’s favorite neighborhood [...]

Indians Unveil “Tribe Social Deck”

Indians Unveil “Tribe Social Deck”

Speaking strictly in terms of the game of baseball, Cleveland puts itself ahead of the proverbial curve by inviting users of social media to engage in a designated area at Progressive Field. Writes our good friend Scott over at Waiting for Next Year: Two forces likely coming together allowed the team to get the proper approvals to [...]

North Boston Returantuer Rids Celtics of Evil Eye

Pino Irano, owner of Piccolo Nido in the North End of Boston, tells of his role in resurrecting the Celtics franchise by healing Coach Doc Rivers of il malocchio. Pino’s North Boston Blessing from HHR on Vimeo.

Next Stop: Chicago

Fresh off our return from Boston, HHR and the BwB team are heading to the home of BwB3, Chicago, today to continue our project with Yardbarker and Wondershot Productions for T-Mobile/myTouch’s myTown promotion.  Keep an eye open at both HHR and on the BwB site, as well as our Twitter and Facebook pages. Tomorrow, we’ll be [...]

myTown:  Boston

myTown: Boston

Yesterday, we shot our first leg of a project we are doing with Yardbarker and T-Mobile spotlighting the local favorites of 5 NBA players in 5 different cities.  We caught up with Celtics big man Brian Scalabrine for a highly memorable day, portions of which you’ll be able to view shortly thanks to the video [...]

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