Brian Moritz

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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.

He had The Story, of course. He knew it. The players and the team’s brass knew it. All of the hundreds of potential sources who could’ve filtered him The Story knew it. His competitors sure knew it. Most of all, thousands of hockey fans hungry for news knew it, and knew that if there was something to be learned about the Rangers, the Devils or the Islanders, there was one place to find out about it.
But here’s the crazy part about this season, as the Chiefs enter their bye week at 5-4 and two games behind the Denver Broncos in the AFC West: They’re better than they were last year, and probably the best team in the NFL. That isn’t based on speculation; it’s based on the bookies. The Chiefs, according to sportsbook Power Rankings, entered Week 9 projected to be favored by two points over any other team on a neutral field. It’s part of the reason KC was a 2.5-point road favorite over Buffalo on Sunday — and also remained as BetMGM’s betting favorite to win the Super Bowl even after losing.
Cover of Up To Here by The Tragically Hip.
"The NFLPA has conveyed its concern to the NFL and will work to ensure that players are not put in that position going forward," the source said Wednesday.
The Art of Creative Neglect. Principle number one is to pay yourself first when it comes to time (and then there is more text that is irrelevant to the point I'm making ...)
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To make sense of the Gannett articles, we reached out to Brian Moritz, a professor of journalism at St. Bonaventure University who's written extensively about sports betting's seepage into the sports media complex. At one point in our conversation, when considering how to summarize his thoughts and feelings about Gannett's automated betting referrals, he simply let out an audible