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Old 10-02-2011, 10:32 AM   #79
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Originally Posted by getbak View Post
Even worse, it's a bi-weekly magazine, and with the lead time required for the magazines to go to press, stories could be 3 weeks old by the time someone has the magazine in their hands.
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Haha pretty much. I bought an NFL preview issue in the summer and as I read it, I realized everything I was reading was already badly out of date. At least its something to read in the can, that's basically the only purpose sports mags serve anymore.
It's more than news, it's well-written in-depth features.
For example Derek Boogaard died 4 months ago, but the article written in the magazine about him is still as haunting as when it happened because it is a long essay with alot of detail.
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