Video: Kevin Ding talks about joining Bleacher Report on Lakers beat
It’s been a pretty exciting week at Bleacher Report. We’ve announced the hiring of four top NBA writers and one of the best NFL writers in the business. That’s all.
Some tweets:
.@bleacherreport hires @HowardBeckNYT,@KevinDing, @EthanJSkolnick, @JaredZwerling to expand NBA Content http://t.co/yIdBJTbng2
— TurnerSportsPR (@TurnerSportsPR) September 18, 2013
Hoping you will check out my first column for @BleacherReport tomorrow. A look at the Seahawks’ blueprint, DeAndre Hopkins and more. — Dan Pompei (@danpompei) September 17, 2013
Kevin Ding was the first of the quartet of elite NBA writers to announce his new affiliation with Bleacher Report. He also stopped by B/R’s San Francisco office and we chatted for a few minutes on video, as you can see above. Jared Zwerling also introduced himself to B/R readers, or at least those who didn’t already know him.
My introduction @BleacherReport … Check it out here — http://t.co/ZF31ZHcXRe — Jared Zwerling (@JaredZwerling) September 18, 2013
Ethan Skolnick has done some writing for Bleacher Report in the past, and he went with a charmingly humble announcement of his move—making clear in the next tweet that he’s Kapono in the analogy.
So @TurnerSportsPR announcing @HowardBeckNYT & me on the same day is akin to Cavs doing that after the 2003 draft w LeBron & Jason Kapono. — Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) September 18, 2013
The biggest splash on Twitter came with the announcement that Howard Beck of the New York Times had jumped to B/R:
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining Bleacher Report as the national NBA writer, starting Monday. — Howard Beck (@HowardBeckNYT) September 18, 2013
A monster hire by B/R. RT @HowardBeckNYT: I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining Bleacher Report as the national NBA writer.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) September 18, 2013
Bleacher Report is not playing around. First @mikefreemanNFL, now @HowardBeckNYT. Bookmark!
— David Steele (@David_C_Steele) September 18, 2013
Not sure any other move could’ve shaken up the sports journalism world quite like Beck to Bleacher Report just did. — Jay King (@ByJayKing) September 18, 2013
Beck is Impressive hire for Bleacher Report and shows Turner’s influence on the site. Turner Sports, of course, carries the NBA on TNT. — John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) September 18, 2013
Congrats to @HowardBeckNYT on the new gig. BR gets one of the very best. — John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) September 18, 2013
@HowardBeckNYT Congratulations. They are putting together one great staff.
— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) September 18, 2013