Yes I believe their is a community on social media. I believe it exist's by the people you hang around or the people you follow. For example, if I wanted to know everything about the NBA I would follow the "NBA on ESPN" on twitter and Stephan A. Smith. You can make so many great connections on social media and I plan on doing this throughout my college experience.
My community on social media is easy, all about sports. I follow all my favorite teams on twitter and the best sports reporters for the updates.
Thank you Mr. Lawhead for a great semester and all your tips!
Friday, December 6, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
3 Game Winning Streak
The Memphis Grizzlies have been on a roll recently, they have won 3 games in a row! The exciting part about all that, they have been away from home. This was one of the Grizzlies biggest weaknesses last season, trying to win on the road. The Grizzlies finish off their 4 game road trip tonight vs the Golden State Warriors. Tonight could mark the first 4 game winning road streak in the Grizzlies history as a franchise!
Golden State's best player, Stephen Curry will miss tonights game with an concussion but for the Grizzlies their defensive stopper Tony Allen will also miss the game with an suspension.
Let's hope the Grizzlies can continue their winning ways into the all star break! For the final time this semester.....Grizz Nation signing off!
Golden State's best player, Stephen Curry will miss tonights game with an concussion but for the Grizzlies their defensive stopper Tony Allen will also miss the game with an suspension.
Let's hope the Grizzlies can continue their winning ways into the all star break! For the final time this semester.....Grizz Nation signing off!
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Review Paper over CBS Sports and ESPN
The two websites I decided to use for my compare and contrast essay were CBS Sports and ESPN. I chose these two for multiple reasons. Both of these websites have amazing designs. There pictures/videos, their font and there formatting are unbelievable. Another big reason why I chose these websites is because of the great content both of them offer you. If you are a sports fan, and it doesn’t matter what sport it is, these two websites will give you everything you need to know about your favorite team. While both ESPN and CBS Sports websites successfully attract all the sports fans around the world with their content and especially design, ESPN’s more professional design and ease of navigation surpassed the more difficult to use and confusing audio pop-ups of CBS’s sports site.
Some basic background I found on the ESPN website is that ESPN Inc. owns the website, with the Walt Disney Company having an 80% share, along with Hearst Corporation having the other 20%.
The famous ESPN TV station opened on September 7, 1979 with its famous slogan, “The Worldwide Leader in Sports”, invented on the same day. The first broadcast was “Sports Center” with its famous musical background “Da-Da-Da.. Da-Da-Da”.
Their headquarters are in Bristol, Connecticut. The web site launched in July 1993 as the first major on line site for all sports fans. In May 2002 the site began offering a Broadband platform for high-speed connections. If you love sports and you have a favorite team in a specific sport, ESPN.com can provide you anything you want.
I also found some great background on the CBS Sports website. Michael Levy is the owner of the site, along with David Beeston being the president of CBS Sports. This website started life as Sports Line USA in February 1994, becoming known as CBS Sports Line after been acquired by CBS. It changed to its current name, CBS Sports.com, in August of 2007.
CBS headquarters are just a little south of ESPN’s; they are located in New York City. The biggest difference that I am going to talk about in regards to the two websites is ESPN covers all the major sports around the world, such as; baseball, basketball, football etc. while on the other hand, CBS Sports likes to cover mainly college basketball and football, but will cover the other sports sparingly.
ESPN’s website has an absolute amazing design, usability and content. ESPN’s design, in my opinion, is as good as any website can be. Their pictures and videos really appeal to sport fans. If you would like to watch highlights of the game you missed the other night, ESPN has it for you. If you would like to see screenshot pictures of the game you missed last night, ESPN has it covered for you. My main disappointment with their website is that every video you click on will have a video advert before the piece will run. It doesn’t matter what ESPN video you click on all of them have ads.
Their color scheme might be a little old fashioned to some younger viewers out there but to me personally the red and white color scheme fits perfectly. Personally, one of the amazing things that I like about ESPN.com is the usability of the website; it’s so easy to navigate through. Every time you look around on the ESPN account and you want to find more information about a specific topic you are interested in, it’s literally just a couple of clicks away.
