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I've never changed the channel faster than just now when I saw Adam-douchebag-Shefter's face blabbering about how he thinks the NFL lockout is going to end within the next 10 days.
Before, I could give a shit if it ended or not. Now I just want it to end so the fuckwads on ESPN stop talking about it.
I absolutely cannot watch ESPN anymore unless there is some relevant sporting event on. It all started after old man Favre threw away the Vikes season against the Saints two years ago, I just couldn't bare to watch them dissect it over and over.
I am now a happier, more well adjusted sports fan who listens to/watches the Dan Patrick show every morning, and podcasts Bill Simmons when I get a chance...The talking heads on ESPN are fucking terrible, I can't believe half of them still have jobs. Van Pelt is the only one I can stand, Cowherd is a douche of the highest order, Gottlieb is an arrogant hypocrite, and Mike & Mike are just plain annoying.
Skip Bayless. Hate him. Of of the few people I will change the channel for.
Remember when you could come home and turn on MTV as harmless background noise and occasionally they'd play a decent video or at least "...Baby One More Time"? Then all of a sudden fuckin' "Total Request Live" came along, it spawned a ton of shitty shows, and now their bread & butter is "Jersey Shore".
ESPN is several steps beyond TRL towards becoming irrelevant in sports in the same way MTV recently dropped the words "Music Television" from everything they do.
They subbed in Bob Costas and Al Michaels for a couple innings of the Giants game recently. Horrid putrid word vomit from two senile narcissists.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
This is very true, except for the fact that they keep paying billions of dollars for the rights to college sports and all the major sporting events. It'd be nice if Fox snatched up some more of those rights too, but only if they promise not to put Tim McCarver on TV anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by sftc
If you're a fan of Bill Simmons - and you may have already heard about this - but checkout grantland.com, his new sports article spot. There's a fair number of contributing writers, such as Chuck Klosterman. For instance, he wrote a pretty entertaining article on the absurdity of the NBA half-court rule: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...alf-court-ruleQuote:
Originally Posted by RockChalk
Grantland is the shit, some of it is a little to pop culture for me, but the underlying sports goodness is there.
Sportscenter is still good in 20 minute spurts. The first half hour at 10pm every night gives me the lowdown, and the late night west coast feeds where they just fuck up half the time and roll with it are usually pretty entertaining. Short to the point 20 second game spots. Witty commentary, a solid top ten, move on. Thats ESPN's bread and butter, and honestly, where else can you go that has what you want to know about the 4 major leagues, plus golf, and the X games in a quick hit format. Yahoo sports sucks balls. Insider costs like 3 bucks a month. Thats the cost of one newspaper these days. Ive had it since I was 15. I could afford it at 15, not bitch worthy if you ask me.
Christ, if you have nothing better to do than watch ESPN all day, lets just say the problem is not with ESPN its you. Nothings changed until they play another game.
Ahem, Grantland is still firmly attached to ESPN. Deadspin had an article today about trying to re-create Dock Ellis' LSD no-no on XBox. Pretty sure that wouldn't fly on Grantland. Don't get me wrong, it is some of the better parts of the ESPN family, but it is still very much ESPN. In general though, ESPN is pretty good production/camera angle wise for live events, that's all I care about. Look to your local papers or the beat writers of your local teams, and Fangraphs/Football Outsiders/pick your internet outfit for analysis.
Bill Simmons' lost his appeal about 4-5 years ago. Maybe it was his pop-culture influence that brought the rest of ESPN down?
One more gripe... why does ESPN.com think it's OK to auto-play their commercials on every single page you visit? That, combined with the "Insider" subscription on 75% of their articles, make it the most annoying and money-hungry website I've seen.
Turned on the home run derby the other night for 4 minutes. I heard, "BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, BACK, ..."
Oxygen network sounded good at that point. Ugh, stick to NFL highlight reels Boomer...
one reason i dont hate ESPN... they love to show a lot of her...
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Seth Myers killed it last night
Yes, true: sorry, while I knew that, I forgot to mention it. At the same time, I think there is some pretty good writing at Grantland and it seems to, at least initially, feel a little different from ESPN.Quote:
Originally Posted by geomorph
Try watching CNBC instead. I DARE YOU!!!
ESPN isn't ALL bad. Those 30-for-30 documentaries are mostly awesome. PTI is tolerable. Their coverage of the Open is okay. The one upside of Chris Berman being at the MLB All-Star festivities is he can't do golf this week. He was ungodly bad at the U.S. Open this year. Every time a guy missed a 4 footer he'd grunt. That was his commentary. "And here's Jacobson for par...harumph." Thanks Chris.
