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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    One thing I hate about ESPN is the constant coverage of the NFL and college football every single day, including the offseason.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    SatansFuton wrote:
    There was a time where I found ESPN relaxing. You could just turn it on and see highlights, get scores, and sports news was reported in a sort of matter-of-fact way. But now it's become a mixture of E! News and FOX News. OK, not AS bad, but along the same lines. And it's just tied into how much they've grown. It's become a huge monster that has to feed itself.

    i agree except to me it is as bad as fox and e...it's sensationalized douchbaggery
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    norm wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    There was a time where I found ESPN relaxing. You could just turn it on and see highlights, get scores, and sports news was reported in a sort of matter-of-fact way. But now it's become a mixture of E! News and FOX News. OK, not AS bad, but along the same lines. And it's just tied into how much they've grown. It's become a huge monster that has to feed itself.

    i agree except to me it is as bad as fox and e...it's sensationalized douchbaggery

    True, and that's what I meant by "along those lines", I said not AS bad as FOX because ESPN is after all just reporting on sports and not trying to influence politics/elections. I just meant the ramifications of ESPN's sensationalism isn't as bad as FOX News.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    are they running they heat check this year
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    SatansFuton wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    never get why people don't understand why espn hypes up the sports they carry so much. it's their job to do so. they're running a business predicated on ratings and advertising dollars. naturally they want to do what they can to keep can to get their viewers talking about the games they will be televising :lol:

    I think everybody understands that, they just don't like it. ESPN wasn't always that way though. For instance they used to have hockey games, but they never hyped it. They would talk about women's college indoor volleyball in more detail than hockey.

    There was a time where I found ESPN relaxing. You could just turn it on and see highlights, get scores, and sports news was reported in a sort of matter-of-fact way. But now it's become a mixture of E! News and FOX News. OK, not AS bad, but along the same lines. And it's just tied into how much they've grown. It's become a huge monster that has to feed itself.

    i agree with your 2nd paragraph completely. it's why i can't stand espn. regarding the 1st: my point is the nbc channel will probably do the same thing with the nhl. because that is what television networks do: promote their programming.

    not a hockey fan but just from reading that espn book; espn really helped the nhl grow and vice versa. towards the end, i would think the reason why they spent less time covering it as opposed to the nba, mlb, and the nfl is that it's by far the least popular of the 4.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    81 wrote:
    are they running they heat check this year

    are you?
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    81 wrote:
    are they running they heat check this year

    dimi is posting too much...81 is starting to speak greeklish
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    norm wrote:
    81 wrote:
    are they running they heat check this year

    dimi is posting too much...81 is starting to speak greeklish

    why now you don't understanding?
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    damn you beer :lol:
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Newch91 wrote:
    One thing I hate about ESPN is the constant coverage of the NFL and college football every single day, including the offseason.


    Well, the NFL is the most popular sport in the US so I can see why there is so much coverage.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    FrankY59 wrote:
    ESPN SUCKS.

    I have been livid about the whole power outage thing all day today. It was horrible coverage. Also, ESPN is abll about the personalities. These guys are just dying to make a name for themselves. Chris Berman sucks.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLG_LtWhj4

    I wonder if NBC will really affect ESPN's ratings. I remember CNNSI was a 24 hour sports network that did not last.

    cnnsi didn't have any games though. just some college hoops I believe.

    the nbc network will have hockey to start with. and they can promote sunday night nfl games. not a strong foundation, but it's a start.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Juggler wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    I'm probably in the minority, but I really love ESPN's college basketball analysts and commentators for games and College Game Day.

    i kind of a agree. dick vitale is a clown at this point though. and digger phelps is a bit of a douche.

    love bill rafferty. everyone else is okay in my book.

    I agree. Sean mcdonough is the most underrated announcer of all time. I like jay bilas a lot. bob knight is the man. rafftery is good.

    vitale is a turd. he and berman need to take their schticks get lost at sea together
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Newch91 wrote:
    One thing I hate about ESPN is the constant coverage of the NFL and college football every single day, including the offseason.

    I will say that I love espn U. especially during college football season. tom luginbill is awesome. joe tessatore shoudl get more air time...he is really good too

    I will watch espn U even if there aren't games on. no chance in hell I'm watching espn, except for college gameday
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    The Fixer wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    One thing I hate about ESPN is the constant coverage of the NFL and college football every single day, including the offseason.

    I will say that I love espn U. especially during college football season. tom luginbill is awesome. joe tessatore shoudl get more air time...he is really good too

    I will watch espn U even if there aren't games on. no chance in hell I'm watching espn, except for college gameday
    Yeah, ESPNU can have all college football coverage they want on; just not ESPN. There are more sports in the world than football. They're basically silent about baseball during the offseason except when something big happens. Even when it's baseball season, there is still more football coverage than baseball.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Newch91 wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    One thing I hate about ESPN is the constant coverage of the NFL and college football every single day, including the offseason.

    I will say that I love espn U. especially during college football season. tom luginbill is awesome. joe tessatore shoudl get more air time...he is really good too

    I will watch espn U even if there aren't games on. no chance in hell I'm watching espn, except for college gameday
    Yeah, ESPNU can have all college football coverage they want on; just not ESPN. There are more sports in the world than football. They're basically silent about baseball during the offseason except when something big happens. Even when it's baseball season, there is still more football coverage than baseball.

    MLB Network blows espn away. except when dan plesac, harold reynolds, eric byrnes, or kevin millar are on
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    The Fixer wrote:
    vitale is a turd. he and berman need to take their schticks get lost at sea together

    Yep....both of these 2 need to go away.

    Vitale just yells uncontrollably and loves everybody......has he EVER criticized anybody??? Berman is just a complete clown.
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    The Fixer wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    I will say that I love espn U. especially during college football season. tom luginbill is awesome. joe tessatore shoudl get more air time...he is really good too

    I will watch espn U even if there aren't games on. no chance in hell I'm watching espn, except for college gameday
    Yeah, ESPNU can have all college football coverage they want on; just not ESPN. There are more sports in the world than football. They're basically silent about baseball during the offseason except when something big happens. Even when it's baseball season, there is still more football coverage than baseball.

    MLB Network blows espn away. except when dan plesac, harold reynolds, eric byrnes, or kevin millar are on
    MLB Network is great. One of the best channels invented. I love their countdown shows. Some great stuff on there. I recorded like 4 of them on Saturday.
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  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    ESPN Classic needs to bring back "Cheap Seats", then maybe I would change my mind about the whole family of networks. At least they still show reruns sometimes, it definitely needs a DVD release though.

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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    SatansFuton wrote:
    ESPN Classic needs to bring back "Cheap Seats", then maybe I would change my mind about the whole family of networks. At least they still show reruns sometimes, it definitely needs a DVD release though.

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    those guys were brutal
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  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    81 wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    ESPN Classic needs to bring back "Cheap Seats", then maybe I would change my mind about the whole family of networks. At least they still show reruns sometimes, it definitely needs a DVD release though.

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    those guys were brutal

    Yeah, I don't anybody felt their wrath quite like Steve Garvey. They were always clowning on him.
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