Deadspin is a fantastic sports blog that's a daily must go to, mainly for the stories you won't see anywhere else and other big sports conglomerates (like ESPN, CBS Sports, etc.) won't touch. Plus, their in-depth reporting without actual sports access is truly astonishing.
That's why it still amazes me that they're not above posts that just list racist tweets or blasting reporters. Last night, Timothy Burke posted about Peggy Kusinski's screw up with Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane after he scored a game-winning goal in overtime that tied the series up between the St. Louis Blues at 2-2. She asked if this was Kane's first game-winning OT goal, and he responded with, "I'll have to check on that."
Burke responded with posting a smarmy article on Deadspin and didn't even mention the reporter's name, apparently assuming that she was a no-name and was dismissive of her response on what went wrong. She said that it was supposed to be a lead-up question to him talking about the other goals, but that's not how it transpired, sounding like she was ignorant.
This is where I side with Kusinki and believe that Burke fails embarrassingly. Kusinski is a native Chicagan and has been a sports reporter for NBC5 since 2000. She's also been a production assistant at ESPN, helping produce shows like NFL GameDay, SportsCenter, and Outside the Lines. She's also won two National Emmy Awards with her work at ESPN and four Local Emmy Awards with her work at NBC5.
Not to be an asshole, but that's a bit more impressive of a resume than Timothy Burke, who creates GIFs at Deadspin and aided in some of their investigative stories like breaking the Manti Te'o fake girlfriend story.
Obviously Kusinski knows what she's doing and knows Kane's accomplishments. Not even referring to the reporter shows both laziness and your typical Deadspin BS that's thrown up in five minutes just to garner page views and trying to put down reporters.
The funny thing is, Deadspin just made Kusinski more famous by doing this. Because Deadspin caters to everyone, nearly all of their posts receive thousands of views. Not only were they wrong in trying to give her bad pub, but it's very obvious, and she's now more famous than she was a day before. It doesn't matter if there are more idiots tweeting at her and making fun of her. Bottom line is, more eyeballs have seen her name, and will now know who she is.
Everyone that bit on the hook of this article were absolute suckers. And Kusinski can simply laugh it up.
Any sports blogger should have a dream of getting blasted on Deadspin and receiving the free publicity. My predictions are usually horrendous, perhaps I'll get on there one day.
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