Pittsburgh Sports Media Thread

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:07 pm

A few notes from today.

- I don't know whats going on but Madden is really starting to lose it. Maybe 2 homeruns from SRod and Tiger leading on Sunday in the same weekend broke his 166 brain.

- Think DJ Gallo needs to pack it in. Lord is he unfunny.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:08 pm

Bloom was awesome.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:12 pm

- Think DJ Gallo needs to pack it in. Lord is he unfunny.

Back in the early Deadspin days I swear he was a lot funnier. His Twitter feed is painful now.

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:22 pm

Even in his early twitter days I thought he was funnier.

I still follow him for some reason, but yeah his feed is blah at best.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:28 pm

There was a time in history when DJ Gallo was funny, but that time is hard to identify and was a long, long time ago. Possibly even in a galaxy far, far away. I never seen a member of the "media" get less likes, comments, and retweets than Gallo.

Postby **NAN** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:37 pm

I never even heard of DJ Gallo.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:20 pm

I never even heard of DJ Gallo.

Creater of the once amusing sports satire site "Sportspickle." (think The Onion, but sports, NAN)

He's a pittsburgh guy so I just included my annoyance with him in here. I don't even consider him media and don't really even know what else he does. He's on local radio and/or podcasts once in a while.
But his entire comedic range now is basically quote tweeting a sports story, then saying that the team or player isnt good. That's pretty much all he does. And I think occasionally rips of jokes from Pardon My Take.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:22 pm

There was a time in history when DJ Gallo was funny, but that time is hard to identify and was a long, long time ago. Possibly even in a galaxy far, far away. I never seen a member of the "media" get less likes, comments, and retweets than Gallo.

haha I did notice that. He has like 11K followers on his personal account (well 1 of his personal accounts) and he rarely gets double digit likes or comments. I think thats why I still follow him just for that.

Postby **pens9192** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:45 pm

Upgruv is dead.

Funny that the newest media startup is reporting thisL https://theincline.com/2018/07/19/tribl ... rformance/

I'll give the TheIncline two years as well.

Maybe "busy Millennials" would rather check Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, etc for their news instead of these websites?

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:03 pm

He used to be on Page 2 at espn a long time ago.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:05 pm

He used to be on Page 2 at espn a long time ago.

Ahhhhhh that's the other spot I remember him from. Used to love Page 2.

Postby **NAN** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:10 pm

I guess today was the 4th anniversary of DKs site going live.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:27 pm

That's it? Feels like it's been a lifetime.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:30 pm

It definitely feels longer than that.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:05 pm

Is there another person on the planet that wouldn't hear this story, and probably forget about it after 10 seconds? Then theres Pittsburgh Dad Jr.. WUT A LEGEND

Colin Pittsburgh Dad Jr.
‏@colin_Pittsburgh Dad Jr.

Colony is such a legend.
Get this: his glasses broke at Steelers camp yesterday. Who did he sit down with to help get them fixed? Kevin Colbert.
Envisioning Colony and Colbert trying to fix a pair of glasses is just amazing.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:27 pm

He writes like milennials are perceived. Ridiculous hyperbole and needless adjectives.

Postby **Morkle** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:34 pm

Every story Pittsburgh Dad Jr. has is the most epic thing to ever happen. Don't you guys know how epic and legendary his stories are? Just totally epic.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 7:18 pm

Every story Pittsburgh Dad Jr. has is the most epic thing to ever happen. Don't you guys know how epic and legendary his stories are? Just totally epic.

Omg 5af is obsessed with Pittsburgh Dad Jr.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:14 pm

5AF should be nicer he was good to Jesse that should be enough. Don’t say he has a punchable voice or anything.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:40 pm

I even forgot about this until the bump. Who the hell would describe that as "just amazing."

Envisioning Colony and Colbert trying to fix a pair of glasses is just amazing.

Postby **pens9192** » Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:51 pm

I even forgot about this until the bump. Who the hell would describe that as "just amazing."

Envisioning Colony and Colbert trying to fix a pair of glasses is just amazing.

Local media personality pandering to yinzers that the GM of the god-like Steelers can do a blue collar task like fixing glasses? I bet he even takes out the garbage at his house, Colin!

In a related note, In two straight tweets yesterday Pittsburgh Dad Jr. says the words "Like I wrote last monday" and "like I said all along" regarding the Archer trade

https://twitter.com/colin_Pittsburgh Dad Jr./status ... 2845322240
https://twitter.com/colin_Pittsburgh Dad Jr./status ... 4852631552

Yes, Pittsburgh Dad Jr. is "that" guy

Postby **Nittany Ned** » Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:12 pm

The Big Man, on the other hand, even when he is wrong, is right. He’s really the GOAT.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 11:52 am

Imagine being Colin Pittsburgh Dad Jr. and trying to scold someone for using hyperbole

https://twitter.com/colin_Pittsburgh Dad Jr./status ... 0832374784

Postby **mamaemeritus** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:09 pm

Especially when everything is SSSSSSPECTACULAR (which he only says approximately 50 times every morning)

Postby **shafnutz05** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:25 pm

lol who is "Chris" in the responses:

@CMBear10
4h4 hours ago

Replying to @colin_Pittsburgh Dad Jr.

Aren't you the guy last week who acted like Colony getting his broken glasses fixed was the most amazing thing you've every seen?

Colin Pittsburgh Dad Jr.

3h3 hours ago
Go back to your message board