Online Writing Guru -- Bleacher Report, an Open-Source Sports Network

I've been a member/writer for Bleacher Report for nearly a year and as far as I'm concerned, the site really helps me a lot and gave a boosts on my writing skills.

B/R is an open sourced-sports network (whatever that means, I don’t know) in which anyone can write sports-related content and feel, act, breathe and live the life of professional sports analysts.

It's a great site for young and budding writers simply because it caters to a huge audience. It also has affiliated itself with different media institution such as CBS Sports and Fox Sports.

For me it was a privilege to be part of a wondrous site such as B/R. Back in those days, I usually write a several articles weekly and received modest and sometimes not-so-modest attention and recognition.

Despite the fact that majority of the writers such as myself are not blessed with Shakespearean-like skills the site and the community offers various opportunities for improvements. Trust me, no matter how good you are, there’s always a room for improvements.

There are so many community-dedicated writers who are willing to give a hand, not to mention the ever helpful moderators and the brilliant editors that are a pleasure to work with.

However, there are also a ton of issues that still haunt the site up to this moment.

It's easy to beat the system -- The site, accordingly values quality over quantity but the fact of the matter is it rarely does.

If you can come up with 500 articles or so in a month, you'll sure end up as B/R's top ranked writer -- a title which sometimes considered as the laughingstock of the community.

There are also issues on the validity of the supposed to be stellar "Article of the Day" -- anyone can create multiple accounts and for obvious reasons vote their own article for the daily award. It has always been an issue.

The good thing is, the pros outnumber the cons.

In a ten-star rating system, I'll give it a seven.