Ex-Loudoun Extra?

Well I've been hearing the drumbeat all summer that the Loudoun Extra section was going to be pulled at some point but I figured the coverage would simply migrate over to their website but in a surprise announcement today ... the Loudoun Extra website is going to be rolled into that big mess of a website ... the washingtonpost.com ...

Click here for he announcement!

Not sure how much the print edition keeps hitting my driveway (or gutter on rainy days ... thanks!) but it has shrunk in recent weeks and unless I'm missing something, there hasn't been any sports coverage in the Extra print edition all summer. Not surprising as the Loudoun sports editor Ed Guzman (one of the good guys!) was moved off his post earlier this summer and the sports writer out here, Paul Tenorio, has been shifted to Redskins coverage and I'm-too-Darn-Thin-and-in-Shape-but-Let's-Do-Something-Like-the-Biggest-Loser-To-Push-Our-Take-Over-the-World-Swim-Coverage (I made that up but you get the point ... the swim thing where Tenorio is brave enough to post his body fat as well as weight ...

Speaking of Tenorio ... a good friend from all the hours spent on the sidelines out here ... I heard from him the other day that he had been offered a fulltime gig with the Post (his current contract was up). That is a smart move for the WashPost as Tenorio is a rising star and recently the Post has had a tendency to let young talent slip out the door to other papers and mediums (see ESPN nightly!). Good luck Paul and keep us little Loudoun people in mind.

I'm guessing we will still have Matt Brooks out covering Loudoun sports for the Post.com but I wonder if he will stay Loudoun focused?

So ... more than ever all the shake-up in local sports makes my resolve to get VivaLoudoun off the ground even greater ... stay tuned!