JLBSports.tv started out as the lowly SportingNews.com/Tiem09. Through SportingNews’s blogging service, Justin Block began blogging about sports in 7th grade. Writing on mainly the New York Yankees, and the Green Bay Packers, Justin gained a considerable following for his youthful insight. In 2009, he began recording video blogs at YouTube.com/JLBSportsTV because he was tired of writing. After failing to gain any traction and any consistent audience, the focus of the channel shifted towards coverage of Liverpool FC. Since then, the channel has taken off. In between producing videos for JLBSportsTV, Justin helped start a hip-hop blog/online magazine called BrilliantlyBlunt.com. He had taken his passionate writing into hip-hop’s blogosphere. In June 2012, spurned by the hot debate over LeBron James, and his love for Bill Simmons’s Grantland, Justin felt the need to reconnect with his original sports writing ventures. Covering sports and pop culture, JLBSports.tv serves as a fan’s mouthpiece. No writers here claim to be experts—just fans with an educated, well-conceived opinion. Come comment, debate, and hold your weight! More →
For those who have been following me for a few years now, you could say that this interview has been a long time coming. For those who may be perplexed by my access to former Liverpool starlet and current Ajax Amsterdam player Ryan Babel, a primer: Back when I started following the English Premier League [...]
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I’ve studied LFC fans on Twitter after matches a lot the last year or two. I’m not sure why, but my guess is that I’m just fascinated with how the fanbase reacts to bad results and other things that happen around the Premiership. Seriously, with all of the shit that fans spout after matches, I [...]
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The last five days have been very difficult for myself and many of you. Monday started with me watching, via my computer, the Memorial Service at Anfield for the 24th Anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster in the morning. Only a few hours later, as you all know, bombs went off at the finish line of [...]
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“They hate what they don’t understand.”—Sean “Diddy” Combs I’ve never been good at math. Or at least that’s the attitude I’ve carried with me since 1st grade. In elementary school, my parents sent me to a tutoring center two times a week. I’d do endless sheets of arithmetic problems for an hour, and then go [...]
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Over my spring break (WHOOOOO, SPRING BREAK FOREVER) I visited Barcelona for a few days. La Sagrada Familia and all of the Gaudi-ness was cool and all, but the highlight of the city for me was Camp Nou. I paid my 23 euro and did a stadium tour, which the club named “THE CAMP NOU [...]
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Every sport has their cathedrals. Baseball, a game rooted in nostalgia and history, looks to the ancient grounds of Wrigley Field and Fenway Park. A spring playoff game at Madison Square Garden has a different type of buzz than other NBA arenas. In the NFL, Lambeau Field is a desirable destination even for the most [...]
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Two Sundays ago, I spent my first Super Bowl outside of the United States. It felt a bit sacrilegious to spend America’s Greatest Holiday in a country where they call NFL football “that elbow and rugby thing,” and refer to it as “armored egg chase.” Everywhere outside of the United States, and especially in England—the [...]
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I finally made it to Anfield. Finally. After five years of loyalty to Liverpool FC, and over a year of planning, I finally made the trip to my Mecca. I realize, however, that millions of Liverpool fans aren’t as fortunate as I was to see a match at Anfield, so I wanted to put a [...]
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I’m finally in England. After supporting Liverpool FC and following the EPL for five years now, I’ve traveled to London to “study abroad.” Honestly, the moment I found out I could spend a semester in London and get academic credit for it, I made the trip my goal. Although I’m here to take classes that [...]
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After the Liverpool loss to Manchester United on Sunday, I was in a bit of a mood. I didn’t want to get up from my bar stool. I didn’t want to eat. I didn’t want to do anything. I was upset. A loss always hurts, but when you lose to United, it’s much, much worse. [...]
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