Tinderbox: Sellout!

It looks like Operation Sellout was a huge success—the Lions have announced they’ve already sold out Sunday’s game against the Jets, without the help of an extension!  Admittedly, I have no idea how many tickets were snapped up by TLiW readers who weren’t going anyway—but if even one of you out there was inspired to purchase tickets by yesterday’s post, I deeply, deeply thank you.  I cannot wait for Sunday!

If you missed The Knee Jerks on Monday night, Greg and Big Al were kind enough to have me on as a guest!  I talked about the Lions, what inspired me to start the blog, and we also went a little bit meta about blogging, online sports reporting, and where people are going to get their sports news.  I had a ton of fun—and as always, wish I had more time!  Greg, if you don’t recall, kicked off Barry Week with his awesome contribution.

Finally, crucial thank Big Al, Zac at the Sidelion Report, and Phil at Mlive.com for helping spread the word about Operation Sellout.  I can’t say how proud I am of this fanbase that they put their money where their heart is.  The world is going to get its best look yet at just how big the bonfire’s gotten!

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Broadcast Gig: Guest Hosting The Knee Jerks!

Besides this Sunday night’s Fireside Chat, I’ll be again be attempting to fill in for Greg Eno in his and Big Al’s internet radio show, The Knee Jerks!  The show will be on at its usual Monday night time slot, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.  I’ll be on during the show’s second hour, talking Lions with one of my favorite Lions bloggers—the aforementioned Big Al, from The Wayne Fontes Experience.  Hope you folks tune in!

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Tinderbox: Fireside Chat Lions Podcast Options

For those of you who have—or have not—been listening to the Fireside Chat podcast, there’s now a veritable cornucopia of ways to follow it:

• First, just click the "Podcast" tab on the linkbar beneath the main banner.  It'll take you to a page where the live stream window is permanently embedded—and a couple all-time favorite episodes are highlighted, too.
• Second, you can go to the Ustream Fireside Chat homepage, which includes all the groovy chat windows, schedule, archives, etc.  This is the best way to follow the show with all the bells and whistles—including interacting with me during the chat.
• Thirdly, you can open up iTunes, go to “Advanced -> Subscribe to Podcast”, and paste  in the URL for the episodes’ RSS feed:
  

  http://feeds.feedburner.com/thelionsinwinterfiresidechat

The Fireside Chat is currently being reviewed by Apple for inclusion in the iTunes store, but that method will subscribe you whether Steve approves of me or not! As for non-podcast content, more is coming soon.  I’ve been burning the midnight oil on the famous CBA post; my hard drive creaks and groans under its mighty weight.

As for news, it looks like we'll know a lot more about how close Louis Delmas is very soon, as he may play against Cleveland--and we'll see if he'll practice Monday.  Calvin Johnson tweaked his ankle today, but it looks like it’s not serious.  However, Jason Fox’s knee may have led to the Lions’ latest roster move: a claim of just-waived Giants OT Cliff Louis.  In Tom Kowalski’s words:

Lions' right tackle position getting interesting

Michael Schottey dug up a nice little scouting report on Cliff Louis from back in ‘07.  Obviously, Louis hasn’t yet hit that upside, but he clearly was on the Lions’ scouts’ radar all this time.  Is IR coming for Jason Fox?  We’ll see . . .

That reminds me of one last multimedia-related note: Michael Schottey was the guest on The Knee Jerks last night!  Three of my favorite Lions writers all talking Lions; great stuff.  Pop on over to The Knee Jerks to check it out.

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Broadcast GIG: Guest Hosting The Knee Jerks!

Those of you who’ve been reading for a while know I’m a big fan of “Big” Al Beaton, of The Wayne Fontes Experience, and Greg Eno, sports journalist/blogger, and their mutual podcast/internet radio show, The Knee Jerks.  Well, Greg has to take a week off, so I’m going to do my best to help fill in.

The show goes from 7:00-9:00, and I advise you to check out the whole thing, but I’ll be co-hosting the second hour, from 8:00-9:00.  Plenty of Lions, Tigers, and Detroit sports talk will be on tap, so listen in at www.thekneejerks.com!

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