When I first signed on to FN, one of the first people I began to notice here was J. Hova and his insightful pieces. In fact, my opinion of him changed dramatically the day after Virginia did a dismantling of Miami...the night the Orange Bowl closed.
That's when he wrote about the game...and reading it, I felt ashamed that UVA won. It really did come off as sort of an obituary for the Orange Bowl. And, I had newfound respect for the man.
Today, I have to return the favor.
Like most of you, I enjoyed reading the 40/40 Club blog. (And not just because I was afforded VIP status there...lol) I learned more about not just sports, but society in general, from reading Hova's pieces.
Sadly, it's come to an end. I've just read the final 40/40 blog. No fun, no frivolity...not even his usual shout-outs. His famed "third screen"?? Permanently faded to black...
When I ended my "True Media Stories" series (in FN Magazine), I did it because not enough people were reading it...and, because I was going through a bad time in my life. But this is something entirely different.
The fact is, Time Warner killed the 40/40 Club...because of the "new" FanNation. Too many people have fled since last Wednesday's "re-launch" of FN. And why?? Simple...we can't write/post/blog the way we used to.
KP Kahder once wrote a piece that led to a firestorm across FN. Maybe what you're reading right now isn't on that level; I could bleeping care less. But I DO care, when one of the absolutely phenomenal writers on here has to shut down his pride and joy...because of the ****-retentive thought patterns of the brass @ SI.com/CNN Interactive. (For the record, they're the overseers of FanNation. And I mean "overseer" in more ways than one...)
What has to die next?? Whose blog takes a permanent "dirt nap" on here?? Be afraid, fellow FNers...be very afraid.
There's an agenda here...and none of us are safe.
40/40 Club
2007-2008
Murdered by CNN Interactive/SI.com
R.I.P.
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Yeah, this sucks.
PackersLP21
Titletown, WI
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DC thanks man. I'm not ashamed to tell you that I teared up reading this. I really consider myself just an ordinary kid from Brooklyn, NY and the fact that something I wrote really stuck in your mind is just humbling to me.
Thank you so much for this. Thank you.
J. HOVA: BROOKLYN
Brooklyn, NY
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Like I replied to the FanMail you sent me, J.: The Orange Bowl piece affected me, and I couldn't let the 40/40 die a bloodless death.
I'll add something to the R.I.P. bit in a moment. I meant to put it there last nght, but I wrote this on short notice. It'll sum up MY feelings towards this.
DC Sports Nut: Nats,…
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You can see the "extra" sentence I added to the R.I.P. bit. It says it all: "Murdered by CNN Interactive/SI.com".
Tell me I'm WRONG, people!!! Go ahead. I fricking DARE you.
DC Sports Nut: Nats,…
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"Too many people have fled since last Wednesday's "re-launch" of FN. And why??:
Last Wednesday? What exactly happened?
Southern Discomfort
Charlotte, NC
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