November 4, 2003
TMQ Thanks the "little read book"
This morning, after voting, I came into work, checked my email and to my surprise, I had an email from a "geasterbrook." With my curiosity piqued, I opened this email first. It was from none other than Gregg Easterbrook - TMQ himself!
The email:
| Dear Tien,
Many thanks for archiving the TMQs -- I was starting to wonder how I myself would ever get them, until I realized you had done this. You have no legal worries. My ESPN contract says that on termination the rights revert to me, and I'm definitely terminated. Send me a mailing address and I will send you one of the last Slate-era TMQ baseball caps. Let me know if you want it signed. It's really nice of you to have saved all these from the scrapheap of history. Best, Gregg Easterbrook |
I've posted plenty about this, but if you didn't know, Easterbrook lost his job at ESPN.com about a month ago over some things he wrote on his blog on The New Republic site. I then archived all his old ESPN columns on my site as a service to his fans, many of which appreciated the efforts. Good to know that Easterbrook also liked the thought. It's also good to know that I will not be getting sued by Disney.
- The original TMQ controversy.
- The TMQ archives.
Posted by tien mao in TMQ at 11:05 AM
Frank: Thanks Tien Mao!... {read on}