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Well, Just Look At John Niyo
by IwoCPO on 02/29/08 at 11:42 AM ET
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One of my new favorite morning reads is Big Al at the Wayne Fontes Experience, mainly because we agree on a whole lot of things. How you doin’ Rob Parker? Idiot. Today, Al brings to light something we’ve known for years:
The Detroit sports columnists compare less than favorably to their counterparts around the country.
Except for John Niyo, who we’ve adopted here as The A2Y Exception.
Al points us to the results of the Associated Press Sports Editors Writing Awards for 2007. They break it down by circulation and categories such as Breaking News, Columns, Features and Game Stories. Checking over the results for the circulations the News and Freep would fall into, I see no mention of Albom, Wojnowski, Parker…and definitely no Sharp. I see some other standards you’ve come to recognize: Whitlock, Plaschke, Boswell, Kravitz. But…none of the big boys from Detroit.
Good. Outstanding. I would have puked if I’d seen our local hacks rewarded for ignoring the Wings. But they weren’t, and that makes me warm.
But John Niyo was and that’s damn good. Niyo’s a good writer and one who’s not afraid to be a little creative, to work a little harder than his peers. Remember his feature on Chris Chelios’ training regimen in the offseason? That’s a winner. Nice job.
And while we’re at it, rumor has it David Guralnick—also from the News—is cleaning up at the Michigan Press Photographer’s Association competition being judged as we speak. Also an A2Y favorite.
And before you start tip tapping…nope. No awards for our Diggers. I know it’s a shock.
And, no, nothing for Bruce MacLeod, the anti-digger. Wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that his cheap-ass paper won’t send him on the road?
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