Sports By Brooks pointed this out earlier, but it bears repeating: This might have been the first Super Bowl with any interesting news almost entirely reported by blog. And it's not a matter of "indie" bloggers coming in to take the piss out of everybody either.

As SBB mentions, Chris Mottram of The Sporting Blog, Mark Mosely of ESPN's Hashmarks, Michael David Smith of Fanhouse, MJD over at Yahoo and Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog changed the way the game was covered in the last week. In the biggest media event on the sports calendar, nearly every paper in the country was outdated the second it hit newstands. It was impressive to watch; even with nothing — AT ALL — going on, these guys had everybody covered in every direction. It was a fun thing for us to witness while we were writing TSN columns, scribbling Times tracts and, of course, watching the Berman video over and over.

Imagine if they could focus all those energies into something, you know, interesting. Would be something to watch.

5:10 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Leitch
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Gourmet Spud at 05:17 PM on 02/04/08
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Well hello there, Liberty...
$Image of What Would Kornheiser Do? Presented by Larsen\'s Biscuits$ What Would Kornheiser... at 05:18 PM on 02/04/08
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Give me Liberty....

Now give me head....
44 in a Row at 05:19 PM on 02/04/08
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Yeah, that Leitch guy wrote some pretty good columns.
Yostal at 05:20 PM on 02/04/08
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@44 in a Row: Seriously, Will's columns were top notch to anyone who did not take the time to look them over. His longing for the early 1990s was a very good column on a number of levels.
Tobias Funke at 05:21 PM on 02/04/08
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Where's the Circle Jerk tag?

/seriously though, great work by all!
Chicago Jones at 05:22 PM on 02/04/08
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@44 in a Row: for a MSM writer.
racistmascot_inc at 05:22 PM on 02/04/08
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Next up on "Blogosphere": The internet's top minds combine to write 30 articles about a hummingbird in flight.
DumpsterDining at 05:22 PM on 02/04/08
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I could have swore I spent the better part of last week reading things about some book that's coming out.
Brazil Thrill at 05:22 PM on 02/04/08
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Viva La Revolución!
Rozelle’s Bagman at 05:23 PM on 02/04/08
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Bloggers are french women?
Dany Heatley Speedwagon at 05:24 PM on 02/04/08
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Still could have used The Balls.

There... I said it.
HugsFromHarold at 05:24 PM on 02/04/08
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Liberty is a lot better Looking than Lady Victory USA.
Kid Canada - R.I.P. at 05:25 PM on 02/04/08
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QUITE FRANKLY I AM OFFENDED THAT MY OWN ONLINE BLOG WAS NOT SINGLED OUT FOR ITS MAGNIFICENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD OF JOURNALISM DURING THE SUPER BOWL FESTIVE OCCASION.
Dan Daoust at 05:25 PM on 02/04/08
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I'll bet she's waiting on my fingers.
Tobias Funke at 05:26 PM on 02/04/08
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I CAN'T FOCUS WITH ALL YOU BLOGGERS TYPING and POSTING! I mean...JESUS CHRIST. Can't you settle down for just a minute?!!? JESUS CHRIST

/sips Diet Coke
Carlton_Whitfield at 05:26 PM on 02/04/08
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This week was like Wilbon's apocalypse.
racistmascot_inc at 05:26 PM on 02/04/08
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@Dan Daoust:

She's doing more than waiting on my fingers.
Jefferson Short Bus at 05:27 PM on 02/04/08
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I'm saluting Liberty right back.

What? She's not real?!?
The Fan’s Attic at 05:27 PM on 02/04/08
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@Dan Daoust: The real question is how many she waits for.
Brazil Thrill at 05:28 PM on 02/04/08
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@Dan Daoust: You better get there fast. Judging by the position of her left arm, she's already started by herself.
Raskolnikov at 05:29 PM on 02/04/08
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Will Leitch gives blogging and journalism a 6.8 out of 10.
Yostal at 05:29 PM on 02/04/08
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@Jefferson Short Bus: Worse, she is real, but is probably like in her early 80s by now.
Weed Against Speed at 05:33 PM on 02/04/08
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@Yostal: She is much more likely to be doing the Chattanooga Poo Poo at this point.
Gourmet Spud at 05:34 PM on 02/04/08
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@Weed Against Speed:

Outstanding.
Ladies love Fennis at 05:34 PM on 02/04/08
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I wonder if she's a Wichita State fan?
BubbaCJ24 at 05:36 PM on 02/04/08
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@Ladies Love Fennis: Not in that picture, unless she has some extraordinary long fingers.
Lady Andrea at 05:37 PM on 02/04/08
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All this salivating over Liberty is frightening. She looks like one of those creepy Campbell's Soup kids!
Brazil Thrill at 05:38 PM on 02/04/08
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@Ladies Love Fennis: That would be a shocker.
Jefferson Short Bus at 05:39 PM on 02/04/08
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@Weed Against Speed: You cannot stop Weed, you can only hope to contain him. +1
Gourmet Spud at 05:41 PM on 02/04/08
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@Lady Andrea:

More like a Cabbage Patch Kid. Who, not surprisingly, featured prominently in most guys' sexual awakenings.

Am I right, guys? Guys?
Matt_T at 05:43 PM on 02/04/08
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MJD's work was fantastic. Especially the Superbowl Smorgasboard.
Wyshynski at 05:43 PM on 02/04/08
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Sorry, I just don't see this "blogging" as anything more than a passing fad.

/BETAMAX
Suss-- at 05:46 PM on 02/04/08
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No other Super Bowl live blog quite captured the essence of the game from the perspective of my living room quite like Deadspin's live blog.
twoeightnine at 05:46 PM on 02/04/08
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Mottram's Stalkerazzi pics and Steinberg's athletic prowess video were easily the highlights of the week. Well up until the Patriots choked.
twoeightnine at 05:52 PM on 02/04/08
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Forgot about MJD's work, he was just on a different level that I no longer consider him one of us.
blackheartededitor at 06:04 PM on 02/04/08
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@Gourmet Spud: Only the premies.
/gets carted away in handcuffs
HearsMusic at 09:45 PM on 02/04/08
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Mottram's "Stalking the Super Bowl" photo essays were priceless.

My favorite, however, is Carson Palmer stalking Mottram.