Welcome To SB Nation Atlanta

by gondeee • Jun 23, 2010 10:00 PM EDT

There's an old saying, "it's no fun living in a one-horse town," and if by chance I just made that up, then there should be a saying like that because it applies perfectly to what Atlanta sports fans have dealt with for the past 18 years. Since the two big Atlanta papers merged we've had one voice and one opinion for all of our sports stories ... but not anymore.

SB Nation Atlanta may not report the news, but we certainly have opinions on the news, quite often opinions that help you understand the news better. We can cut through the newspaper headline fluff and give you the guts of the story better than anyone. While this has existed for years here at SB Nation on the local team blogs, we're bringing it all to one place with SB Nation Atlanta.

We'll take breaking news and major stories and put them into Story Streams that you can follow. Read the entire history of a story all in one place. We've brought together the best team of amateur sports bloggers in Atlanta, who will bring you funny and insightful feature articles to help you waste more time at your job situation. We're combining the great tech of SB Nation and the passion we have for our Atlanta sports teams to bring you a daily destination where you can read about all things related to Atlanta (and Georgia) sports.

There is also a blog component on the site, named after the wonderful fair weather fans of the city. FairWeather Report will bring a personal touch to the site with quick commentary and reaction on the latest Atlanta sports stories.

Have a look around, jump into a post and sign up for the site, comment on our work and let us know what you think ... and of course, bookmark us and check back every day for the latest and greatest. Until then, Go Braves, Go Falcons, Go Hawks, Go Thrashers, Go Jackets, and Gooooo Dawgs!

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Comments

WTH?

I can’t believe you wrote “Go Jackets”. You might as well have pissed on Grizzard’s grave.

But good luck with this little blog thing. See you tomorrow night.

by russellsauve on Jun 24, 2010 2:03 AM EDT reply actions

The name of this blog

I know it’s tongue-in-cheek, but really?

As if the die-hard Atlanta sports fans don’t already have to put up with enough from folks from elsewhere. Way to reinforce negative stereotypes.

by Hobnail_Boot on Jun 24, 2010 4:55 AM EDT reply actions

Self deprecating humor. If you can’t laugh at yourself…

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by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 24, 2010 7:29 AM EDT up reply actions

I feel like it’s a bit of therapy to tell people, “it’s okay to be a fair weather fan, come to this site and we’ll get over that together.”

by gondeee on Jun 24, 2010 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions

ATL's full of transplants

And it’s also probably subjective to what your personal definition of “fairweather” is. It’s okay to remain fans of the teams you grew up rooting for, but at the same time it’s hard to not get caught up with the local teams sometimes. I grew up in Northern Virginia, so I have ties to the Washington Redskins, ~~Bullets~~ Wizards, and Virginia Tech; I’m not the biggest fan of the Bulldogs, Yellow Jackets, or Thrashers, but the Hawks and Falcons have grown on me, and as long as they’re not playing my old teams, I root for them – fairweather.

But I love the Braves, and quite frankly, as much as I gripe about it, I love living in Atlanta, so I have no problem co-mingling with my fellow city mates, regardless. Good sports discussion is good sports discussion, regardless of the allegiances.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jun 24, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

I love it.

The knock against Atlanta is that we’re from all over, and that there’s so much to do here besides just sports. Let’s embrace both of those things. We’re the melting pot’s melting pot. As every one of our six major teams/programs continues to trend upward, attendance will follow.

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by Jason Kirk on Jun 24, 2010 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions

So we're talking about theft

“We may not report the news but we certainly have opinions about it.”

In other words “We’re not going to shell out the bucks to hire an actual reporter. We’re going to take the news the AJC reports and comment on it and act like we’re better than them.”

What joke, intellectual property theft and dishonest to boot.

by Mike Andrews on Jun 24, 2010 11:55 AM EDT reply actions

I wonder if you understand the concept of a blog.

by Bronn Tallant on Jun 24, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions

So what you’re saying is that anytime a news organization breaks a story ONLY they can ever talk about it or write anything else about it? No one else is allowed to even breathe a word about because that would be stealing? If that’s the case, why even publish anything, just hoard it and keep it for yourself.

Don’t you think that if more people are talking about a story then more people are going to read the original story?

by gondeee on Jun 24, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

We may not adhere to the highest journalistic standards here

But the good thing about what we’re doing is that we’re reporting where the news came from, we’re not taking credit for it, we’re providing links to the original stories, and we’re providing a twitter feed so that people can see the exact news we’re following as it’s updating. The only thing we’re offering and taking proprietary credit for are the singular opinions we express on this site.

We’re also promoting other sites and writers who are doing much the same thing, rather than attempting to take over an exclusive role. What we’re doing is the exact opposite of “theft.”

by Bronn Tallant on Jun 24, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

That's certainly a conclusion a person could come to, if they were emboldened to comment despite being unfamiliar with many things about the world, life, and reality.

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by Jason Kirk on Jun 24, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Blogs, for the most part, are not traditional media

I’m a reporter by day and I do this “blogging” thing by night. I think for most SB Nation sites, it’s about providing a community and a place for fans to gather and trade opinions. Occasionally we may break news, but most of us have never worked in the newspaper, television or radio industries.

Frankly, we offer something most traditional media does not, and vice versa. We’re never going to be the newspapers or the television stations. If you prefer the traditional media, more power to you—it’s a slowly dying empire and one that needs all the support it can get.

To say that offering opinions on news pieces that are clearly sourced is intellectual property theft, though? I don’t agree with that. Not even a little bit.

by Dave Choate on Jun 24, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Hahaha.

Hey, we’ve gotten our first “lazy journalism” flame. I feel like this little site is all growed up now!

"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson

by Jacob Peterson on Jun 24, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Dammit Gondeeee

You’re a Dawg? I feel like I can’t read TC anymore :(

by GTNate on Jun 24, 2010 2:31 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, but I’m a fair weather Dawg… don’t worry. And I like some Georgia Tech players. For instance, I LOVE Reggie Ball. He was a four-year starter, wasn’t he?

by gondeee on Jun 24, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions