[NU Sports] great, just great

[szeller at comcast.net]

Given the perception that 83.2% of sportswriters are NU alums, it makes more sense that our local college football columnist (non-alum) in the Conta Costa Times bashes NU every chance he gets. There must be some resentment there!

Sort of like the "Northwestern mafia" in Hollywood on the episode of the TV show "Joey".

Scott Zeller MD
Med '86

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From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com> 

> For a look at some on the list of the many prominent NON-sportswriting 
> (or sports broadcasting, etc.) Medill alumni - - you might check out the 
> roster of inductees in the Medill Hall of Achievement (left column at 
> link): 
> 
> http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/alumni/honors/ 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] 
> On Behalf Of Eric West 
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:02 PM 
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com 
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] great, just great 
> 
> At 10:29 AM 3/30/2007, Evan Bradley wrote: 
> >This was my favorite part: 
> > 
> >"I was talking to some sportswriters who went to Northwestern - about 
> >83.2 percent of all sportswriters went to Northwestern" 
> > 
> >They're the nerds of professional sports! Not that there's anything 
> >wrong with that - keep up the good work! 
> 
> That made me chuckle too, although the whole thing makes me wonder 
> whether Northwestern's sports reputation gets perpetuated by 
> sportswriters from NU, especially those who graduated pre-Barnett. As 
> in: few other people would know, or care, about the basketball 
> tournament thing if our Medill alums didn't keep bringing it up. 
> 
> It also makes me wonder: are there any famous Medill graduates who 
> aren't sportswriters? I realized I've never heard of one. Is that 
> because sportswriters are more likely to be household names than other 
> journalists (especially if one is interested in sports), or because 
> college affiliation becomes slightly more relevant when one might cover 
> college sports, or is it just because we basically only produce 
> sportswriters? (I'm kidding about that last one, I hope.) Things to 
> ponder on a slow Friday... 
> 
> Eric West 
> e-west at northwestern.edu 
> 
> 
> 
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