We're only seeing the beginning of how technology will change reporting. Imagine the possibilities for anonymous sources on serious hard news. Watergate's Deep Throat wouldn't have had to move a plant around to send signals and schedule secret meetings today. Not sure how many folks will care that the third leading American goal scorer in hockey, Jeremy Roenick, has retired. But he did it by sending a text message to a Phila Inquirer reporter and they broke it on the web. Neither the President of his team, nor his agent seemed to know when the story broke. I guess you could call it his big send off..
Roenick, a nine-time All-Star who played with four teams, sent a text message to a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer reading, "I'm retiring; is that still news?" The story was posted on the paper's Web site Wednesday.
The only American-born players with more goals than Roenick, a two-time Olympian, are Mike Modano (507) and Joey Mullen (502).
The 37-year-old center was an outspoken critic of the lockout that wiped away the 2004-05 season.
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