Sportsjournalists.com
Sportsjournalists.com is an Internet forum frequented by journalists who cover sports. In 2006, it was named one of the best non-corporate sports web sites by Sports Illustrated.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070103111500/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/richard_deitsch/12/26/media.circus/1.html SI.com - Writers - 2006 Media Awards (cont.) - Wednesday December 27, 2006 6:07PM] The forum has been directly involved in several sports journalism controversies:
- Michael Gee, a former columnist for the Boston Herald, was fired from a teaching job at Boston University after describing one of his students on Sportsjournalists.com as "incredibly hot"Zezima, K: "[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E1DB143CF933A15754C0A9639C8B63 Teacher Fired Over Web Posting About Student]", page 18. The New York Times, July 20, 2005
- Wallace Matthews, a columnist for the New York Post, announced his resignation from that newspaper on Sportsjournalists.com and criticized the newspaper for a gossip item many interpreted to claim that Mike Piazza was gayPappu, S: "Wally's World: Ex-Post Sports Guy Explains Fiery Exit", page 6. The New York Observer, June 3, 2002
- Sportsjournalists.com was first to report on October 10, 2006, that Woody Paige would leave the TV show Cold Pizza and return to the Denver Post as a columnist. At that time, Woody Paige denied that he would be leaving Cold Pizza. On November 2, it was announced that Woody Paige would return to the Denver Post.Roberts, M: "[http://www.westword.com/Issues/2006-11-30/news/message.html Knock on Woody]". Denver Westworld, November 30, 2006
Sportsjournalists.com was briefly shut down in 2002.[http://www.poynter.org/dg.lts/id.45/aid.6608/column.htm Poynter Online - Romenesko] Breaking sports news and general news items are often posted on Sportsjournalists.com before they are reported in the media.[http://www.imprintmagazine.org/2005/09/28/meeting-the-press/ Meet the (sports) press — iMPrint Magazine — College News, Sports, Entertainment Archive]