CBS Sports is very similar to ESPN when it comes to their design, usability and content. There pictures/videos are similar to ESPN in lots of ways; it also has an advert before every video runs. It is different in one significant way though; ESPN has more highlights of the games from the previous evening while on CBS Sports, there is more time for the analysts talking about last night’s games. They will give their own opinions on what they saw and also tell you what they expect for future games.
The CBS color scheme is a little boring and dull wit, instead of Red and White for ESPN; CBS Sports has Blue, Black and White. In my opinion this is more prominent than the ESPN website color scheme. CBS Sports also has amazing usability across the website. In my opinion though there navigation throughout the website requires a little bit more work on the person looking on their website than with ESPN. CBS Sports makes you open up more pages on your computer to look into stories. Some viewers might find this confusing and a little bit unnecessary.
ESPN’s website is unbelievably fast when it comes to clicking on new stories and/or headlines. With ESPN’s website you can easily be looking at one video, then decide to click on a story on the same page and ESPN will immediately take you to that story in under 2 seconds. ESPN also has a great app for smart ‘phones. The app can literally do anything the actual website can do, with the same level of quality. The videos are available for HD just like the website and in my personal opinion; the app is a better option than the website because people aren’t around a computer 24/7 like they are around their ‘phones. The app is just a perfect thing to have for your ‘phone.
CBS Sports is like ESPN when it comes to their speed quality. Like I said earlier though, you have to have more pages open to find what you want on CBS Sports; so of course, it will take a little bit longer. CBS Sports is also like ESPN when it comes to providing an app; they have one available for smartphones. My opinion though, is that their app isn’t as strong as ESPN’s. To me, their website gives you more flexibility on what you can look up than their app does.
To conclude my review paper, I would like to say that both websites are absolutely amazing. If I really had to choose one that I would go on more often or even have a chance to work for, I would choose the ESPN website. ESPN has just a little bit more design in there website along with better usability, so you can navigate throughout their website more swiftly. It is also has an amazing app for smartphone users. Similarly, I would also like to conclude that the CBS Sports website is very close in quality and usability. CBS, in my opinion, actually have a better color scheme than the ESPN account, but I just feel like the ESPN account gives you a better way to get to the stats, videos, and information you need to find out about your favorite sport teams, all around the world.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Seminar Post
I personally have learned a lot from Mr. Lawhead's Freshman Seminar class. He has taught me new ways to use social media. He showed me how to make lists on twitter and how to connect with all the people out their in the world. It is very important to make connections at College so it can help you get a job out there. I believe the different activities we have done in class through social media will help me get a job after college.
My goal in life is to become a Sports Broadcaster and I know I have to use social media with that job. I believe Mr. Lawhead's tips on social media will for sure help me in the long run in becoming a successful Sports Broadcaster.
My goal in life is to become a Sports Broadcaster and I know I have to use social media with that job. I believe Mr. Lawhead's tips on social media will for sure help me in the long run in becoming a successful Sports Broadcaster.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Zach Randolph Baby
This evening I was at the Memphis Grizzlies game with my father for the first time this season. We ended up losing 99-84 against the New Orleans Pelicans. In reality the final score could have been a lot worse. In one point of the game in the third quarter the Pelicans had a lead of 27 against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies showed absolutely know passion or fight tonight. The offense is very stagnant and it seems whatever the new Coach is trying to do, it's obviously not working yet!
A surprise came half way between the 1st quarter though, superstar forward Zach Randolph got informed his fiancé was expecting to deliver. Like any father would do, he left the arena asap and headed to the hospital. My wishes go out to Zach and his future family on a great life together but I hope he can put the Grizzlies a close second in his life because the team needs him desperately.
Signing off feeling very sad, mad and disappointed! Go Grizz!
A surprise came half way between the 1st quarter though, superstar forward Zach Randolph got informed his fiancé was expecting to deliver. Like any father would do, he left the arena asap and headed to the hospital. My wishes go out to Zach and his future family on a great life together but I hope he can put the Grizzlies a close second in his life because the team needs him desperately.
Signing off feeling very sad, mad and disappointed! Go Grizz!
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Manifesto; Steroids in the game of Baseball
We the Major League baseball Gods and fans demand that players all around the world stop taking steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs. We feel like it’s a disgrace to baseball. Baseball has been around for hundreds of years and just now in the past 30 years or so, it’s starting to be classified, not as baseball, but as steroid baseball. Some of the greatest hitters of all time, who us fans thought were real class acts of the game, have announced they took steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs. Players like Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez and possibly many more.
