Goodbye Cruel Watcher
It’s Ryne Time!
Here is a post I’ve been dreading writing, but it is time.
Remember back in High School when you had a weird English teacher and you may have thought to yourself, wow that old guy sure was creepy? Well, I aspire to be that old creepy man! That’s right everyone, I am leaving the glamorous world of free trips to Vegas and New Orleans and the NBA Finals for the opportunity to teach the truth to the youth. I am sacrificing “fame”and “fortune” for the ability to… wait why am I doing this to myself!?!
I got into grad school recently with a big assist from the letters of recommendation from Ben and Lang. You would think that someone like myself who has written so much in the first-person the past few years, would just be able to knock out a personal statement in 20 minutes. But it was truly the most difficult thing I’ve had to do in a long time, digging deep down, figuring out who I really am, all of that fun stuff.
Teaching is a career path that has always been in the back of my mind, but I didn’t think I was mature enough or “ready”, but now I feel that I am, that is once I go through a year in grad school, which is not going to be easy. I had a lot of fun here at SLAM over the past four years, but now it is time to find something to do for the next 35 years or so, and then a little bit longer when I can’t afford to retire!
The site and the internet world has changed so much, beginning for us here with one meeting a few years ago where I said something to the effect of “Hey, maybe we should have like, commenters and stuff.” Things took off from there thanks to a lot of hard work from a lot of different people. If you go as far back as the old black and grey and orange slamonline.com, you have seen the difference, and you know how much the world has changed around it.
It used to be Lang could write one long piece covering everything going on in the NBA, and whatever reality shows or tiger vs. shark updates, use Dreamweaver to churn out simplistic code, and have it up between 2:30 and 3:30. The “Links” part of The Links was all the news you needed for the day, and many of those stories would seem new to you, even that late in the day. Nowadays, you can get the gist of everything going on in the b-ball world in :07 seconds or less with one look at whatever feed reader or live bookmarks you turn to. Sure, we offer our own perspectives on it, which makes it different, but you pretty much know what’s going on in the world because we live in the information age where you can find out anything you want to know in very little time.
At times I have felt like if there wasn’t something new up on the site by 9 A.M., we’d be way behind. It’s a different universe! But enough about me. I know, people were all entertained by the Will Leitch public roasting. I laughed, I cringed, I was thankful it wasn’t happening to me! I went to the Brooklyn Cyclones game on Saturday with my cousin, her friend, and a friend of mine. I “overshared” something, and it led to me getting made fun of 3 on 1 for hours. Not looking to repeat that experience. I, like others who have left SLAM, will still have my blog. I will still contribute to the magazine, most notably with my “Which NBA Player Are You” column – which in my preparation for grad school, discovered that drawing connections between two seemingly disconnected worlds is actually called “transfer” and it is a higher-level brain function that is the best possible outcome of student learning. Who knew?!?
And so, thank you to everyone I’ve worked with over the past four years, I could run down a list of all of your names, but this would become the longest piece of literature I have ever written. Thank you commenters and emailers for joining the fun, and let’s see if I know the ledge.
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Time to announce who will be stepping in as the new online editor, effective in a few weeks.
It is Ryne Nelson. Standing ovation…
Congratulate him.
Curtain call.
I asked Ryne to give us a little introduction with some factoids. Here he goes:
Ryne is the second best thing to come out of Naperville Central High School, other than Candice Parker. He is the author of the popular NBA video blog Odenized, which was recently awarded the Internet Reader and Blogger’s Choice Award 2008 - Best Use of Video. During the season, BallHype’s ranking placed Odenized among the Top 20 sports blogs.
Ryne makes monthly MVP and ROY selections as part of the NBA blogger award voting panelist.
On May 12, 2008 (Note from Sam: Which was my 30th birthday! Destiny), Ryne was the first to upload the viral video LeBron to Mom: “Sit yo *$*% down,” which reached 2 million views and 1,400 comments in less than 20 hours. His YouTube profile has been the #1 viewed on all of YouTube on a couple occasions.
