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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    That's cool...just razzin. I've been watching the Blues more than I used to. Good to see them competitive. The games are impossible to follow, so it's not a great watch til it gets to crunch time or sudden death.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    *waits to see the list of ESPN executives who have been laid off :pensive:
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,814
    Bring back Playmakers!
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Just read about Kellerman, too. ESPN is on a roll today.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,212
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Jason P said:

    ESPN pretty much laid off their entire hockey reporting staff. Now they can devote more time (the 18 seconds of hockey coverage) to Tim Tebow.

    And Lebron. Don't forget Lebron. Lebron.
    even Barry Melrose?
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,306
    The sad thing is that ESPN is doing this just to appease investors. The salary they are cutting doesn't even put a little ding into the mistakes they made with the billions of dollars they paid for exclusive sports programming just before people started cutting the cord.

    ESPN should take advice from this guy ....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozmz_3VdDSg

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,814
    edited April 2017
    You mean like paying a fuck load to the PAC 12 to force football games on Friday nights?
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,306
    DewieCox said:

    That's cool...just razzin. I've been watching the Blues more than I used to. Good to see them competitive. The games are impossible to follow, so it's not a great watch til it gets to crunch time or sudden death.

    I'm rooting for the Blues now that the Wings have to rebuild.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,306
    One of the top headlines on ESPN.com this morning was on Tim Tebow now hitting .246 in single A ...
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    Jason P said:

    One of the top headlines on ESPN.com this morning was on Tim Tebow now hitting .246 in single A ...

    I'm interested but only for a quick update. What you said was perfect. No more time is needed, lol.

    I miss highlights. I like when they talked about how good a player was or the player that did all the little things. That I miss...
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,792
    I turned away from ESPN after multiple summers of them camping out on Brett Favre’s lawn for the annual ‘un-retirement’ watch. I had never seen such ball washing of a professional athlete before that, and it was embarrassing. I stopped watching ESPN from that point on.

    Based on what I saw written about LeBron’s ‘decision’ I think I made the right call several years ago.



    & also, the NHL playoffs are the best tournament in professional sports, hands down.
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,855
    ESPN just hasnt been able to adapt to formidable competition out there in Fox, CBS, and Comcast Sports Networks. Also, factor in that MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL have their own high quality networks as well as mobile apps and streaming. Add in NCAA Power Conferences to that too. ESPN used to be the 1-stop place to watch all the highlights in loop, Baseball Tonight, NHL 2Nite, NFL Gameday, NFL Primetime, etc. ESPN tried to adapt by getting 'trendier', throwing up all the overlays of topics and such, focusing on superstars and drama... but it doesnt really captivate this day and age.

    They still are unmatched in their presentation of Live Sports though. Those are getting chipped away from them too as the other Networks get larger.
  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    Any sports fan that watches this channel for anything other than live sports and the 30 for 30's I find odd.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited April 2017
    I keep seeing people talk about how great the live sports on ESPN are the best and so much better than other channels, but I don't understand what the hell theyre talking about. I have to wonder what low rate half assed sports channels they're watching. Their broadcasts have the same type of douche personalities and other bullshit that bogs down their other programming. Granted, other channels have some dumbasses, but virtually entire crews blow ass with one bright spot and other channels the tolerable/douche ratio is opposite.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,855
    College Football and MLB in particular. I'm not an NBA fan, but in the blue moon that I tune in, it is done very well.

    NHL on NBC for example has always been a circus, and their in-studio panel is embarrassing (although it seems to have finally improved this year).
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,792
    JK_Livin said:

    Any sports fan that watches this channel for anything other than live sports and the 30 for 30's I find odd.

    +1
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,919
    JK_Livin said:

    Any sports fan that watches this channel for anything other than live sports and the 30 for 30's I find odd.

    agree 100%. the 30 for 30s are great though. the one on Calipari was really good. Cool to see the old UMass clips. those were fun teams to watch. Lou Roe and Will Herndon were my favorite A10 opponents ever.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Merkin Baller said:

    I turned away from ESPN after multiple summers of them camping out on Brett Favre’s lawn for the annual ‘un-retirement’ watch. I had never seen such ball washing of a professional athlete before that, and it was embarrassing. I stopped watching ESPN from that point on.

    Based on what I saw written about LeBron’s ‘decision’ I think I made the right call several years ago.



    & also, the NHL playoffs are the best tournament in professional sports, hands down.

    THANK YOU!!! The Annual Favre-A-Thons were what did me in, as well! As soon as I saw a "Favre" ticker at the bottom of the screen I was like, fuck it, I'm out.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    edited April 2017
    DewieCox said:

    I keep seeing people talk about how great the live sports on ESPN are the best and so much better than other channels, but I don't understand what the hell theyre talking about. I have to wonder what low rate half assed sports channels they're watching. Their broadcasts have the same type of douche personalities and other bullshit that bogs down their other programming. Granted, other channels have some dumbasses, but virtually entire crews blow ass with one bright spot and other channels the tolerable/douche ratio is opposite.

    Agreed. Unless Sean McDonough is calling a game, their live sports presentations are no better (often a lot worse) than anyone else.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,911
    JK_Livin said:

    Any sports fan that watches this channel for anything other than live sports and the 30 for 30's I find odd.

    I'll add College Gameday to that list. That's the only "studio" type of show I can handle on ESPN.

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