A Fan’s Notes: Unsolicited Praise for Sportswriter Jon Bois

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Post by nkurz » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 2:31 AM UTC

A Fan’s Notes: Unsolicited Praise for Sportswriter Jon Bois
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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 5:04 PM UTC

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Post by bretthopper » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 12:12 PM UTC

Jon Bois is a genius in my opinion as well so I'm glad someone wrote this. There aren't many links to his videos in this article, but here's one of my favourites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4AhABManTw. It's about the 1904 Olympic marathon in St. Louis.

edit: He's also a great follow on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jon_bois.

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Post by khrbrt » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 1:11 PM UTC

bretthopper wrote: post #3

Jon Bois is a genius in my opinion as well so I'm glad someone wrote this. There aren't many links to his videos in this article, but here's one of my favourites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4AhABManTw . It's about the 1904 Olympic marathon in St. Louis. edit: He's also a great follow on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jon_bois .

I'm still in awe for his two part documentary on athletes named "Bob". https://youtu.be/lvh6NLqKRfs

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Post by JackFr » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 2:58 PM UTC

I don't understand the title. I expected it was a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fan%27s_Notes, and either the blog author doesn't know about the book, or I'm too thick to see the connection. Honestly I suppose it could be either.

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Post by beeftime » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 3:38 PM UTC

Bois is undoubtedly one of (if not the) best sportswriter alive today. Not only is he wildly funny and profoundly sincere, but he's able to elevate the subject matter above the bookkeeping and political insider drama his peers only ever seem to write about

Do yourself a favor and put some time aside to watch Chart Party: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXSZMIiUfFSe4gpc8PLD... and Pretty Good: https://www.sbnation.com/pretty-good

absolutely phenomenal work. I don't know of anyone else doing anything even approaching this.

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Post by sharkweek » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 4:08 PM UTC

His Eulogy for RadioShack might be my favorite essay of the 2010s, no hyperbole.

https://www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7281129/radioshack-eulog...

I enjoy his chart parties and other sports deep dives, but really love his cultural commentary the most.

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Post by tylerapplebaum » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 4:31 PM UTC

SBNation couldn't exist in its current form without Jon Bois. Even if you're not into sports, watch some of his videos - you'll be hooked.

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Post by mattbreeden » Fri, Jul 05, 2019, 6:36 PM UTC

Link to the article mentioned 17776, a piece I very much enjoyed: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football

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Post by gregknicholson » Mon, Jul 08, 2019, 8:51 AM UTC

mattbreeden wrote: post #9

Link to the article mentioned 17776, a piece I very much enjoyed: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football

I read this a while ago; it's some of the most inventive, imaginitive science fiction I've ever come across.