He’s also submitted 33 front-page stories to Digg in the past three months, and is one of Twitter’s top users.
Ryne’s been a subscriber to the magazine since he was 13. Not only does he understand the trends in blogging, he’s also a kickass writer. He says SLAM inspired his high school autobiography, which won the 2003 NCTE National Achievement in Writing award.
Previously, Ryne was the Daily Illini’s NBA columnist and men’s soccer beat writer, founder and commissioner Illinois Fantasy Basketball, associate producer at Naperville Community Access Television, and a contributor to Chicago Sports Weekly.
Ryne famously challenged Illinois coach Bruce Weber’s ability to recruit top athletes, to the point Weber had to verbally scold his players for speaking to Ryne. He will start July 15ish.
Ryne chose not to give a list of his favorites, but of his moderates. His moderate food is popcorn. His moderate actor is Hayden Christensen. His moderate actress is Reese Witherspoon. His moderate music artist is Ludacris. His moderate sports idol is Bonzi Wells. His moderate animal is the penguin. His moderate sport is lacrosse. Ryne’s moderate color is black. And lastly, but certainly not least, Ryne’s moderate writing utensil is sidewalk chalk.
A strong introduction. Best of luck Ryne! Welcome him!
119 Responses to “Goodbye Cruel Watcher”
Jun.30 at 3:01 pm
Eboy says:
This is unbelievable. It was you and Lang that gave this place life and a spirit. Man, I hope your future is as bright as you made this place for us readers and your classiness and wit will be missed here but some group of students down the line are going to be an extremely lucky bunch. Congratulations and best of luck to you, Mr. Rubenstein.
And, fuc*ing Rynocerous,!!!!!!! Good sh*t!!!!! Damn, you might be big tymin’ with your new spot, but you are still a little fu*er in our world!!!!! Congrats to you young man!
Don’t worry about Ryne slippin’ neither, Sam, we’ll be on his ass daily.
What a weird feeling, happiness for both, sadness for Sam’s leaving. Wow.
Damn, Sam!
Jun.30 at 3:06 pm
Marcel Mutoni says:
good luck, prezbo! err, sam! it’s been a fun ride with you here. give those little high school bastards hell.
Jun.30 at 3:11 pm
Colin says:
I am happy for you Sam, but sad to see you go. Take care man!
Jun.30 at 3:12 pm
Rasheedionics says:
Damn. Sam is leaving? Noooooooooooooooooooooooo…. So many things to thank you for, specifically inspiring my name. I wish you all the best!
Jun.30 at 3:12 pm
TADOne says:
Co-sign everything Eboy said, and then some. This is a sad day, but a new start. I’m upset that I have to now “respect” Ryne because me and him have had our differences in the past about his feelings on my team and their future. UGH! J/K Ryne! Best of luck Sam!
Jun.30 at 3:14 pm
H to the izzo says:
*holds back emotion* just go…….just go.
Jun.30 at 3:15 pm
Co Co says:
Good luck with our youth Sam. You’ll need it!
Jun.30 at 3:16 pm
BK says:
I am extremely dissapointed to see you go, Sam. Damn, what I wouldn’t give to have you as my high school teacher. Good luck!!!!!!!
Jun.30 at 3:17 pm
H to the izzo says:
Will Ryne be submitting everything in video form?
Jun.30 at 3:21 pm
Eboy says:
For Sam: “They say everything can be replaced,
Yet every distance is not near.
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.”
Jun.30 at 3:26 pm
Eboy says:
For Rynocerous: “I was on the outside when you said
You said you needed me
I was looking at myself
I was blind, I could not see A boy tries hard to be a man
His mother takes him by his hand
If he stops to think he starts to cry
Oh why If you walkaway, walkaway
I walkaway, walkaway…I will follow”
Jun.30 at 3:27 pm
Jer Boi says:
Good Luck Sam you were awesome
Jun.30 at 3:29 pm
Co Co says:
Sam, just for the hell of it The Mets suck!
