[NU Sports] Another fine story from Sun-Times Jim O'Donnell

[Jonathan Hodges]

NU alum Teddy Greenstein has done a nice job covering the 'Cats for the Trib
this year.  Skip Myslenski did a nice job last year before he was let go,
although now he's putting together some nice content for Northwestern
(appearing on NUSports.com as well as in the game programs) with some of his
own upscale writing style.  And there's also Lindsey Willhite at the Daily
Herald, although his time seems to be more split than the guys at the major
papers, so there is less total material there.

Last year it seemed like Skip and O'Donnell were in a competition for most
unique writing style and I have to say that it made for interesting reads,
so I say keep it up.

Even though NU doesn't get as much coverage as other schools (ND has its own
oft-updated blog at the Trib), I think this group does a solid job covering
the 'Cats and you can typically get 2 articles per week from each paper in
addition to the pre/postgame stories and nuggets about injuries and such
thrown into college football notes sections on the other days.  So, at least
we're getting something out of the "traditional media."

And now, of course, there's the plethora of online content (where I
contribute), so there should always be somewhere for NU fans to get their
fix.

Jonathan

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:38 AM, <cherron604 at aol.com> wrote:

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> We've had a mix of beat writers since our Football Renaissance, but I
> particularly like Jim O'Donnell's work in the Sun-Times.
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> Wednesday he had this in the S-T:
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> "Anything less than a warm-weather bowl would be considered a significant
> disappointment by NU's fickle fan base after the happy San Antonio purple of
> 2008. Six games in, the chances of a warm-weather bowl appear less likely
> than a rainbowed statue of center-square alum Paul Lynde popping up outside
> Ryan Field."
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> Earlier in the story he dropped in "laconic" and "iconic" in nearby
> paragraphs - they don't write like this in Norman, Oklahoma!  And I always
> like his references to "the enchanted lakefront'.
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> (On a side note, I try and go to the local papers online and check out
> their stories, before and after our games.  It is rather disappointing to
> see the uneven quality of some of the writing in these local papers.)
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> Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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