View Full Version : Who Writes the Soccernet Headlines??
CyphaPSU
04 Aug 2005, 12:56 AM
I was speechless when I saw this headline (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=337901&cc=5901) at ESPN Soccernet.
scaryice
04 Aug 2005, 12:57 AM
They always have purposely stupid headlines like that.
I was speechless when I saw this headline (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=337901&cc=5901) at ESPN Soccernet.
Their headline of this subject last year was "Young Boys Wankdorf Erection Problem"...
Beau Dure
04 Aug 2005, 05:51 PM
Yeah, that would've gotten me fired from any of my headline-writing jobs.
JRstriker12
04 Aug 2005, 06:18 PM
Yeah, that would've gotten me fired from any of my headline-writing jobs.
Saying Boo-Yah!!!!! would get you fired from most sports anchor jobs. ;)
But this is ESPN, where sports mascots roam the halls.
BTW- What is the Young Boys Wankdorf's mascot?
Rocket
04 Aug 2005, 06:45 PM
BTW- What is the Young Boys' mascot?
Michael Jackson?
monster
04 Aug 2005, 06:45 PM
Saying Boo-Yah!!!!! would get you fired from most sports anchor jobs. ;)
But this is ESPN, where sports mascots roam the halls.
BTW- What is the Young Boys Wankdorf's mascot?
http://www.davidstuff.com/opinion/los-mjackson.jpg
Footer Phooter
04 Aug 2005, 07:08 PM
hehe :D
geordienation
04 Aug 2005, 07:45 PM
It depends on the source of the story.
Some pieces come to them over the wires. They generally just pick up whatever AP (or PA in the UK) or Reuters has written.
Some of their stories are straight pickups from newspapers. I think I've seen some Telegraph copy under a Soccernet byline and a few others as well. I'd be willing to bet that the headline in question came from one of the tabs.
JRstriker12
04 Aug 2005, 10:44 PM
Michael Jackson?
I should have known. (slapping forhead)
skipshady
04 Aug 2005, 11:05 PM
For the sake of clarification, am I correct in understanding that ESPN.com and Soccernet.com basically operate independent of each other editorial-wise, and Soccernet is a UK operation that uses ESPN for the infrastructure while ESPN uses Soccernet as a place to put US soccer coverage and a source for any newsworthy soccer news?
ToonUSA
05 Aug 2005, 09:59 PM
For the sake of clarification, am I correct in understanding that ESPN.com and Soccernet.com basically operate independent of each other editorial-wise, and Soccernet is a UK operation that uses ESPN for the infrastructure while ESPN uses Soccernet as a place to put US soccer coverage and a source for any newsworthy soccer news?
That is how I have always understood it.