Comments on: Bronx Banter Interview: Arnold Hano http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/25/bronx-banter-interview-arnold-hano/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 19 May 2013 22:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: jonnystrongleg http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/25/bronx-banter-interview-arnold-hano/#comment-217426 jonnystrongleg Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:04:22 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=24305#comment-217426 [3] thanks for explaining - i appreciate your take on it. i am sorry i didn't get that you had *also* not known about him and were counting yourself among the "you" that you were addressing in your first sentence. i haven't read a lot of your writing, so i guess i'd figure that out over time w/ more exposure. [3] thanks for explaining – i appreciate your take on it. i am sorry i didn’t get that you had *also* not known about him and were counting yourself among the “you” that you were addressing in your first sentence. i haven’t read a lot of your writing, so i guess i’d figure that out over time w/ more exposure.

]]> By: Hank Waddles http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/25/bronx-banter-interview-arnold-hano/#comment-217425 Hank Waddles Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:53:13 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=24305#comment-217425 Hey, Jonny. If I offended you or anyone else, I apologize because that clearly was not my intent. I knew absolutely nothing about Arnold Hano before I took on this assignment. I spent several weeks getting to know him through his book and a stack of feature articles. So yes, I knew more about him at that point than most people of my generation, but not because I'm more enlightened than anyone else. My point, I guess, was that I had to do some digging to find out about him. I wasn't trying to congratulate myself or demean anyone else, I was just making a comment on what sports journalism has become, and then I tried to be more clever than I should have. Yes, I'm being critical of how the masses get their sports news, but I'm right in the middle of those masses. I watch ESPN, I read Sports Illustrated, I follow Ochocinco's tweets. Doing this interview reminded me that sports journalism used to be a lot different than it is now. My sincerest hope is that by reading this interview, a few people out there might come to the same realization. That was my goal. Hey, Jonny. If I offended you or anyone else, I apologize because that clearly was not my intent. I knew absolutely nothing about Arnold Hano before I took on this assignment. I spent several weeks getting to know him through his book and a stack of feature articles. So yes, I knew more about him at that point than most people of my generation, but not because I’m more enlightened than anyone else. My point, I guess, was that I had to do some digging to find out about him. I wasn’t trying to congratulate myself or demean anyone else, I was just making a comment on what sports journalism has become, and then I tried to be more clever than I should have. Yes, I’m being critical of how the masses get their sports news, but I’m right in the middle of those masses. I watch ESPN, I read Sports Illustrated, I follow Ochocinco’s tweets. Doing this interview reminded me that sports journalism used to be a lot different than it is now. My sincerest hope is that by reading this interview, a few people out there might come to the same realization. That was my goal.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/25/bronx-banter-interview-arnold-hano/#comment-217424 RagingTartabull Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:25:53 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=24305#comment-217424 <i>You don’t know Arnold Hano. How could you?</i> Mr. Bissinger...paging Mr. Bissinger. You don’t know Arnold Hano. How could you?

Mr. Bissinger…paging Mr. Bissinger.

]]> By: jonnystrongleg http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/09/25/bronx-banter-interview-arnold-hano/#comment-217423 jonnystrongleg Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:34:57 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=24305#comment-217423 [0] I don't know if you care or if this was your intention, but... "You don’t know Arnold Hano. How could you?"... followed one paragraph later by... "I knew all this about Mr. Hano before I met him this past February." seems needlessly offensive in the first place and clueless-ly self-congratulatory in the second. and i would think if there was a reader who wanted to find out more about arnold hano, then this opening would probably lead them to find out more about him elsewhere. [0] I don’t know if you care or if this was your intention, but…

“You don’t know Arnold Hano. How could you?”…

followed one paragraph later by…

“I knew all this about Mr. Hano before I met him this past February.”

seems needlessly offensive in the first place and clueless-ly self-congratulatory in the second. and i would think if there was a reader who wanted to find out more about arnold hano, then this opening would probably lead them to find out more about him elsewhere.

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