Go Long earns two APSE Top 10 finishes
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Go Long turned three years old this past season.
Beyond grateful that you value journalism in pro football and are willing to carve out time in your day to read.
This publication exists because of you, and we’re only growing.
In that vein, it’s a pleasure to share some good news. Go Long earned a pair of Top 10 finishes in the Associated Press Sports Editors’ annual writing contest. This year, we were in the “C” category. Very cool to see our site competing alongside several of the very best newspapers in the country that we all grew up reading.
Full results can be found here on the APSE website. The exact order of the top 10 finishers are announced at a later date.
We placed in the “Long Features” category for our profile of Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Zay Jones. Down in Florida, Jones opened up on the night he nearly hurled himself through the window of a Los Angeles condo 30 floors high — and how he escaped that darkness. Go Long also placed in the “Projects” category for our three-part series on the Buffalo Bills and head coach Sean McDermott.
Also, congrats to fellow Substackers
and on their Top 10s.These can often seem like dark days in sports media with so many legacy outlets becoming shells of themselves or shutting down completely. APSE does fantastic work preserving sports writing and journalism. We’re very grateful to be members. And — always — I am grateful for you.
The future of the business isn’t bleak. It’s bright. Man, it’s been fun meeting readers from all over the world these past three years.
From Day 1, we’ve been 100-percent reliant on your desire to learn something new in this sport. Count on Go Long always putting your investment to good use.
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Have a great weekend, everyone.
Keep an eye out for another feature from the NFL Combine soon.
(Here’s how Go Long fared in the 2022 APSE writing contest, too.)
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CONGRATULATIONS TYLER!
You deserve all the accolades in the world!
As I've said for years, you're definitely in the right business!
For those of you not in the sports journalism world, this is SUCH A BIG DEAL! Seriously, I got one to-10 finish in my entire career and I'm still dining out on it. To get two in a year, especially as an independent outlet, is so wild. And well deserved. Congrats, my friend.