Please help me name a long form sports journalism aggregation site

October 15, 2012 7:08 PM

I am thinking of creating a blog that focuses on longform journalism about sports and I need a name. Any ideas?

I know Sportsfeat was out there for a few months, and I actually contributed a few sports stories to longform.org before they created that site.

So, I want to create a site where I post links to long form sports journalism.

I am stumped as to a name. Some ideas I had were:

thedeepgame.com
asportingmatter.com

I prefer a .com domain, but if the name is striking enough, a .net or .org is definitely on the table.

Thanks!

posted by reenum to grab bag (10 answers total)

longshot.com
posted by Rykey at 7:31 PM on October 15, 2012 [1 favorite]

I risked my employment by typing thelongball.com into my work computer, but it would be MY first choice.
posted by Snarl Furillo at 7:55 PM on October 15, 2012 [2 favorites]

You know about Quickish, right? In any case, avoid names with quick or ish.
posted by acidic at 8:03 PM on October 15, 2012

Well, I guess I'll never get to use it, so here's the name I've always had in mind for just such a publication: The Journeyman.
posted by cmaxmagee at 8:26 PM on October 15, 2012 [2 favorites]

I risked my employment by typing thelongball.com into my work computer, but it would be MY first choice.

It's been done.
posted by timsteil at 8:56 PM on October 15, 2012

The Finishing Post.
posted by MuffinMan at 12:46 AM on October 16, 2012

The Marathon.com
The Ninth Innings.com
The Season.com
OneGameAtATime.com
FourQuarters.com
posted by MT at 2:51 AM on October 16, 2012

acidic, I know and love Quickish. Dan Shanoff does post longform stuff on occasion, but the site's focus is mostly Twitter and blog reactions from experts to the latest events.
posted by reenum at 4:11 AM on October 16, 2012 [1 favorite]

Something with 'long game' might be another option, but I'm at least partially posting here so that I'll see your 'Hey, I started the site!' comment in my Recent Activity.
posted by box at 5:30 PM on October 16, 2012

thelongboard
posted by argonauta at 8:03 PM on October 18, 2012