The world of sports blogging has certainly exploded over the last few years.
Although the World Wide Web has been available to the general public since the mid 1990’s, the practice of blogging didn’t really become commonplace until the early to mid 2000’s.
Two of the top sports bloggers you may be familiar with are Bill Simmons, of ESPN.com’s Page 2 fame, and Will Leitch, co-creator of DeadSpin. Simmons and Leitch are among the most popular bloggers, in any blogging realm, not only because of the strength of their content but as a result of their pioneer status.
Both came on the scene back when most people did not know what a blog was, and they helped launch the “weblog” into the mainstream.
Another pioneer in the sport blogosphere, and an inspiration to this blogger, is someone who does not posses the notoriety of a Simmons or Leitch but was ahead of his time jus the same.
In the fall of 2002, Scott Riecke launched Wide Word of Sports.com, a sports blog forum for him and his friends to post thoughts and opinions surrounding the world of sports.
It was a strong sports site that, at the time, was original and offered some unique perspectives on sports.
Unfortunately Riecke had to shut down the site in the summer of 2005 (a conflict of interest arose and he begrudgingly cancelled the URL). But he’s back with a new Web site, taking another unique approach at e-communications.
A Letter a Week.com is not a sports specific site but an effort to explore v
arious topics and sentiments through the old fashion method of simply writing a letter. Riecke writes the majority of the letters for the site but from time to time he’ll post letters from guest writers.
A fan of Ted Leshinski’s Sports Pub, Riecke invited me this week to contribute a letter to his site.
It was a strong sports site that, at the time, was original and offered some unique perspectives on sports.
Unfortunately Riecke had to shut down the site in the summer of 2005 (a conflict of interest arose and he begrudgingly cancelled the URL). But he’s back with a new Web site, taking another unique approach at e-communications.
A Letter a Week.com is not a sports specific site but an effort to explore v
arious topics and sentiments through the old fashion method of simply writing a letter. Riecke writes the majority of the letters for the site but from time to time he’ll post letters from guest writers.A fan of Ted Leshinski’s Sports Pub, Riecke invited me this week to contribute a letter to his site.
So please visit A Letter a Week.com (click here) to read my guest contribution, “Can Mike Tyson Save Boxing?”
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