Listen To The Commandments Of Favre

I’ve been in a self-imposed Brett Favre media blackout all week, but Green Bay native Jacqui Banaszynski’s column today hit me right in the face when I thought i was in a Favre-free zone, Poynter.org.

Anyway, apparently we journalists are supposed to throw a bunch of the worst-timed interceptions of all time and get addicted to something. Hey, wait, that kinda already sounds like journalists!

Oh, and No. 11 (yes, this is an 11-item list) says Favre “inspired hope.” I’m going to change my name to Favre Hussein Hopeful, Changemonger; I’ll be president in no time.

How Brett Favre Could Save Journalism, If Only We Would Pay Attention [Poynter]

Phillies Already Bored At Spring Training

New Phillies outfielder Geoff Jenkins kind of looks like Brett Favre, and the former Milwaukee Brewer was kind of upset at the Green Bay Packers’ quarterback’s decision to retire today. (Go find your own Brett Favre news; I am in a complete Favre blackout for the next few weeks.)

Jenkins was apparently so upset he held a press conference about it! Oh, the Phillies sure are getting stir crazy at Spring Training. Jenkins told the blog Big League Stew:

“I’m crushed,” Jenkins told me and a few Phillies beat writers here in Orlando before playing the Braves. “What can you say? The man was tremendous.

“Seeing how good the (Packers’) running game was getting and the defense, too, he could have come back, but who knows?”

The interview ended with Shane Victorino hitting him in the nuts with a baseball. Geoff Jenkins is now out for the season.

BREAKING: Geoff Jenkins ‘crushed’ over Brett Favre’s retirement [Big League Stew]
Geoff Jenkins CRUSHED Over Brett Favre Retirement News [The 700 Level]

‘Daily News’ Sports Gets At Tough Issues

Thanks, Sam Donellon, for this intriguing look into Brett Favre’s eating habits:

Yesterday, Favre started a conference call with his mouth full of deer sausage, which seemed appropriate.

He’ll try anything, right?

“Kind of like a spicy barbecue flavor,” he said.

“Tastes like chicken?” he was asked.

“No, I wouldn’t say it tastes like chicken, either,” he said. “Tastes like sausage to me.”

Whoo! Now what did Eli eat for breakfast? What do Tom Brady’s shits look like? Could Phillip Rivers get any more annoying? Sam, the public demands this information immediately!

[via Iggles Blog]

‘Inky’ & ‘Daily News’ To Be Bought, Change Colors To Green & Yellow

From Editor & Publisher — who, really, do a great job at covering this kind of stuff — comes the news on the future owners of the Inquirer and Daily News:

A former high-powered Philadelphia advertising executive has received commitments “well in excess of $100 million” to buy The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News in an ownership structure similar to the community-owned Green Bay Packers pro football team, he told E&P Wednesday.

Brian Tierney said he has lined up 20 “super-successful” Philadelphia businesspeople in an investment group ready to partner with others, including the Newspaper Guild, to buy the papers. The Inquirer and the tabloid Daily News were sold Monday by Knight Ridder to The McClatchy Co., which immediately announced they and 10 other papers were for sale.

In a telephone interview, Tierney said the group was committed to long-term ownership. “We’re looking at this as partly a good economic investment, and partly as good community involvement,” he said. “It would be a sort of Green Bay Packers kind of ownership.”

Tierney then said he’d be hiring a gunslinging CEO who would be hailed for playing the business world like a kid, yet throw four interceptions and cost his company the game.

Philly Locals Want Green Bay Packers-Style Ownership For 2 Papers [E&P]
Brett Favre [Packers.com]
Thanks Philly Edge