We made the front page of SI.com!

[darius]

Unfortunately, it's about the stabbing.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

[Supermom]

Unfortunately, it's about the stabbing.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

If it bleeds, it leads ...

[larkmaj]

I wonder if he was wearing jacket and plastron when this occured. I doubt it.

[Redblade]

I wonder if he was wearing jacket and plastron when this occured. I doubt it.

It would be interesting to find out. Several here have posted opinions in the past that it's unnecessary to wear protective gear during low-level warm-ups and certain lessons.

Regardless, it's a shame he was injured that badly. I hope everything works out OK.

And it's nice that someone was paying attention to the games at all, I s'pose.

[mlr2fence]

Check out cover page of yesterday's USA Today--gal holding an epee from modern pentathlon.

[KD5MDK]

They didn't even show a picture of the injury.

[Craig]

Unfortunately, it's about the stabbing.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

I wouldn't call it a "stabbing" as that has the connotation of premeditated criminal activity rather than a sports injury.

Call it an accident as that's what it really is.

Craig

[darius]

To be fair, an accidental stabbing.

But, prejudice be darned, the action was a stabbing.

darius

[noodle]

kind of depressing that things like our summer nationals, or our fencers doing well abroad doesn't get coverage, but when someone gets "stabbed" while fencing (or in this case, practicing) at a big event, thats front page, baby.

[tkexi991]

Just curious, does the USFA send out press releases about Summer Nationals to all the major and local news and sports news outlets?

A friend of mine does work for a Miami production company, and she actually asked me what was the protocol for sending a camera crew to the event. I just told her to send her folks there, and to talk to the bout committee to find where on the floor were the most high level bouts.

[leftyboy]

Just curious, does the USFA send out press releases about Summer Nationals to all the major and local news and sports news outlets?

A friend of mine does work for a Miami production company, and she actually asked me what was the protocol for sending a camera crew to the event. I just told her to send her folks there, and to talk to the bout committee to find where on the floor were the most high level bouts.

They must do something, because we were in the monthly tourism book for "things to do" or something along those lines. It surprised me to see any mention outside the place of competition itself.

[Durando]

The dude's brother's name is Athos. Excellent.

[Shi no Tenshi]

The dude's brother's name is Athos. Excellent.

but is their last name d'Herblay?

[matt9476]

kind of depressing that things like our summer nationals, or our fencers doing well abroad doesn't get coverage, but when someone gets "stabbed" while fencing (or in this case, practicing) at a big event, thats front page, baby.

I happen to be both a fencer and a sports reporter, so I have a unique perspective on this. There is a reason why fencing doesn't get much, if any, coverage from national media outlets. It's a niche sport. The most popular sports get the most coverage, because that's what the majority of people want to read/hear/see. Is it fair? No. But a newspaper's primary interest is to sell newspapers. You're not going to do that by writing stories about sports only a small minority even understands.
Fencing organizers have tried to make the sport more fan-friendly recently, and that's a good thing. But how many non-fencers do you know who are fans of the sport? I'm guessing it's close to none.
Local, smaller media outlets, like the one I write for in Buffalo, are your best bets for getting coverage. I would love to see fencing get more coverage, but I understand why it won't.
The stabbing became a story because it's rare. Of all the tournaments around the world, how often does something like that happen?

[noodle]

I happen to be both a fencer and a sports reporter, so I have a unique perspective on this. There is a reason why fencing doesn't get much, if any, coverage from national media outlets. It's a niche sport. The most popular sports get the most coverage, because that's what the majority of people want to read/hear/see. Is it fair? No. But a newspaper's primary interest is to sell newspapers. You're not going to do that by writing stories about sports only a small minority even understands.
Fencing organizers have tried to make the sport more fan-friendly recently, and that's a good thing. But how many non-fencers do you know who are fans of the sport? I'm guessing it's close to none.
Local, smaller media outlets, like the one I write for in Buffalo, are your best bets for getting coverage. I would love to see fencing get more coverage, but I understand why it won't.
The stabbing became a story because it's rare. Of all the tournaments around the world, how often does something like that happen?

i don't disagree with the concept of giving the majority of coverage to the popular sports, all i'm saying is that it'd be neat if there was a small segment dedicated to the accomplishments of other sports, including our own. because "sports" does not mean "baseball, basketball, football, nascar, and golf only". like, a story on important events or results. 5 stories a year on an unpopular sport won't offset the 5000 stories a day on the popular ones.

[lemon__fresh]

and may even help generate interest GASP

[matt9476]

i don't disagree with the concept of giving the majority of coverage to the popular sports, all i'm saying is that it'd be neat if there was a small segment dedicated to the accomplishments of other sports, including our own. because "sports" does not mean "baseball, basketball, football, nascar, and golf only". like, a story on important events or results. 5 stories a year on an unpopular sport won't offset the 5000 stories a day on the popular ones.

I agree with you. I think it would be great for other sports to get the spotlight once in a while. That's why I miss ABC's "Wide World of Sports." It covered everything.

[telkanuru]

It would be interesting to find out. Several here have posted opinions in the past that it's unnecessary to wear protective gear during low-level warm-ups and certain lessons.

You don't.

Also, I doubt that's what they were doing.

[akaiyuki]

I hope the article would have mentioned that such accident is very rare in the sport of fencing...

[jtrsangel]

It would be interesting to find out. Several here have posted opinions in the past that it's unnecessary to wear protective gear during low-level warm-ups and certain lessons.

Regardless, it's a shame he was injured that badly. I hope everything works out OK.

And it's nice that someone was paying attention to the games at all, I s'pose.

I actually broke a blade during my lesson just before Nationals. Thank god he's my husband, he would have been mad had I run him through with the broken blade, but would have forgiven me. The harder part would have been explaining it to the ER people without getting arrested for domestic violence!

I'm all for wearing protective gear during warm up bouting and lessons.