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Alex Rodriguez have been the recognized faces of baseball for the past 20 years. These three men have changed the state of baseball forever. Barry Bonds is the all time leader in Home Runs, with 756, but now baseball analysts and journalists think that more than half of his home runs were delivered with the help of steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs, even though it appears he will never admit to it.
So it goes for Mark McGwire; in 1998 he hit 70 regular season Home Runs. This had never happened before. Not surprisingly, a couple of months later he admitted to taking steroids.
Next up is Alex Rodriguez. This summer there was a story that surfaced about a company in Florida called Biogenesis that apparently came to A-Rods house, during the offseason, and injected him with steroids. Of course A-Rod flatly rejects all the rumors and has declined to comment further. Four months, later the Major League Baseball committee found evidence that A-Rod did indeed get injected with steroids and have decided to suspend him for over 200 games. With MLB’s perplexing rule allowing a player to appeal any suspension, A-Rod has chosen to go down that road and is now going through the appeals process, while still being able to play baseball all summer.
Alex Rodriguez is the only person in Major League Baseball history to be suspended for more than 50 games due to more offenses with steroids. We the baseball Gods and fans of the world demand that baseball goes back to its grassroots way of playing before the game gets tainted forever. We demand if you get caught taking steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs you will be given a minimum of 100 games suspension. With that punishment, if you are a first time offender, we demand that you go on national television and plead for your forgiveness. If this is your second time being caught with taking performance enhancing drugs you will sit out a 150 game suspension, plus take part in community service for at least 200 hours. Finally for your third time being caught as an abuser, you will receive a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball, plus a hearing in court as to whether you should also receive jail time.
We, the Gods and fans of baseball, strongly suggest you stop taking these banned substances before you lose your chance to ever play baseball again and even possibly, losing your freedom. We ask you this one simple question, is it worth risking your baseball career and possibly your life for one injection of steroids into your body or swallowing one pill of a performance enhancing drugs? I think most people in this world would say no, if they were being honest.
The game of baseball is supposed to be for all ages. For example when you are growing up as a young child you start off doing Tee-ball. You then slowly progress to live pitch from your Coach. Next, is possibly playing Little League baseball and getting a chance to be on national television at the Little League Championships in Pennsylvania. After that, the final two steps to make it to the MLB are High School ball and College Baseball. You are basically giving all your life to become a Major League baseball player and you have one injury and you say to yourself; “I don’t think I can come back as strong as I use to be, so I’m going to take steroids and risk throwing everything away I tried for the most.” Steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs are not worth it and should not be tolerated under any circumstance in the game of baseball!
The motto has always been for the baseball Gods and fans of the world, “IF YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE IT, WE’RE COMING TO GET IT!” This is a message for all the young kids out there who are trying to become Major League Baseball players, please stay clean and lets take the game of baseball back to what it once was. It’s crucial that we, the Gods and fans of the baseball world, teach the young, future MLB players the right way to play the game.
In this spirit we have decided to hold a summer camp in Orlando, Florida from July 6th through August 2nd that will teach you not to take steroids, what steroids can do to your body, and how to be a professional ball player in the Major Leagues. The camp is free for ages 5-12 and for ages 12-18 it will be $200 for the whole month. We hope you decide to take this opportunity to come to our camp and learn how to be a clean, drug free professional ball player. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Ryan Glover at 901-298-9876 or at his email rglover@yahoo.com.
Hopefully I will see you guys this summer in Orlando!
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Alex Rodriguez have been the recognized faces of baseball for the past 20 years. These three men have changed the state of baseball forever. Barry Bonds is the all time leader in Home Runs, with 756, but now baseball analysts and journalists think that more than half of his home runs were delivered with the help of steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs, even though it appears he will never admit to it.
So it goes for Mark McGwire; in 1998 he hit 70 regular season Home Runs. This had never happened before. Not surprisingly, a couple of months later he admitted to taking steroids.
