I'm Baaack/State of the Blog Address

Many of you probably presumed this blog was about to die a young death and ride off into the sunset like so many blogs that people get lazy keeping up. Well you were wrong! It may have been a close call, but we're back on!

Let me explain what has happened in the last month:

Dating back to the beginning of June, you will notice that the last article on this site was a Buffalo Sabres game seven preview. Well we all know what happened in that game seven, and let's say I wasn't quite in the mood for posting about that topic at the time.

Then a little thing called summer kicked in. I've been working a good amount, and I have started summer classes. In my freetime, I'd rather be out enjoying the weather as well as the festivities that come with it. Along the way my car broke down too, which didn't help matters much.

Anyway, enough with the whining. I'd like to take a few paragraphs to discuss where this site is going in the next 6 months. A State of the Blog address if you will:

Article One: Opinions Matter

When I originally opened this blog, I posted very frequently, sometimes three times a day, reporting general news in the sports world. The problem with this format was the time it consumed. After I realized I couldn't post multiple times a day, I started to write less frequent, but longer, more rich articles. This developed into more of an opinion editorial than straight up facts. However, many have said they prefer this style, so I will stick to it.

Articles will now be less frequent, but a hell of a lot better.

Article Two: Join the Revolution

Due to the fact that I cannot post as often as I would like, I am openly accepting offers to join my site as a features writer. Not just anyone will be allowed, there are some very biased criteria you must meet:

1. You need to know how to write, and write well. If you are one of those people that received a C in English, no matter how hard you tried, don't bother.

2. You need to share the general editorial opinion of this site. This basically means you can't be a Yankees or Dolphins fan. You have to at least appreciate the teams talked about on this site to write positive articles about them.

3. Commitment. The new vision of this blog calls for a reliable, steady posting of articles. I don't want you on board if you are only going to do this for a month.

I'm especially looking for some people that know a little more about the internet than me. I'd like to change the layout of this site a bit, as well as be able to post pictures again, which stopped working for me.

With that said, bring it on. Drop me an IM at RiversSyr, or email me at csw5@buffalo.edu

Article Three: The Future

I probably won't get an article up again until this weekend, but here are a few main points that will be focused on this site in the coming weeks:

---> The Mets Second Half Dash into the Playoffs

---> The Buffalo Bills: For Real This year or not? Preseason Coverage

---> NBA Offseason action: The Knicks in Vegas, and Possible Trade Rumors

Hope to see you back here.