Richard Deitsch

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Writer/Reporter for Sports Illustrated/@SINow, adjunct at @columbiajourn, former Knight-Wallace Fellow at Michigan, fan of Ann Arbor, Buffalo & New York City.

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Gus Johnson will call the Champions League final with Warren Barton. The latest SI Media column: bit.ly/18b6O0M

Media Circus: Bad Boys hit the screen; ESPN has no plans to lose NBA

sportsillustrated.cnn.com — "We're like a hockey team. Everybody wants to see us fight." -Dennis Rodman, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1989 The Chicago Sun-Times dubbed them the Motown Meanies. Others called them far worse. The Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s wore the NBA's black hat with pride, a brilliant, hard-nosed basketball team with a two-word nickname that stood the test of time: Bad Boys.
Viewership is down on SportsNation, SportsCenter and Highly Questionable. Is ESPN worried? The SI Media column: bit.ly/18b6O0M

Media Circus: Bad Boys hit the screen; ESPN has no plans to lose NBA

sportsillustrated.cnn.com — "We're like a hockey team. Everybody wants to see us fight." -Dennis Rodman, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1989 The Chicago Sun-Times dubbed them the Motown Meanies. Others called them far worse. The Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s wore the NBA's black hat with pride, a brilliant, hard-nosed basketball team with a two-word nickname that stood the test of time: Bad Boys.
Details on the Bad Boy Pistons documentary and ESPN's new soccer studio show. The SI Media column: bit.ly/18b6O0M

Media Circus: Bad Boys hit the screen; ESPN has no plans to lose NBA

sportsillustrated.cnn.com — "We're like a hockey team. Everybody wants to see us fight." -Dennis Rodman, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1989 The Chicago Sun-Times dubbed them the Motown Meanies. Others called them far worse. The Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s wore the NBA's black hat with pride, a brilliant, hard-nosed basketball team with a two-word nickname that stood the test of time: Bad Boys.
Why does life in the United States lead to worse health for immigrants? Important story from NYT: nyti.ms/160mzuh

The Health Toll of Immigration

nytimes.com — BROWNSVILLE, Tex. - Becoming an American can be bad for your health. A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Fascinating piece on our eye movements ("Your eyes are the sharks of the human body."): nytimes.com/2013/05/19/opi…

Vision Is All About Change

nytimes.com — YOUR eyes are the sharks of the human body: they never stop moving. In the past minute alone, your eyes made as many as 240 quick movements called "saccades" (French for "jolts"). In your waking hours today, you will very likely make some 200,000 of them, give or take a few thousand.
Can't knock the auto. RT @ChiTribSports: @SkyDigg4 gets Mercedes as graduation present from Jay-Z: trib.in/11PShsM (ht: @ScoobAxson)

Skylar Diggins Jay-Z Notre Dame

chicagotribune.com — Photo posted by @Rocnation on their Instagram: Congrats to new Notre Dame grad @SkyDigg4! Thanks to @Dancyautogroup for helping with her surprise gift. () Jay-Z sure knows how to spoil his new clients. Former Notre Dame basketball star Skylar Diggins, who signed with Jay-Z's sports agency group Roc Nation, was surprised at her graduation on Sunday with a new Mercedes, complete with a red bow.
@DavidSanchirico I'm in the passenger seat. I'd never to that. Akin to a crime.
@bbkld5 I think we both know this feed understands the difference between tragedy and life's annoyances.
I have seen hell and it is the George Washington Bridge in New York. Right now. #twohourdelay
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