A Lasting Impact

Troy Media, "an editorial content provider to media outlets and its own hosted community news outlets across Canada," has a story headlined:

How Buddy Teevens revolutionized football: Buddy Teeven’s legacy includes advocating for player safety and promoting gender diversity in football coaching. (LINK):

Green Alert Take: The story doesn't break any new ground but is a reminder that Teevens broke new ground – and that his influence in the world of athletics was not limited by national borders.

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Speaking of Buddy Teevens' influence, he played a big role in helping Chicago Bears assistant coach Jennifer King's football career gain traction. From a TV report headlined NC native makes history as first woman on Chicago Bears coaching staff: 'Bet on yourself'. Find the story and a video interview with King HERE.

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Kevin Demoff '99 was seen as the bad guy in the Rams' move from St. Louis to Los Angeles, but the onetime writer for The Dartmouth who covered Big Green football for the school paper and radio station will be a hero in Colorado if he can find a way to get the NBA's Denver Nuggets and the NHL's Colorado Avalanche broadcasts back on the state's largest cable provider. The president of the Los Angeles Rams, Demoff recently took over as president of team and media operations for Kroenke Sports and Entertainment. Find a story HERE.

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I missed this line at the bottom of a recap of a recent Dartmouth baseball game until it was pointed out to me (LINK):

This story created through content automation technology from Data Skrive.

Two things. First, it will be incredibly disappointing if Dartmouth goes in that direction after moving on from a veteran sports information director who wrote truly excellent stories about Big Green baseball and football games.

And second, the Sports Illustrated AI mess should have taught everyone that under absolutely no circumstances should there be the byline of a person – real or fictional in SI's case – anywhere near AI generated content.

Green Alert Take: I shudder to think the once-proud Dartmouth sports information office is going to move in the direction of AI and produce hollow, bullet-point summaries for ephemeral social media instead of work that will stand the test of time.

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EXTRA POINT
I was listening to the podcast Two Writers Slinging Yang on my hike the other day and host Jeff Pearlman mentioned that his wife sometimes warns him before they are in social situations not to "interview" people. I have to admit to feeling a little sheepish hearing that because I've been known to unintentionally go into interview mode myself when I meet new people.

One of the questions I often asked Dartmouth athletes during interviews was where they could see themselves in 20 years. That question was fine in those situations but as I realized a little late one time it can be a little forward when you let if fly upon first meeting your kids' significant other. Oops.