Jun.30 at 3:31 pm
Myles Brown says:
:(
Jun.30 at 3:31 pm
TADOne says:
Sam, will you be coming thru and posting snarky comments like Professor Jones?
Jun.30 at 3:31 pm
Rasheedionics says:
Who am I going to share the anguish(Mets), Triumph (Giants) and indifference (Knicks) of my favorite teams with now? So not fair.
Jun.30 at 3:31 pm
H to the izzo says:
RIP:Lost,Dip Set and Mastadon references.
Jun.30 at 3:34 pm
DP says:
That’s a big step step. Do your thing Sam, don’t ever stop. And to Ryne, it’s nice to have you on board. Let’s have a nice play wit it for Sam. Good Luck!
Jun.30 at 3:38 pm
Myles Brown says:
This is like when Michael left the island with Walt. Except Sam’s not black, he has no children and he didnt kill anyone.
Jun.30 at 3:38 pm
Tom says:
Good stuff Sam, all the best to you.
Jun.30 at 3:41 pm
ER says:
sad to see my favorite writer on this site go, thanks for everything.
Jun.30 at 3:42 pm
H to the izzo says:
Sam’s not black?!
Jun.30 at 3:42 pm
DP says:
You may not remember this Sam but thanks to you I got my name in one of your People’s Champs articles. That was the first time I had my name online for something I said…that was actually correct. It was about Monta being the MIP of the and you showed one of my crazy comments. You also showed everyone how Monta sh*tted on Barbosa(highlight of the season Imo). Thanks for all the memories man. Ryne! this is going to be interesting.
Jun.30 at 3:43 pm
Skillet Forilla says:
Sam, I am sorry to hear that you’ll be leaving, but I am excited for you on the teaching front. I started teaching high school English five years ago, I’m 32 now, and I absolutely love the work. I wish you the best with it.
Jun.30 at 3:44 pm
Joel Kimmel says:
Best of luck Sam, enjoy grad school! I’ve enjoyed what you’ve done for SLAMonline and look forward to seeing what Ryne’s got in store for us.
Jun.30 at 3:48 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Couple thoughts on this:
-Teaching’s for suckers
-I totally invented Which NBA Player Are You?, but Sam made it great.
-The fact that he’s named after a baseball player makes me not trust Sam’s replacement. Plus he reps Illinois. But I’ll offer benefit of doubt. At least until July.
-Eboy, quit taking U2 lyrics out of context and go back to your hair metal, you f*cking guido.
I kid.
Jun.30 at 3:49 pm
Toney Blare says:
there better be a grand send-off replete with guazy memories. amazing the number of rappers who’ve turned to education. congratulations, and best of luck, Prince of the Links. always beware the R.A.G.U. and the I-10 overpass.
Jun.30 at 3:50 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Also, best part of that link to the 2004 version of slamonline? An Amazon ad for my book, with an actual working link. Ah, what a simple, happy time.
Jun.30 at 3:51 pm
Eboy says:
I love you Ryan.
Ryne, if you can ban Ryan from commenting once you come on board and just relegate him to sticking to posting half-assed pieces we’d be all the better for it. Thank you!
Jun.30 at 3:52 pm
Ryan Jones says:
“Eboy, stupid eboy…”
I don’t know how I didn’t think of that earlier.
Jun.30 at 3:52 pm
H to the izzo says:
Ryan:I was going to mention that,but didn’t want to advertise your book,indirectly or otherwise.
Jun.30 at 3:53 pm
H to the izzo says:
Ryan:Jay-Z actually closes his show with a rendition of “Sunday,bloody Sunday” nowadays.
Jun.30 at 3:53 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Inspired by Russ, I’m tempted to to an entire column of U2 lyrics making fun of you, Eboy, but as you and I and Izzo the Drunken C@tholic would probably be the only ones who’d appreciate it, I won’t.
Jun.30 at 3:54 pm
Ryan Jones says:
When he’s not doing Oasis covers, right? That was funny. Sort of.
Jun.30 at 3:56 pm
H to the izzo says:
Ryan:I resent that Catholic remark.
