Blog Review!

Pittsburgh Sports

While searching for a blog that was interesting and serious, I stumbled upon one written about the current state of sports in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Not only has the professional football team advanced to their first Super Bowl in 11 years, but also the greatest athlete to ever play in the Steel City recently announced his retirement.

One aspect of this blog that caught my eye is the localized content. With the Jerome Bettis and the Steelers in Super Bowl XL and Mario Lemieux hanging up his skates, the city of Pittsburgh has two of its biggest sports stories in a long time, at the same time. While many people watch SportsCenter, a national television sports show, and are aware of both of the major events written about in the blog, few people probably saw how huge these events are for the city of Pittsburgh.

A great aspect about blogs is the attention they can give to certain topics and issues that a larger medium (i.e. ESPN) cannot. Stories that go otherwise unnoticed by the mainstream media are written about in great length by the people who know most about them, locals.

A huge negative aspect about this blog is the typographical error where the author uses 'nun' instead of 'none' in the opening paragraph. That is inexcusable. Granted, the blog may not have a spell check feature (I cannot even get it to work on this blog), but that is a rather big mistake. While the mainstream media may not give a story the amount of time a smaller blog does, at least they double-check their stories.