Bethlehem Shoals
Bethlehem Shoals (born January 1, 1978) is the pen name of Nathaniel Friedman, an American journalist and sports blogger, specializing in U.S. and international basketball. He covers the NBA as the editor-in-chief of The Classical,[1] and as a contributor to both Bleacher Report[2] and GQ. He is best known[citation needed] for co-founding the defunct blog 'Free Darko' in January 2005.[3] Shoals has written on the NBA for McSweeney's,[4] AOL Fanhouse, Deadspin, and SLAM Magazine,[5] among others.
FreeDarko[edit]
FreeDarko is Shoals's flagship project and remains his best-known work.[citation needed] Named in reference to NBA player Darko Milicic, the site has attained popularity among basketball fans,[citation needed] sports journalists,[citation needed] and even professional athletes like NBA star Gilbert Arenas.[citation needed] FreeDarko sees frequent citations in the mainstream media,[citation needed] including the ESPN column TrueHoop.[6]
In November 2008, Shoals and other writers for FreeDarko published a book with Bloomsbury Publishing, FreeDarko Presents... The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac.[7][8][9]
In November 2010, the second FreeDarko book, FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History, was released.[10]
The Classical[edit]
Shoals co-founded, edits, and writes for the sports site The Classical.
In August 2011 it was announced that Shoals would be heading a group of writers and editors looking to create a new longform sports website entitled The Classical. The site was described as a sports version of The Awl and its co-founders included Tom Scharpling of The Best Show on WFMU, Lang Whitaker of SLAM Magazine, and Tim Marchman of Sports Illustrated among others. Shoals and co. looked to raise $50,000 through the crowdfunding site Kickstarter,[11] which would allow The Classical to operate for one year. The $50,000 goal was reached on September 18 and the funding drive ended on September 29.
Several staff writers covered the 2011 World Series for Deadspin and Deadspin currently features Classical articles semimonthly.[12]
On November 7 a Tumblr blog was set up as a preview. That blog is now home to "The Classical Art Annex," an online gallery showcasing original illustrations featured on the main site.[13]
On December 2, 2011, The Classical went live.
Controversy[edit]
Shoals caused controversy for his July 18, 2016 tweet stating he would like to "beat to death" the mother of 2012 Benghazi attack victim Sean Smith.[14] The following day, Shoals issued an apology.[15][16]
Other projects[edit]
In 2006, Shoals created Heaven and Here, a blog on the HBO show The Wire.[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ The Classical
- ↑ "Bethlehem Shoals's Sportswriter Profile". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ↑ freedarko.com
- ↑ McSweeney's Internet Tendency: FreeDarko's Executive Quarters of Organized Basketball
- ↑ SLAM Online
- ↑ ESPN - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott
- ↑ "Bloomsbury - Bloomsbury Publishing". Bloomsburyusa.com. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ↑ SLAM ONLINE | » Free Darko: Now in Paper Form
- ↑ freedarko.com/almanac/
- ↑ freedarko.com/history/
- ↑ The Classical Kickstarter
- ↑ "The classical News, Video and Gossip". Deadspin. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ "GQ 'Journalist' on Pat Smith: 'I would like to beat her to death' | Jammie Wearing Fools". www.jammiewf.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ↑ Shoals, Bethlehem (2016-07-19). "An Apology for Last Night's Tweet". Medium. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ↑ "GQ Writer Apologizes for Tweet About Wanting to Beat Benghazi Mom to Death". Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ↑ "Heaven and Here | Tweedy, impertinent notes on a criminal conspiracy. We bring you critical hogwash and weird conjecture regarding HBO\'s \"The Wire.\"". Heavenandhere.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
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