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''The Starters'' (previously known as ''The Basketball Jones'') is a podcast, blog and television program that analyzes, and often satirizes, the National Basketball Association. The show is written and hosted by Tas Melas, Phil Elder (J.E. Skeets), Leigh Ellis, and Trey Kerby, and it is shot, edited, and produced by Jason Doyle and Matt Osten. Kerby is also the blog editor. ==Background== Melas, Skeets, Doyle and Osten met while attending Ryerson University’s Radio and Television Arts program in Toronto, Canada from 2001 - 2005. Melas was the co-host of a talk show on SPIRITlive, Ryerson’s Internet radio station, called the “Sports Doctors.” Doyle produced the weekly program. Skeets also co-hosted a show on the station, though it was not sports related. Upon graduation, Melas worked as a story editor at The Sports Network and Doyle worked as a sound editor for Super Sonics, an audio post-production house. Skeets worked at a physician recruiting firm and Osten attended law school at McGill University. Skeets began blogging in 2005 when a friend bet him that he could not write a new post every day for a year.〔(Blogger Interviews: J.E. Skeets ), The Big Picture, Friday, May 04, 2007〕 The blog was called “J.E. Skeets” and was a hodgepodge of observations, photos, and videos about random, quotidian topics. Later in the year, Skeets wrote a post about basketball which was linked on Deadspin.com. Noticing a significant spike in reader traffic, Skeets began writing exclusively about basketball, usually from an irreverent and humorous perspective. He began to make his name with a popular series titled, “Romance on the Hardwood”.〔 These posts featured a photograph of two NBA players who appeared to be slow dancing accompanied by an imagined conversation between the athletes. On March 25, 2011, during the weekly ''The Basketball Jones'' "Overdose" Matt Osten announced he would be participating in the 2012 Iditarod. This will be the 40th running of the Iditarod and promoters are already very excited to have the confirmation from Osten. When announcing his participation, Osten proclaimed "I got's this". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Basketball Jones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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