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Brian Moritz

@bmoritz99.bsky.social

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Ph.D. Director of journalism MA online programs at St Bonaventure. Writing on Substack at Sports Media Guy. Podcasting about writing at The Other 51. Ellie's dad. Bills/Bonnies/Barça fan. He/Him/His. Print news, raise hell.

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 6h

I have a working theory. When Josh Allen called out the fans who left early from the Baltimore game, that threw the vibes off for the whole season.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, but see, lack of complementary football ...

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 7h

The vibes are all off with this team.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 7h

I can’t wait for Sean McDermott to blame the offense again this week.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 1d

Buffalo is, at its core, a truly great hockey town. May be a better hockey town than a football town.

What's happened to the Sabres over the past 15 years is an embarrassment.

victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 1d

this graph’s going around on twitter. it stopped me dead in my tracks. i am going to punch something

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 1d

It was after this play, when Dawkins and maybe Brown went after 57, that I knew this team had it. Biggest contrast in Buffalo sports.

a buffalo bills player is laying on the ground holding a football

ALT: a buffalo bills player is laying on the ground holding a football

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 1d

I always contrast this to how the Bills O-Line always reacts anytime anybody gets near Josh.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 1d

A thing I have learned from being online since 1995:

If you're a writer, editor, journalist, academic, you have to be ready to go contrarian when you feel it. And if you're feeling it all the time, such that it's become your idenitity, that's a signal. You broke your mind.

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"More comment than question"

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 1d

Revenge for 1812.

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 4d

Johnny Cash. Famously uncool.

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 4d

wtaf are you talking about

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 4d

Hey! I wrote about this! sportsmediaguy.substack.com/p/why-do-i-c...

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, I know it's cliche, but like - Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan are still alive.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 8d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 4d

I've seen scales like this before, and I don't love them in this case. To me, it feels like a weird set up, like "if this is OK, what's the problem with this?" Or the existence of clear delineations where the reality is much more muddled.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly? It's not *that* bad, but that leap from 0 to 1 seems pretty significant.

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 5d

Emperor Penguin, The Tragically Hip

Skin and Bones, Avett Brothers

Lair Of The Gurt Sherm (Stoker 1911) @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 5d

in your opinion,,,,,,,,,,,,

what is the most under-appreciated song by one of your favorite bands/solo musicians?

for me, resident bowie tattoo haver, it's "unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed" by david bowie

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 5d

Ooooh I’ll have to check that.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 5d

Monty is SUCH a great song.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 5d

Chili, New York.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 5d

What could possibly go wrong?

(Everything. Everything could possibly go wrong.)

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 5d

College athletes may be allowed to bet on pro sports soon 👀

The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee approved the recommendation Wednesday, but the new rules will only go into effect if Division II and Division III also approve.

🔗: http://dlvr.it/TNYXlQ

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 5d

Remember that story from The Times a few weeks ago that said the Broadway Musical was dying because costs were too high? Saying that actors make too much and tickets are too cheap?

Hmmmm. Might be that The Times either got played by producers or is taking a side in this dispute.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Broadway is facing a possible strike this fall as two of its major labor unions — the one representing actors and stage managers and the one representing musicians — are simultaneously in negotiations for new contracts. Here's what to know.

Broadway Could Face a Strike This Fall. Here’s What to Know.

The Broadway League and unions representing actors, stage managers and musicians are trying to negotiate new contracts, but workers are increasingly frustrated.

nyti.ms

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Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 5d

Not only is this correct, but it feels like it captures the Buffalo-Rochester split perfectly.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 6d

Inside of the locker space was prime real estate, too.

Brian Moritz @bmoritz99.bsky.social · 6d

If our girl @jrbillin.bsky.social wasn't helping to raise the world's cutest baby, I'd love her thoughts on this. Feels like an underestimating the wild popularity of K-Pop, combined with the "it's a kid's move/girls' movie" blindspot.

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