It was actually quite nice,his whole show has a very “people in the world are suffering” vibe,it’s a nice choice of song for that.
Jun.30 at 3:57 pm
Eboy says:
Well, all my detractors would like it Ryan, so fu*k it! Izzo would be thrilled to no end, I’m sure.
Jun.30 at 3:57 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Seriously though, Ryne, welcome. You step into, well, not big shoes, exactly, but shoes nonetheless. I assume we both hate Michigan, so that’s good.
Jun.30 at 3:57 pm
H to the izzo says:
Does this mean that Konate is now officially the fastest member of the SLAMdome?
Jun.30 at 3:58 pm
Ryne Nelson says:
It’s been *way* too long, everyone! I have to share everyone’s sentiments about Sam leaving. Sam, you’re one heck of an act to follow! Haha @Izzo…no, not *everything* posted will be in video form! =)
Jun.30 at 4:05 pm
Ryne Nelson says:
@Ryan - Not only do we both hate Michigan…so ‘banning’ would never cross my mind. Eboy, on the other hand…
Jun.30 at 4:05 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
Thank you everyone for the kind words. You’ll do great Ryne. I first started doing a lot of work on the site when Lang was in the hospital for a week. Glad I didn’t have to go that route!
Jun.30 at 4:07 pm
H to the izzo says:
Ryne:First order of business:have Jukai eliminated.
Jun.30 at 4:09 pm
TADOne says:
FTH. Go Blue!
Jun.30 at 4:10 pm
Eboy says:
Cute Rynocerous.
Jun.30 at 4:15 pm
ber says:
i’m not a regular commenter, but i’ve been a long time reader and just want to say you’re going to be missed, sam!
Jun.30 at 4:20 pm
Richie says:
Thanks for everything Sam! Sorry to see you go. You were my definitely my favorite online writer since i started visiting this site 2 years ago. I’m especially going to miss the Giants postings and the random thoughts that make this site what it is.
Jun.30 at 4:27 pm
Lang Whitaker says:
I can’t wait until Sam actually starts teaching a class and he invites me in to speak to the kids so I can say something inappropriate and get him in trouble.
Jun.30 at 4:39 pm
Cheryl says:
Damn, Sam. I’ma miss you, man. I remember when you were the “Sam the intern”, and I wondered if you would be as entertaining as Lang. Well, you were and I’ve enjoyed everything you’ve put out there on this site and in the Mag. My favorite was your recounting of the cab ride from hell in Vegas. that was some funny sh!t that had me in tears. I’m sure you’ll love grad school, and the teaching part will be rewarding as well. don’t let Jones tell you anything different. Good luck, Sam. And keep stopping by.
Jun.30 at 4:40 pm
t-rocc says:
Sam! I wish you the best in the future, but damn - I hope you continue to contribute to Slamonline from time to time. I remember you coming in as an intern, fer chrissake! Really, I hope you show up with a piece on here once in a while, because I’ve really enjoyed your style. Over the years, both you and Lang have written many things that have had me LOL’ing, as the kids say. You guys made a great team. Maybe a Madden Bowl write-up for old times’ sake? Anyway - for real, man. My best to you, and thank you for the past few years.
Jun.30 at 4:41 pm
Lang Whitaker says:
And BTW, I have officially challenged Sam to a final SLAM Bowl before he leaves.
Jun.30 at 4:41 pm
Keith says:
Ha…nice one Lang.
Congratulations Sam..word of advice - hitting unruly schoolkids is still acceptable.
Jun.30 at 4:43 pm
albie1kenobi says:
i remember the times Sam held down the old version of the Links when Lang was on leave. especially loved those Madden recaps. they were hilarious. drop by sometimes and comment on the boards aight? good luck with grad school. i expect one of your future required “in-class reading” for your class to be Lost or The Wire.
Jun.30 at 4:44 pm
albie1kenobi says:
right, they were called SLAM Bowls. how did i forget?
