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Monday, August 9
Offseason Transactions
It's an old story in sports: hired gun bounces from team to team, always seeking "respect" (money), leaving behind the fans who've grown to love him.
Yes, Paul Lukas has packed his bags and decamped from... Slate to ESPN.com. His "Uni Watch" fashion column will now reside exclusively on ESPN's Page 2 - at least until he gets a better offer! (Note: I don't actually have anything against Lukas. More power to you, Paul.)
This is actually Uni Watch's second move, from the Village Voice (archive) to Slate (archive). What's next, Paul? Steinbrenner.com?
Shockingly enough, this isn't the first time a sports column has jumped ship. Gregg Easterbrook's Tuesday Morning Quarterback started out at Slate before moving briefly to ESPN.com (briefly because Easterbrook, not and anti-Semite, posted some criticisms of Jewish studio heads, which apparently ticked off his ultimate boss, Jewish studio head Michael Eisner). From there he moved to a temporary home at Football Outsiders before eventually landing at NFL.com.
To me, this is as bizarre as if the Daily Show started giving Andy Rooney a few minutes - and not to heckle him, MST3000 style. Writers change jobs all the time, but taking their columns with them? On the other hand, the technology that makes this possible also means that we can still read them wherever they go on the Internet. It ain't like Randy Galloway jumping to the Dallas Morning News.
