Category: Sports

The Clearly Dope via The Clearly Dope: http://theclearlydope.tumblr.com/post/62201148096/classroom-basketball-dunk You could be forgiven for not getting too excited about the camera in Apple’s new flagship iPhone 5S. They’ve put dozens of tweaks into it, but not a single one sounds… sexy. It’s still 8 megapixels, it still doesn’t zoom, and the phone’s still the same size…

Link: » The State tells its sports columnist he can’t cover University of South Carolina football JIMROMENESKO.COM “The publisher of the paper has removed Ron Morris from any coverage of the football program, which down there is akin to the Washington Post not letting Dan Balz write about government,” one of Morris’s former colleagues told…

Reuters Dumping North American Freelance Sports Photographers Freelance photographers who have been shooting sports on contract for Reuters in North America started getting phone calls Friday from Peter Jones, the North American Sports Photo Editor at Thomson Reuters, who told them that their sideline services would via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/reuters-dumping-north-american-freelance-sports-photographers Thomson Reuters has entered into a…

Shooting Sports: Tips from the Pros By Jim ColtonAs the Photography Editor for Sports Illustrated for fifteen years, I had the honor of working with the best sports photographers in the world. But I also had the pleasure of working with young up-and-coming sports enthusiasts who often asked via NPPA: https://nppa.org/page/shooting-sports-tips-pros So I’ve come up…

Link: Hoop Dreams in Oaxaca’s Hills – NYTimes.com “In my part of the Sierra, the basketball courts are like the zócalo in the colonial city,” Mr. Santiago said, using the Spanish word for “plaza.” “It’s really the most important part of the town. A respectable town has a church, and a basketball court in front…

Link: Sportfolio 2013 L’Equipe Press Sport | Le Journal de la Photographie Their team is the largest photo service in Paris, employing just under 50 people (photographers, editors) led by Jacques Deydier

14 Ways to Shoot Better Sports You’re camera gives you an excuse to be closer to the action than anyone else who’s not on the field of play. You’ve got the best seats in the house. The athletes are performing right in front of you. Be thankful and count your blessings. via Mostly True: http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/mostly_true/2013/04/14-ways-to-shoot-better-sports.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MostlyTrue+%28Mostly+True%29…

Soccer’s New Match-Fixing Scandal How #*%!ed is the beautiful game? via Grantland: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8924593/match-fixing-soccer Match-fixing is corroding the integrity of the game at every level. It’s not just South African friendlies or Korean league games or Chinese “black whistles”; it’s not even just the occasional Calciopoli-type scandal that you can explain away by saying “well, Italy…