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Blogs with Balls is proud to host the following speakers and moderators (click on name for bio) at BwB 3:
Blogs with Balls 3
- Ty Ahmad-Taylor, FanFeedr
- Jim Bankoff, SB Nation
- Kyle Bunch, R/GA, The Daily Bunch
- Jay Busbee, Yahoo!’s From the Marbles and Devil Ball
- Enrico Campitelli, The 700 Level
- Michael Calderon, Big Ten Network
- Brian Cook, mgoblog
- Jim Corelis, STATS, LLC
- Andy Ellwood, Gowalla
- Rich Gallagher, Taylor
- Mike Germano, Carrot Creative
- TK Gore, CSN Chicago
- Jon Greenberg, ESPN Chicago
- Valli Hilaire, The Fast And The Fabulous
- David Jacoby, ESPN, Sports Guy Podcast
- Kevin Kaduk, Big League Stew
- Jonah Keri, Bloomberg Sports
- Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi, U. of Minnesota
- Robert Littal, Black Sports Online
- Jason McIntyre, The Big Lead
- Amy K. Nelson, ESPN
- Dave Nemetz, Bleacher Report
- Alana Nguyen, Yardbarker
- Matt Osten, The Basketball Jones & The Score
- Ian Orefice, SI.com
- Michael Rand, RandBall (Star Tribune)
- Scott Reifert, Chicago White Sox
- Amanda Rykoff, ocdchick.com
- Matt Sebek, JoeSportsFan.com
- JE Skeets, The Basketball Jones & The Score
- Ian Sohn, Ogilvy
- Sarah Spain, ESPN/WGN
- Michele Steele, Bloomberg
- Pete Vlastelica, Yardbarker
- Josh Zerkle, With Leather
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Blogs with Balls is proud to host the following speakers (click on name for bio) at BwB 2.0:
Blogs with Balls 2.0
- Jalen Rose, ESPN/ABC Analyst, Former NBA Star
- Kevin Blackistone, AOL FanHouse, Shirley Povich Chair in Sports Journalism at the Univ. of Maryland
- Rob King, Editor-in-Chief, ESPN.com
- A.J. Daulerio, Deadspin
- Paul Fichtenbaum, Managing Editor, SI.com
- Ken Fuchs, VP, SI Digital
- Mitch Germann, VP Communications, Sacramento Kings
- Mike Germano, President, Carrot Creative
- Jeff Griffing, VP of Ad Sales for the Sports Illustrated Group
- Spencer Hall, EDSBS, The Sporting Blog
- John Karalis, RedsArmy.com
- Dan Levy, On the DL Podcast
- Jamie Mottram, Yahoo! Sports, Mr. Irrelevant
- Amy K. Nelson, ESPN.com
- Matt Sebek, JoeSportsFan.com
- Dan Shanoff, DanShanoff.com, VP of Content, Associated Content
- Bethlehem Shoals, FreeDarko.com, The Sporting Blog
- JE Skeets, Ball Don’t Lie, The Basketball Jones
- John Thornton, NCAA All-American, Cincinnati Bengal, Founder & Co-CEO: JockBiz.com
- Matt Ufford, WithLeather.com
- Pete Vlastelica, CEO, Yardbarker.com
- Ron Wechsler, VP Series Production and Development, ESPN
- Patrick Wixted, Online Brand Manager: Entertainment, New Media Strategies
- Greg Wyshynski, Editor, Yahoo! Sports’ Puck Daddy
- Lang Whitaker, Executive Editor, SLAM Magazine
- Jim Bankoff, SB Nation
Blogs with Balls 1.0
The following people spoke at Blogs with Balls 1.0 on June 13, 2009 in New York City:
- Micah Baldwin, Lijit, LearntoDuck.com
- Jim Bankoff, SB Nation
- Nat Berman, Uncoached
- Adam Best, FanSided.com, Arrowhead Addict
- Sarah Braesch, BlogHer, Social Media Consultant
- Matthew Cerrone, MetsBlog.com
- A.J. Daulerio, Deadspin
- Jim DeLorenzo, Octagon
- Michael Hall, NESN.com
- Spencer Hall, EDSBS, The Sporting Blog
- Kathleen Hessert, President, Sports Media Challenge
- Dan Kelly, CEO, Bleacher Report
- Dan Levy, On the DL Podcast
- Todd Lippincott, WhoDeyRevolution.com
- Jason McIntyre, The Big Lead
- Jarret Myer, Co-Founder, Uproxx Media
- John Ness, NBC Local
- Amy K. Nelson, ESPN.com
- Jeff Pearlman, Author, SI.com Columnist
- Jeff Pyatt, Real Clear Sports
- Julia Roy, Undercurrent.com, JuliaRoy.com
- Christopher J. Russo, Fantasy Sports Ventures
- Matt Sebek, JoeSportsFan.com
- Dan Shanoff, DanShanoff.com, VP of Content, Associated Content
- Bethlehem Shoals, FreeDarko.com, The Sporting Blog
- Sarah Spain, Mouthpiece Sports
- Dan Steinberg, The Washington Post’s D.C. Sports Bog
- Richard Ting, VP and Executive Creative Director, Mobile & Emerging Platforms Group, R/GA (& blogger at Flytip)
- Jimmy Traina, Senior Producer, SI.com
- Michael Tunison, KissingSuzyKolber.com
- Matt Ufford, WithLeather.com
- Gary Vaynerchuk, VaynerMedia
- Pete Vlastelica, CEO, Yardbarker.com
- Greg Wyshynski, Editor, Yahoo! Sports’ Puck Daddy
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