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more about #deadspin Calijoefornia: I know this doesn't really pertain to the article itself, but there is a certain emotion and energy to sports photography--specifically football. Ther... more » Gortexfogg: Yeah, sports photography is its own unique barrel of monkeys. My sister photographs the football games for her high school paper. She's pretty stubbor... more » Hardcore: Nice job with the screenshots, Owen. Great story, too. Much love for your dad's love for print. more » daytown: Awesome article. Was just talking to my friend last night about the nerds/jocks divide (between playing NSMB Will and watching the Buckeyes win the R... more » madog: My dad, like most fathers at the time, is a sports nut. He played mostly baseball and some football in highschool. Me? Not so much. As a joke, I keep ... more » NeVeRMoRe666: Great article Owen. Thanks for sharing your life and your father's story with us. Such a great read. more » Marty Cherry: i was a photographer for a small newspaper in WV. Shooting High School Football was very difficult. No field had decent lighting and after shootings... more » Omnimon: Great article, Owen. Thanks. It is always great to hear your take on growing up with your Dad, and getting into the same business as him. Also, Reb... more » Friedhamster: I just got FIFA 10 and really have no idea what I'm doing, but it's pretty fun! I guess these days I play games and expect to know everything. I've ... more » Weirdwolf Woke Up Screaming!: I can't understand why Tiger Woods 10 on the wii has been totally ignored, the play the pro's online mode added to the already lengthy single player e... more » TOCATL: Fight Night Round 4, was a great leap forward in the franchise, it deserves the title. more » toadstoolporridge: FIFA 10 deserves the win. I've been having an absolute blast with it. more » OctaneHugo: Airliner Pilot of DOOM: While I have not played MLB The Show extensively, I love the presentation in NBA 2K10. The commentary is amazing - completely lifelike, makes me feel ... more » Nexus6: Haven't picked up FIFA 10 yet but after the second season of manager mode with 09 is over i'll pick up a used copy. More than likely it will be the la... more » Jakelshark: this needed more love for NHL 10 I was a long holdout of the 2K series and I regret waiting as long as I did to switching to the EA games its weird ... more » LiQuid!: The player movement in FIFA 10 is the silkiest kind of stuff. I was hesitant to even pick 10 up, having just recently gotten 09 on the cheap and spen... more » Lebowski26: It's a real shame that NHL 10 isn't even mentioned in this article. I could see FIFA beating it out based on someone's preference of soccer over hock... more » Bill Sullivan: As far as I know, there are 30 ballclubs and ballparks in MLB. more » dreamfall: Wait a minute- where's the love for Fight Night Round 4?! That had some of the best presentation I've ever seen in a game... Although, I do agree that... more » Kobun: I'm happy to see Avatar Golf getting more recognition. Too bad Barker's Crest's Homerun Challenge doesn't offer the same attention to detail. Even at ... more » -
#stickjockey
A Picture Worth More Than Words
At the bottom of the house, at the bottom of a foot locker, at the bottom of a page of newsprint from 1970 were these words. "That's all the Good sports for now," the sign-off to my father's sports column. More » -
#stickjockey
The Sports Video Games of the Year
In naming the best video games of the year, the sports genre is often left to fight over a single award. And as I've discussed before, one probably isn't winning an overall game-of-the-year anytime soon. More » -
#2009yearinreview
2009 in Review: The Sports Video Game Report
Every year in sports has its winners and losers, but in sports video games, the results aren't about pennants and trophies. And they're not always clear-cut, either. More » -
#stickjockey
The 2010 Video Game Bowl — and Playoff — Spectacular
Do you want a college football playoff? Do you love the tradition of a New Year's Day packed with A-list bowls? You can have both, as shown by Stick Jockey's video game simulation of a 16-team tournament - and 27 bowls. More » -
#stickjockey
Not the Bottom of the Ninth, but a Big At-Bat Coming for MLB 2K10
Scapegoated by its ownership and sandbagged by both declining sales and declining reviews, MLB 2K is a seriously troubled franchise. Flawed though it is, the title's biggest problems going into 2010 are not entirely of its own making. More » -
#sports
Madden NFL Arcade Micro-Review: Snacking on Football
Did you toss the football around over Thanksgiving? If so, did you take time to read the playbook and set your audibles? Thought so. That's the spirit behind EA Sports's Madden NFL Arcade, the bite-size complement to its full franchise. More » -
#stickjockey
Sticks Up, Lacrosse Breaks Into the Xbox 360
Let's be real. It would take a nuclear war for lacrosse, even though it's literally more American than football or baseball, to displace either game on TV. It would take even more to put it in a retail video game box. More » -
#stickjockey
Cover Athletes: Putting More Than a Name Into a Game
Michael Phelps might have been on a Wheaties box. It doesn't mean he advised General Mills on how to make the cereal taste better. More » -
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#mlb2k10
Tampa Bay's Longoria is — Officially — MLB 2K10's Cover Man
2K Sports announced today that it's chosen Evan Longoria, the All-Star third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays, for the cover of MLB 2K10, and will put six designs up to a vote of fans of the series.
