James Toney, managing editor at Sportsbeat in the United Kingdom, touched upon this in his sports journalism book, Sports Journalism: The Inside Track. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. James Toney's dream MMA career was shattered into a million pieces when he was manhandled in his debut UFC fight against Randy Couture. Rocky Marciano. The centrepiece to McRae’s Dark Trade was, in the end, James Toney, but the original concept that had a working title of Showtime was Mike Tyson. Jackie Kallen (born Jackie Kaplan, April 23, 1946) is one of boxing's first and most successful female managers.Her life was the inspiration for the 2004 film Against the Ropes, starring Meg Ryan as Kallen, in which she had a brief speaking role as a reporter. ... james toney Well-known member. X Check stock. A look at the table of contents of the book made it clear that Toney would touch upon most subjects a sportswriter should know of and … If you'd like to know more about Gio, then check out the About section on this website! 130), attitude and ethical behaviour crop up in equal measure.. Raheem Sterling is one footballer who doesn’t stay out of the media microscope for long. EXHAUSTED: Journalist James Toney is raising money for the Brompton Fountain, running this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon. In traditional sports media, match reporting was one of the biggest attractions. Sports fans could not get their results if they missed a game 60 years ago. What has been the best sports-related book you have read recently, and why? The life of a freelance journalist is much harder than being employed at a company full-time. Bloomsbury Pub., 2013. Reflecting on the pay in the field of Journalism, The Job Outlook for Journalists Right Now, Significant Writers in Sports Journalism History: Grantland Rice. James Toney is the managing editor of national sports agency Sportsbeat and wrote Sports Journalism: The Inside Track. These facilities weren’t once laundry rooms. Toney says it also becomes harder when a freelancer is given the same assignment from multiple outlets, which means they have to find a way to write three different stories. //-->,