Recently sports blogs have been highly scrutinized by the likes of ESPN, Buzz Bissinger, Bob Costas and many other "real" journalists. Some of their main complaints has been that blogs are malicious, gossipy and vulgar which a lot of them are (including this one). They feel that regular fans shouldn't have the right to post their opinions without formal training despite the fact that in America we have rights like freedom of speech and freedom of press. So as a result they've taken some strong stands against blogs and the sad part is that a lot of blogs are feeling the pressure and folding.