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#wii
Sports Authority Fitness Retailer Inks Deal to Sell Wii
Starting this month, Nintendo's Wii gets its own section and pitch people at The Sports Authority stores nationwide, part of a movement to help make the country more fit, the fitness chain's president told Kotaku this morning.
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#2ksports
Leaked Survey Tips Off MLB 2K10 Cover Athlete - 2nd Update
A tipster taking a marketing survey was asked to judge four potential covers for next year's MLB 2K10. The Tampa Bay Rays' third baseman Evan Longoria is on all of them. More » -
#stickjockey
Maybe the Greatest of All Time, but not In Its Time
Of the major game-of-the-year awards given out each year, no sports title has ever taken top overall honors. And yet five years later, there is one still talked about in ways that year's winners are not. More » -
#stickjockey
NCAA Football, and the Science of Subjectivity
With true-to-life fidelity, my most recent season simulation in NCAA Football 10 found Boise State losing a trap game late in the season and, as the token BCS Buster from a minor conference, paying for it dearly in the polls. More » -
#stickjockey
With NCAA 10, EA Guns for Two Shining Moments
Connor Dougan had me at "Nana-na-na-na-NA-na-naaaahhh!" Anyone who's hoisted a driveway three has hummed a TV sports anthem to set it up, and that one's the CBS Road to the Final Four theme, one of two in NCAA Basketball 10. More » -
#damn
Cole Hamels Reminds You That Grenades are "for Pussies"
Well. This is edgy as all get-out. Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels comes to Modern Warfare 2 to tell us that mindlessly hucking grenades is a dickbag cop-out. And then there's "Fight Against Grenade Spam," which makes a cheerful acronym. More » -
#ruhroh
Will Monkeyshines at ESPN Throw a Monkeywrench in a Video Game?
Steve Phillips, formerly of ESPN's Baseball Tonight, lost that gig in a sex scandal that you might have read about. He was also the color analyst in MLB 2K9. That title doesn't feature in-game boinkable PAs, but will he stay? More » -
#stickjockey
Re-Creating a Stadium Before Its First Pitch is Thrown
Brendan Harris' groundout to end Minnesota's American League Divisional Series with New York started a 171-day clock until the christening of the Twins' new ballpark, Target Field. Sony's MLB The Show will have to have the grounds ready much sooner. More » -
#review
NBA Live 10 Review: Amen for a Revival
NBA Live 10 opens with Dwight Howard and a dramatic reading about the meaning of revival. Of course it refers to Howard and his team, the Orlando Magic. It also clearly speaks of EA Sports' hopes for its own game. More » -
#review
NBA 2K10 Review: Ball, You — Man!
Without question, the NBA is the crown jewel of the 2K Sports catalog, whose NBA 2K10 released Tuesday to the expectations faced by a clear winner - stick with what works, or keep up the full-court press? More » -
#stickjockey
It's Not in the Game — Should it Be?
What do straight-ahead kicks, busted rackets and plaid jackets have in common? They're all on a list of completely amateurish and uninvited suggestions for what should go in next year's sports titles.
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