Jun.30 at 4:47 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
Yes there will be one final SLAM Bowl. Here’s how much things have changed in my time here… last time we played SLAM Bowls, Mike Vick was the best player in the game and Eli Manning was not a grand champion. Now THAT is a different world.
Jun.30 at 4:48 pm
namik says:
End of an era. A great one at that. I was here for the start and sadly for the end. He’ll be here like Ryan though.
Jun.30 at 4:55 pm
Keith says:
And not forgetting, Conratulations to Ryne!
Jun.30 at 4:56 pm
L.I. Scott says:
What’s wrong with a little snack on OUR time Mr. Rubenstein? Lots of luck Sam…Just don’t take a job on Long Island until my kids are out of school!
Jun.30 at 4:58 pm
poohbiz says:
any chance you’ll come out to Colorado and teach?
but good luck to sam
and welcome to ryne
Jun.30 at 5:08 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
The Mr. Met hanging himself shot will never get old. Best of luck with that “real world” place.
Jun.30 at 5:09 pm
Adrian says:
Best of luck Sam, congrats to Ryne.
Jun.30 at 5:15 pm
peteb80 says:
Thank you for all the fun, Sam.
Jun.30 at 5:29 pm
Double R says:
Hey Ryan I went to a library recently and I looked up your LeBron book in their index. No such luck. Is amazon the only place I can read the book?
Jun.30 at 5:33 pm
John D says:
Nooooooo say it ain’t so Sam! At least post in the comments sections sometimes. Good luck with everything in the future.
Jun.30 at 5:37 pm
Double R says:
Oh and Ryan I love that the book starts at “$0.01.”
Jun.30 at 5:46 pm
Sparker says:
the foot race, the stolen car, the giants love, the girlfriend moving in, the hilarious day after recaps (which made me log onto to slam first thing in the morning instead of at 4 in the afternoon)… it’s all been pretty memorable. good luck and thanks for the laughs and good times
Jun.30 at 5:50 pm
Ben Osborne says:
Fitting that Sam’s goodbye post would make me laugh out loud. Most of his have over the years. Don’t worry, though, with me teaming with Lang and Ryne to do the harrassing, Sam will continue to contribute to the site.
Jun.30 at 5:52 pm
Tommy Patron says:
Best wishes, Sam. Happy to see some Chicagoland love coming up, as well, though I have to mention that another Parker that could get down (at hoops AND volleyball) came out of Naperville Central. Maybe 3rd best? Lake Park, ‘92!
Jun.30 at 5:52 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
Sam luh da kids…
Jun.30 at 6:14 pm
Chou says:
Good luck with teaching kids, Sam. Drop by every now and then. And thanks for all the fun stuff you put up.
Jun.30 at 6:32 pm
BETCATS says:
i was wondering where Ryne was at. Congrats
Jun.30 at 6:50 pm
Joel O's says:
Wow. Congrats on getting into grad school, Sam. Thanks so much for being such a big part of making Slamonline what it is today. All the best!
Jun.30 at 6:54 pm
J.B says:
bye sam,
we’ll miss you.
Jun.30 at 7:05 pm
Ang says:
don’t leave us! i remember when you were still “Sam the Intern.”
Jun.30 at 10:16 pm
Lz - Cphfinest3 says:
Thanks a lot Sam, Welcome a lot Ryne.
Jun.30 at 10:30 pm
Brandon Hoffman says:
Congratulations Ryne! SLAMonline is in great hands.
Jun.30 at 11:37 pm
NZ Baller says:
Dam, I remember Lang’s lil intro when you first came on board. Best of luck bro
Jun.30 at 11:38 pm
Sanchez says:
Thanks for the ride Sam, we’ll miss your daily columns! And congratulations Ryne, I think we’re good hands with you at the virtual helm. Also, a more than moderate start by you sir!
Jun.30 at 11:41 pm
People's Princess says:
Best of luck,Sam.And hail the Rynocerous..
