Pittsburgh Media Thread: Your kids wouldn't want you posting in this thread

[billybudd]

Rossi still writing for the Uzbek ministry of the interior? unctubekov.com or w/e the **** it was?

 

[Shrimper]

Some rubbish called Upgruv.

 

[Joejosh999]

So Rossi left Trib? And WTH is upgruv ??

 

[DegenX]

I think Upgruv is Trib content. IIRC it's their attempt to connect with whatever generation is currently being marketed to.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I think Upgruv is Trib content. IIRC it's their attempt to connect with whatever generation is currently being marketed to.

I think the Trib's target audience with this venture is people in late 90s sports drink commercials.

 

[DegenX]

I think the Trib's target audience with this venture is people in late 90s sports drink commercials.

Probably I've never checked it out. I remember when it first launched someone saying Reddit had banned links to it or something involving banning ... that right there indicated a whole level of awful I wanted no part of

 

[Winger for Hire]

Upgruv sounds like the British version of the "Updog" joke.

Do you have any Upgruv?

What's Upgruv?

Not much. What's up with you?

 

[Mr. T]

Outside of a few Bombulie articles, I haven't clicked a Trib link in a long time. But I feel compelled to see how much of a train-wreck upgruv is.

For those who don't want to click, I'll be your sin-eater.

- This site is basically yinzer-Buzzfeed authored by people that think they're sassy and clever.
- It has "funny" headlines like 'Guess She Got the Picture' for a story about a dad that beat his daughter for sending nude pictures and 'Why's Little Billy so Happy?' about heroin that was left near a small child's sippy cup.
- "Out of This World: Does August Wilson's ghost make an appearance in Fences?"
- "Rossi Takes Plunge for Special Olympians"
- "Nine Reasons Miami Sucks"

Reason 9: You Only Borrowed Dan Marino
Let's make one thing perfectly clear: Dan Marino is a Pittsburgher. It's where you're from, not where you're at (n'at). And Marino is from up here. And, never forget that before he retired, Danny considered playing a final NFL season with his favorite team. That would be the Steelers.

About Us:

upgruv - (up•groove) - A personalized content service aimed at busy professionals that offers a mix of trending news from western Pennsylvania and beyond.



We get it. You're busy. You want to know what's going on but you don't want to visit a dozen different websites.

We'll scour the web so you don't have to. We'll find the most interesting stuff — from serious to ridiculous, shocking to awe-inspiring — to help you start the conversation.

But that's not all! We invite you to join our conversation. Come on in and stay awhile. Post your photos, comment and share.

After all, we hope to be "One of Pittsburgh's Great Websites." Or at least that's what our Mom tells us.

We're snarky.

Unguarded.

Sometimes racy.

You get it. Trending news is all the talk. And Upgruv wants to start the conversation.

That's enough for me. This site is repetitive, stupid and amateurish beyond belief. I'm off to rub lye in my eyes now.

 

[Ogrezilla]

 

[Fordy]

that is truly baffling. who could it possibly appeal to

 

[Winger for Hire]

that is truly baffling. who could it possibly appeal to

Busy professionals. Can't you read?

 

[Sideline]

Snarky is a great word. People who think it's a good quality are happy to advertise themselves as such while being the exact sort of people I want to avoid. There is a scarcity of sincerity in modern culture.

 

[Gunnar Staal]

Snarky is only used by pseudo-intellectual hipsters that believe they are God's gift to the pen and quill. It truly translates into "I am an insufferable douchenozzle that hasn't developed humility or tact".

This looks like it was written by a 40 year-old PR agent trying to be hip and edgy for all of those Millenial people.

And Dan Marino was on the fringes of signing with the Vikings. Get it right.

 

[MrBurghundy]

Snarky is only used by pseudo-intellectual hipsters that believe they are God's gift to the pen and quill. It truly translates into "I am an insufferable douchenozzle that hasn't developed humility or tact".

This looks like it was written by a 40 year-old PR agent trying to be hip and edgy for all of those Millenial people.

And Dan Marino was on the fringes of signing with the Vikings. Get it right.

I doubt "getting it right" is something that goes through their minds at all.

 

[Harv]

written by a 40 year-old trying to be hip and edgy for all of those Millenial people.

You just described this guy:

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Outside of a few Bombulie articles, I haven't clicked a Trib link in a long time. But I feel compelled to see how much of a train-wreck upgruv is.

For those who don't want to click, I'll be your sin-eater.

- This site is basically yinzer-Buzzfeed authored by people that think they're sassy and clever.
- It has "funny" headlines like 'Guess She Got the Picture' for a story about a dad that beat his daughter for sending nude pictures and 'Why's Little Billy so Happy?' about heroin that was left near a small child's sippy cup.
- "Out of This World: Does August Wilson's ghost make an appearance in Fences?"
- "Rossi Takes Plunge for Special Olympians"
- "Nine Reasons Miami Sucks"



About Us:



That's enough for me. This site is repetitive, stupid and amateurish beyond belief. I'm off to rub lye in my eyes now.

This is absolutely horrific. Oh my god.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

- It has "funny" headlines like 'Guess She Got the Picture' for a story about a dad that beat his daughter for sending nude pictures

What the hell is there to be "snarky" about here? This is awful.

 

[Winger for Hire]

What the hell is there to be "snarky" about here? This is awful.

The fact that there wasn't any outrage over this leads me to believe no one read or saw it.

 

[Mr. T]

Snarky is only used by pseudo-intellectual hipsters that believe they are God's gift to the pen and quill. It truly translates into "I am an insufferable douchenozzle that hasn't developed humility or tact".

This looks like it was written by a 40 year-old PR agent trying to be hip and edgy for all of those Millenial people.

And Dan Marino was on the fringes of signing with the Vikings. Get it right.

I think their target audience is more lowbrow, low-skill white collar types that read fake news and wear too much Axe body spray.

 

[HandshakeLine]

You just described this guy:

It must be a law that mediocre NA sports journalists need to grow a bloatee. Do not brook the bloatee.

 

[Winger for Hire]

Wait... is he wearing an Iverson shooting sleeve??

 

[HandshakeLine]

Wait... is he wearing an Iverson shooting sleeve??

It tested well in the focus group.

 

[Don'tcry4mejanhrdina]

Wait... is he wearing an Iverson shooting sleeve??

Probably tommy copper for his tennis elbow. I'm sure there's tons of repetitive motion in that arm....

 

[SwordofStMichael]

DK Sports Radio, interviews with Penguins 2009 Stanley Cup Alumni

Crosby & Fleury
https://soundcloud.com/dkpittsburghsports/interview-benz-crosby-and-fleury-on-2009-stanley-cup

Ruslan Fedotenko
https://soundcloud.com/dkpittsburghsports/interview-benz-fedotenko-on-2009-stanley-cup

Hal Gill
https://soundcloud.com/dkpittsburghsports/interview-benz-with-hal-gill-on-2009-cup

Matt Cooke
https://soundcloud.com/dkpittsburghsports/interview-benz-matt-cooke-on-2009-cup

Craig Adams
https://soundcloud.com/dkpittsburghsports/interview-benz-craig-adams-on-2009-cup

 

[SwordofStMichael]

DK Sports Radio, interview with Robert Morris University Hockey goalie Francis Marotte
This is actually a really good interview, talks about development of youth goalies

https://soundcloud.com/dkpittsburghsports/benz-francis-marotte-interview