If sports got reported like science

[steuard]

A fun take on the difference between sports reporting and science reporting:

http://uffish.net/archives-new/2010/06/if-sports-got-reported-like-science.html

Eliminate that jargon! Cover both sides, not just the "establishment" view! It'll be much better, really.

Comments

[chalgaryn.livejournal.com]

That's not work! :-P

[steuard.livejournal.com]

Well, no. :) But it's after 5:00! (I would have left already if I hadn't gotten distracted installing some missing software on my laptop.)

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Wait, do you actually know him (well enough to read his LJ, at least) or is this one of those friends-of-friends things? (or I suppose you could've gotten it via some other path but that would surprise me...)

[steuard.livejournal.com]

I don't think I have the foggiest idea who this is (or if I do, I didn't notice). I spotted this link via another blog, but I clearly wasn't polite enough to cite it. :) (I think it was probably "Bad Astronomy".)

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Hey, awesome! (Which blog, do you remember?) He's my best friend's husband.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

(oh, wait, you already said which blog. clearly I should get some sleep.)

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

OK, now, having looked at the blog, and a few of the relevant bit.ly stats (there are...a lot), I am duly surprised. Wow.

[steuard.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Bad Astronomy is one of the most popular science blogs on the net (and one that I rather enjoy). I don't usually have a personal connection to the folks Phil links to, though! (Well, except sometimes when they're physicists. He links to my friend Sean Carroll a lot.)

[steuard.livejournal.com]

(But then, Sean's group blog "Cosmic Variance" is also one of the most popular science blogs on the net.)