How do I hate thee ESPN?, let us count the ways

**BmillsSkier** · 04-28-2017, 02:06 PM

Wow. Espn is having a banner day.

I guess they fired all their editors because they're getting hammered for their coverage of the draft. The headline read this morning: Draft Takeaways - 3 teams overreach for subpar quarterback class; Browns fail again to land QB

Which is it fellas? Everyone overpaid for bad QBs, but you're damned if you didn't get one? What? I guess they changed the headline later after the heckling comments and articles on rival websites became too loud.

Then I find out that they're not even going to develop their own content. They are paying to broadcast MLB network's Quick Pitch starting next week.

**iceman** · 04-28-2017, 02:15 PM

They should bring back Aussie Rules football and swampboat races like in the old days.

**BmillsSkier** · 04-28-2017, 02:17 PM

I liked the swamp races.

The great outdoor games were good to kill a few hours too especially the dog competitions.

**Benny Profane** · 04-28-2017, 02:22 PM

Roller Derby. I'd pay for that. Gotta be multi racial.

**BmillsSkier** · 04-28-2017, 02:38 PM

That's just what espn needs, more racially charged arguments.

**irul&ublo** · 04-28-2017, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

They should bring back Aussie Rules football and swampboat races like in the old days.

And girls in bikinis fishing

**BmillsSkier** · 04-28-2017, 02:51 PM

Honestly with their skeleton crew of employees and hemorrhaging budget, they should really consider listening to the ideas from online skiing and mountain lifestyle enthusiast communities like ours.

**HansJob** · 04-28-2017, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

They should bring back Aussie Rules football and swampboat races like in the old days.

Aussie Rules FB is awesome. The modern day equivalent of smear the queer.

**BmillsSkier** · 04-28-2017, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by HansJob

Aussie Rules FB is awesome. The modern day equivalent of smear the queer.

You can't say queer on ESPN.

**BmillsSkier** · 04-30-2017, 09:36 PM

Credit to a comment on a deadspin article for illustrating everything that is wrong with TMZspn in one front page headline:

Non-stop LaVar Ball Coverage even when it deals with fucking high school basketball

I can feel that Pulitzer coming on any day now fellas. Keep up the good work.

**Benny Profane** · 05-01-2017, 08:13 AM

https://arcdigital.media/espn-is-a-r...l-9451e6fc31ee

**cinnepa** · 05-01-2017, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by irul&ublo

And girls in bikinis fishing

roller derby girls in bikinis fishing from swampboats.

**BmillsSkier** · 05-01-2017, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by cinnepa

roller derby girls in bikinis fishing from swampboats.

Do you not get CMT?

This is pretty much the entirety of their weekend programming.

**Sluff** · 05-01-2017, 12:44 PM

I watched some "professional bowling" on ESPN #1 yesterday for 5 minutes. Memories of Kingpin. This one dude had the biggest fro I have ever seen on a white person. Hilarious. People in costumes in he crowd of 70-80 people. All had green cups of some type of free drink promotion to get people to show up. Makes you feel a little bad if you were some legitimate talent who was recently downsized, yet the two announcing this event keep their jobs.

FYI, if you like Kingpin, you need to watch the pro bowling tour. Each week is like a sequel.

**BmillsSkier** · 05-01-2017, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Sluff

I watched some "professional bowling" on ESPN #1 yesterday for 5 minutes. Memories of Kingpin. This one dude had the biggest fro I have ever seen on a white person. Hilarious. People in costumes in he crowd of 70-80 people. All had green cups of some type of free drink promotion to get people to show up. Makes you feel a little bad if you were some legitimate talent who was recently downsized, yet the two announcing this event keep their jobs.

FYI, if you like Kingpin, you need to watch the pro bowling tour. Each week is like a sequel.

**Benny Profane** · 05-01-2017, 09:36 PM

It's a shame what they've done to bowling.

**BmillsSkier** · 05-01-2017, 10:03 PM

It's an honor to be the presence of such finely tuned athletes

- Roy Munson

**smmokan** · 05-30-2017, 04:07 AM

Another reason why ESPN sucks... click-bait articles that appear to be written by 16 year old douchebags.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...-were-thinking

Oh, and I heard Tim Kirkjian talking about Jim Edmonds stealing signs from the catcher while he was playing CF. Really? Think about that, Tim.

**Viva** · 05-30-2017, 06:09 AM

I caught a bit of the Giant's game yesterday. WTF do they put that stupid fucking box to delineate the fucking strike zone? Do they really feel that viewers want that? Didn't they try that with hockey years ago with fail- the swoosh that followed the puck around? Fucking lame! Like that first down line used in football telecasts.

**The SnowShow** · 05-30-2017, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

<<<douche chills>>>

**BmillsSkier** · 05-30-2017, 07:59 AM

Pete Webber is bowling's bad boy.

**Tippster** · 05-30-2017, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

<<<douche chills>>>

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Pete Webber is bowling's bad boy.

**Jong Lafitte** · 05-30-2017, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Viva

I caught a bit of the Giant's game yesterday. WTF do they put that stupid fucking box to delineate the fucking strike zone? Do they really feel that viewers want that? Didn't they try that with hockey years ago with fail- the swoosh that followed the puck around? Fucking lame! Like that first down line used in football telecasts.

Yeah, the box is fucking stupid. It is shamefully dishonorable and goes against the spirit of the game. If you want to see it, draw it on your own fucking TV with dry-erase markers. I used to have a red dot in the middle of my computer screen for some reason. They should just draw it on the ump's glasses.

The glowing puck I remember would light up like a comet when it was moving fast. I believe that was prior to the wide-spread use of HDTV, however. I didn't like the glowing puck but tracking down the puck on the old TVs could be maddening. HDTV has massively improved hockey viewing, at least for me, just for the simple fact that you can actually see the puck at almost all times. In the old days, I kind of spotted it by the way the players were acting and reacting.

I also remember an effort of putting glow in the dark strips on a football for an NFL (or USFL? XFL maybe?) game.

Re: Big Earn: The chick in Kingpin is absolutely SMOKIN'. No, not Munson's landlord, the other chick.

**::: :::** · 05-30-2017, 08:49 AM

The NFL line of scrimmage is useful, as is the strike zone. The NHL's comet was more distracting than helpful. And HD really helped too.

"shamefully dishonorable"? get over yourself

[edit to add] I will concede it's not necessary on each pitch, but the summary of pitches is a good look at the at bat

**Jong Lafitte** · 05-30-2017, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by acinpdx

"shamefully dishonorable"? get over yourself

[edit to add] I will concede it's not necessary on each pitch, but the summary of pitches is a good look at the at bat

Ha! Yeah, its not that big of a deal, it is dumb though. I might have to agree with you on the summary at any rate.