Jun.30 at 11:57 pm
Karma says:
Sam man, I’ve been reading the Links for a couple of years now, and I remember you just starting off as an intern. I’m not exactly sure the circumstances of you wanting to leave what seems like a great job at SLAM, but if it is your destiny to teach English, then I am quite happy for you. You were by FARRRR my favourite writer on this website. I will miss your writings man; do drop some guest posts from time to time, your humour will be much appreciated. Take care bro, good luck with everything in life.
Jul.1 at 12:13 am
Young Chris MP3 says:
No more SamOnline? Sam’s the man though… I’m actually looking at a one-year grad-school program to become an English teacher… Best of luck Sam. Don’t be a stranger.
Jul.1 at 12:20 am
Young Chris MP3 says:
LOL @ “Sam the intern,” which is how we all knew u back then (in reference to Karma’s first sentence)
Jul.1 at 1:45 am
Jeff of InsideHoops says:
All the best, Sam
Jul.1 at 3:01 am
Alan says:
Bonzi Wells?!?!? what are you smoking?
Jul.1 at 4:14 am
Tuomas says:
Damn, four years already? Best of luck on your next stop Sam. I won’t be wishing for you to contribute, since you obviously won’t be able to resist temptation anyway. On a side note, Eboy going all touchy-feely is pretty weird.
Jul.1 at 5:40 am
SCHW says:
Oh man…It is like it was yesterday that Lang introduced Sam on the Links and now this…good luck Sam in your new proffession and you will be missed… [just pull a jordan and come back in a year or two;)]
Jul.1 at 5:40 am
floe says:
Sam I just have two parting words for you.. I LOVE YOU MAN>
Jul.1 at 6:45 am
Slobodan Chutzpah says:
So does this mean that, Like Mr Jones, from here on end Sam will be responsible for about half of the comments on these boards..? Best of luck, dude.
Jul.1 at 6:55 am
b55 says:
shiiiieeeet
good luck dealing with little monsters though
Jul.1 at 7:20 am
Tariq says:
Sam: From Sam the Intern to Sam the Online Editor to Sam the Grad Student. My how time passes. Next step: Sam the Grand Wizard. You will be missed, but don’t stay away too much! You at least have to give us detailed reviews of every new God of War that comes out.
Jul.1 at 7:48 am
Blinguo says:
Good luck on your future teaching career Sam, the same thing Doug E. Doug seems to be doing now as well. Dave Zirin’s wife too, and thousands of other underpaid saints.
Jul.1 at 8:17 am
Gerard Himself says:
Good luck Sam! Thanks for eveything, will check out the blog!
Jul.1 at 9:15 am
riggs says:
im sad but happy cause ryne is taking your place
holy crap this is like when bodie got killed
Jul.1 at 10:05 am
J$ says:
Congrats on getting into grad school! But I’m ready for the new era. Look what Ryne could do with Odenized in four months! I went to Naperville Central and was a sophmore when he was a senior and he was by far and away the best writer on our nationally ranked #1 newspaper staff. I don’t know about y’all but i’m ready to see what he can do.
Jul.1 at 10:40 am
Clockwork says:
Sad sad day…but still congrats Sam! Wish you all the best. Thanks for your great and hilarious writing over these four years.
And hello Ryne. Entertain us!
Jul.1 at 10:47 am
Bryan says:
. Good luck man.
Damn that was unexpected.No more heroes talk
Jul.1 at 12:13 pm
John Bradley says:
You had been find a night job. Teaching is the only profession where you would teaching until your 75 and never make your age. good luck
jcb
Jul.1 at 12:14 pm
underdog says:
Wish you all the best man.
Jul.1 at 12:44 pm
Kene says:
Dang, that kinda sucks (for us), but I’m really happy for you. Sam the Intern, he of the quick wit and surprisingly fleet feet, is leaving us. Drat. Take care man, all the best in all your future endeavours. @Ryne:…congratulations. I’m sure you’ll keep the site just as fresh as its always been.
Jul.1 at 1:18 pm
jbn74sb says:
To paraphrase Sam on old school slamonline: “The Intern don’t want none with The Intern.”