It's the St. Tebow hour! Crap:fuckyou:Crap:fuckyou:
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ESPN’s "SportsCenter" is planning to dedicate an entire hour-long program to the Tim Tebow phenomenon. Barring major breaking news, the show from 2-3 p.m. ET Wednesday will be dedicated to the young Denver Broncos quarterback. Tebow has brought his team into the playoff mix by winning six of seven starts this season and five games in a row.
The ESPN commentators are great, save for Chris Berman. What a fat, douchey gas bag. SVP is brilliant.
But I swear they are clubbing a baby seal with their coverage of the MLB, and all things Boston/New York. I don't need to hear every god damned day that Pujols has this 10 year contract out there. It's FUCKING BASEBALL. Who the fuck cares!? And ... it's their off-season. Can't the MLB go away for just a little while. Fuck, I hate baseball.
I watched FOX try and broadcast some college football recently. Horrible.
And what the fuck is up with that weasel John Clayton. Seriously, how is he not in jail for being a child molester? Such a skeezicks.
You fail if you're watching ESPN for baseball coverage. Turn on MLB Network and watch guys who know what the fuck they're talking about and don't try to stir up drama with each segment they do. MLB Network is light years better than ESPN.
Interesting thought from yesterday... Barry Melrose just got busted for DUI. Jalen Rose was arrested and had absolutely nothing happen to him- think Melrose will get fired? If it's typical ESPN bullshit, then you can expect him to be on the set tomorrow night.
You fail if you're watching ESPN for baseball coverage. Turn on MLB Network and watch guys who know what the fuck they're talking about and don't try to stir up drama with each segment they do. MLB Network is light years better than ESPN.
Interesting thought from yesterday... Barry Melrose just got busted for DUI. Jalen Rose was arrested and had absolutely nothing happen to him- think Melrose will get fired? If it's typical ESPN bullshit, then you can expect him to be on the set tomorrow night.
Oh, and Sage Steele fucking sucks as a SportsCenter anchor. She was never good to begin with, but she mailed it in a long time ago.
I thought Melrose works for the NHL network now.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
i like SVP....
So true. I don't even know what a skeezicks is but that guy is one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat Sig
Van Peezy is a funny dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by montanaskier
His pock-marked face, no chin, dirty glasses and that alleged dirt-ball pony tail hanging out behind that skinny-ass neck of his. What fucking weirdo. Who green-lit that crime fighter for TV?Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
I think you're talking about Barnaby, and he has already been fired. Also, he was driving on a shredded tire when pulled over and had a previous domestic assault on his recent record.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
Unfortunately I can believe that they are doing an hour long Tebow special. How is this guy any different than Vince Young in his first year? Sub-par numbers yet "just wins". We'll see if their career paths are similar or not.
He's white and loves Jesus.Quote:
Originally Posted by geomorph
Apparently his behind-his-back-nickname is "booger" because he picks his nose and eats it. Heard that from a dude who works audio for Pats games.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Man, looking back at the start of this thread (over 3 years ago) about the only thing that's changed is that moron Cowherd is on twice a day now. Yay ESPN.
I like him when he goes off on a rant that is somewhat relevant, which is like 2-3 times a week on the radio show, beyond that he has the Jay Leno nasally annoying thing going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Yep, I guess it was Barnaby... good to know they fired him, but Jalen Rose is now on TV even more than he was before. Make sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by geomorph
On the bright side, I haven't seen Steven A. Smith for quite a while.
He was on arguing with Skip Bayless about Tebow this morning. Yes, it was just as terrible as it sounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
God, those two together...ouch.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaytaeMoney
Be thankful. I've seen him doing NFL "analysis", which is somehow even worse than his NBA commentary.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
so most of you realize that those guys get paid to say things that are ridiculous right? The more controversial they are, the more people listen and get outraged, the more advertising the sell and the more $$$ they make. I like Cowherd alot, but it's obvious that he says things to get people all riled up.
As for their coverage, I like their college football coverage better than CBS for sure.
I don't mind Cowherd. He can be an ass-bag, but it's usually to stir shit. Mike & Mike is as hokey schlockey as I've heard in a while. Fucking brutal.
Mike and Mike are so popular but I just can't stand those guys. So much played out cliche bull shit stuff...yuck.
Between Mike and Mike and Cowherd I pretty much bailed on sports talk radio and went back to music after like 10 years of sports talk all the time in the car. I'll still put on SVP if I think of it but I rarely do lately. The exception is when I'm in Mass., The Big Show on WEEI is appointment radio.
One of the worst parts of moving to AK is you go from 660FAN in NY to only having ESPN radio...
Am I the only one who has no idea what the heck is going on during the Jim Rome show? I'm young enough I should get it but I just end up feeling like you need to be on something for it make sense... It barely qualifies as sports radio half the time.