Next up is Alex Rodriguez. This summer there was a story that surfaced about a company in Florida called Biogenesis that apparently came to A-Rods house, during the offseason, and injected him with steroids. Of course A-Rod flatly rejects all the rumors and has declined to comment further. Four months, later the Major League Baseball committee found evidence that A-Rod did indeed get injected with steroids and have decided to suspend him for over 200 games. With MLB’s perplexing rule allowing a player to appeal any suspension, A-Rod has chosen to go down that road and is now going through the appeals process, while still being able to play baseball all summer.
Alex Rodriguez is the only person in Major League Baseball history to be suspended for more than 50 games due to more offenses with steroids. We the baseball Gods and fans of the world demand that baseball goes back to its grassroots way of playing before the game gets tainted forever. We demand if you get caught taking steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs you will be given a minimum of 100 games suspension. With that punishment, if you are a first time offender, we demand that you go on national television and plead for your forgiveness. If this is your second time being caught with taking performance enhancing drugs you will sit out a 150 game suspension, plus take part in community service for at least 200 hours. Finally for your third time being caught as an abuser, you will receive a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball, plus a hearing in court as to whether you should also receive jail time.
We, the Gods and fans of baseball, strongly suggest you stop taking these banned substances before you lose your chance to ever play baseball again and even possibly, losing your freedom. We ask you this one simple question, is it worth risking your baseball career and possibly your life for one injection of steroids into your body or swallowing one pill of a performance enhancing drugs? I think most people in this world would say no, if they were being honest.
The game of baseball is supposed to be for all ages. For example when you are growing up as a young child you start off doing Tee-ball. You then slowly progress to live pitch from your Coach. Next, is possibly playing Little League baseball and getting a chance to be on national television at the Little League Championships in Pennsylvania. After that, the final two steps to make it to the MLB are High School ball and College Baseball. You are basically giving all your life to become a Major League baseball player and you have one injury and you say to yourself; “I don’t think I can come back as strong as I use to be, so I’m going to take steroids and risk throwing everything away I tried for the most.” Steroids and/or performance enhancing drugs are not worth it and should not be tolerated under any circumstance in the game of baseball!
The motto has always been for the baseball Gods and fans of the world, “IF YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE IT, WE’RE COMING TO GET IT!” This is a message for all the young kids out there who are trying to become Major League Baseball players, please stay clean and lets take the game of baseball back to what it once was. It’s crucial that we, the Gods and fans of the baseball world, teach the young, future MLB players the right way to play the game.
In this spirit we have decided to hold a summer camp in Orlando, Florida from July 6th through August 2nd that will teach you not to take steroids, what steroids can do to your body, and how to be a professional ball player in the Major Leagues. The camp is free for ages 5-12 and for ages 12-18 it will be $200 for the whole month. We hope you decide to take this opportunity to come to our camp and learn how to be a clean, drug free professional ball player. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Ryan Glover at 901-298-9876 or at his email rglover@yahoo.com.
Hopefully I will see you guys this summer in Orlando!
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Tayshaun Prince situation
Coming off the heels of a tremendous preseason performance from Quincy Pondexter in which he showed growth in his game, reports are beginning to surface that Q may indeed be the starting small forward for the Grizzlies come October 30th against the Spurs. But what will that mean for Tayshaun Prince, who according to Ron Tillery of the Commercial Appeal has yet to play this preseason due to a stomach bug?
There are rumors going around that ESPN are reporting that the Grizzlies are trying to trade the veteran Prince sometime through the season. Questions will be asked like, "why trade a guy who you got not even a year ago"? "why trade a guy who got you to the Western Conference Finals last year"? Trust me all fare questions to ask but the NBA is a business, Quincy is in his prime right now and has showed amazing growth this preseason. On the other half with Prince, he is 33 and in his last year under contract for the Grizzlies.
All will be answered soon when the NBA season tips off in 5 days! Grizz nation signing off!
There are rumors going around that ESPN are reporting that the Grizzlies are trying to trade the veteran Prince sometime through the season. Questions will be asked like, "why trade a guy who you got not even a year ago"? "why trade a guy who got you to the Western Conference Finals last year"? Trust me all fare questions to ask but the NBA is a business, Quincy is in his prime right now and has showed amazing growth this preseason. On the other half with Prince, he is 33 and in his last year under contract for the Grizzlies.
All will be answered soon when the NBA season tips off in 5 days! Grizz nation signing off!
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