[Robbie]

One serious note. I wouldn't be surprised if this is part of a bigger move for ESPN. They've been investing in local sports journalism in big markets--Boston, New York, Dallas, LA--and I wonder whether the Bay Area's next. With the local economy doing the way it is (overall), the demographics are about as desirable as any place, and the competition is not exactly formidable at this point in time. ESPN SF could be a thing of the future, and Kevin Gemmell, Stanford beat writer would be a natural fit in that particular plan, if indeed they have it.

As I imagine most of you know, I am an ESPN employee, but I don't work on television, so I'm pretty ignorant about lots of stuff in that realm. But I know a few people who work on the various local ESPN markets (NY, Dallas, Boston, ...), and I think the current plans are to focus on the markets that are currently being served, rather than increasing reach into new markets. (And I even created the original mobile versions of espnlosangeles.com, espnchicago.com, and so forth. But that was several years ago.)

And this is unofficial, and I might be wrong. But it's what I believe.

And if you want to see what I have worked on more recently, I changed the QR code in my profile. (Now it points to the BracketBound application, for anyone who wants college hoops information on their phone.)

[Robbie]

One serious note. I wouldn't be surprised if this is part of a bigger move for ESPN. They've been investing in local sports journalism in big markets--Boston, New York, Dallas, LA--and I wonder whether the Bay Area's next. With the local economy doing the way it is (overall), the demographics are about as desirable as any place, and the competition is not exactly formidable at this point in time. ESPN SF could be a thing of the future, and Kevin Gemmell, Stanford beat writer would be a natural fit in that particular plan, if indeed they have it.

As I imagine most of you know, I am an ESPN employee, but I don't work on television, so I'm pretty ignorant about lots of stuff in that realm. But I know a few people who work on the various local ESPN markets (NY, Dallas, Boston, ...), and I think the current plans are to focus on the markets that are currently being served, rather than increasing reach into new markets. (And I even created the original mobile versions of espnlosangeles.com, espnchicago.com, and so forth. But that was several years ago.)

And this is unofficial, and I might be wrong. But it's what I believe.

And if you want to see what I have worked on more recently, I changed the QR code in my profile. (Now it points to the BracketBound application, for anyone who wants college hoops information on their phone.)