Jul.1 at 1:26 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
HA! That is old school, like from my first week of filling in for Lang. But thanks everyone, you are too kind.
One not so fun factoid of my time here, in 4 years one of the perks of the job was going to be able to go see Knicks playoff games at MSG. There were 2 of those since I started, and that was within the first few months. But I and Mike D’antoni have hopefully removed the curse.
Jul.1 at 4:08 pm
Matt Caputo says:
Don’t Go Sam!
Jul.1 at 4:44 pm
Deuce21 says:
Good luck Sam with your studies and thank you for your fantastic work on this site over the years. You and Lang are the best things on here. All the best from Brisbane, Australia!
Jul.1 at 11:47 pm
SLAM ONLINE | » Links: Welcome to L.A., Baron Davis! says:
[…] • By now you’ve hopefully had a chance to read Sam’s big news, and I just want to publicly wish him the best. Privately, though, we’ve got issues… […]
Jul.2 at 12:00 am
Dacre says:
Thanks Sam.
And welcome Ryan.
Jul.2 at 2:48 am
John Carriere says:
Hey Sam
Thanks for the entertaining writing over the years and for replying to emails and comments super fast. Best of luck and Poutine.
Jul.2 at 5:27 am
KA says:
sam is going all dangerous minds on us! ive been with the links since day one (which actually effectively made me stop buying paper slam), see you on the other side, brah!
Jul.2 at 8:34 am
mrkoenz says:
Good luck in the classroom!
Jul.2 at 9:07 am
Froggiestyle says:
As a former teacher myself, youz gunna has lodez uv phun!!! Oh man to see the look on your face after the first day / first week of class - bwahahahahahahaha I can’t stop. Yeah it’s a way worthwhile thing to do but strength patience and power to you my bruthu - you gon need it
Oh man, cuz of that title I never read this till now. Wow. I’m almost speechless. I gotta say bwaahahahahahahaa to you Sameroo!
Jul.2 at 9:08 am
Froggiestyle says:
PS. you’re not a hot blond (they get a pass), so don’t bang any kids (just kiddingggggg)
Jul.2 at 1:21 pm
miggy says:
sam! you (your writing) will be missed!
Jul.3 at 3:11 am
Kevin says:
sounds exciting, all the best in your future work Sam..
Jul.3 at 3:12 am
Kevin says:
PS. that mos def IS a strong introduction, i didn’t know all that about Ryne..
Jul.3 at 10:09 am
el-bot says:
good work Sam
good luck Ryne love the moderates list
Jul.3 at 11:08 am
Pascal says:
Damn, no more GPS Sam? How are we going to find some Mickey Ds during our famous road trip? All the best Sam or as we say in France : Merde pour la suite garçon !!
Jul.3 at 2:36 pm
Cub Buenning says:
The old website is classic. LINKS with game recounts occasionally sprinkled in. Sam, the “reverse-Cub” going the writer-to-teacher route.
Few tips:
be cool to the kids, but not that cool, you gotta be a jerk at some points just about every day. wear sneakers every day, dress shoes are for the birds. buenas suerte, Sam.
Jul.3 at 3:42 pm
Both Teams Played Hard says:
Good luck, dude. Fun Fact: My moderate activity is grad school.
Jul.6 at 3:14 am
snyper48 says:
I know Im late,had a terrible week and now this.But it’s cool,we have to move up in life.I cant lie,I was jealous of you whe you got the “Intern” spot but damn you were solid,not for your Dipset affiliation.We’ll miss you Sam “The Intern”.
Jul.28 at 4:18 pm
Exclusive Interview With Ryne Nelson [MINOR CHANGE, READY] | Hoops Addict says:
[…] The big news within the online basketball community this summer has been Ryne Nelson’s meteoric rise from blogger to Online Editor of Slam Magazine. This weekend Ryne took some time to talk with me about his background as a broadcast journalism major, the story behind why he started the highly successful blog Odenized and how he was able to parlay that into his new gig with Slam. […]
Sep.16 at 11:30 pm
Yowza says:
Ryne - a writer - ha and hardy har !