ESPN Is Pathetic
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I'm bitter you're even a member because you suck at posting.
Stevie1der - yours wasn't bad, I should have quoted Cromulence's. It's the sort of post you'd have expected to see on the espn boards which is pretty relevant given the thread it was in. Cromulence, maybe you'd fit in better over there.
Stevie1der - yours wasn't bad, I should have quoted Cromulence's. It's the sort of post you'd have expected to see on the espn boards which is pretty relevant given the thread it was in. Cromulence, maybe you'd fit in better over there.
Holy shit, pull the stick out of your ass. I made an observation that clearly wasn't 100% serious and specifically said that I know I'm not knowledgeable about the sport. You can seriously get the fuck off your high horse - I'm not going anywhere.
Even your shit defensive responses sound like they come from the ESPN Comment Generator. You suck.
What was wrong with steve's post? Maybe you could explain what you did not like in his post before attacking him . I thought he made a decent analogy. I'm no cricket expert but Steve's comparison seems somewhat on target or applicable between the two sports.SydneySox said:
I don't think I was the intended target of his ire. But just in case, I'd like to really deserve it.
Cricket is nothing more than a dying niche sport propped up by white supremacists who yearn for the days of good olde fashioned colonialism. even in his prime, Don Bradman wouldn't have been able to sniff a major league roster. The only bowler I need to know is Walter Ray Jr. Suck it haterz, baseball rules!
Cricket is nothing more than a dying niche sport propped up by white supremacists who yearn for the days of good olde fashioned colonialism. even in his prime, Don Bradman wouldn't have been able to sniff a major league roster. The only bowler I need to know is Walter Ray Jr. Suck it haterz, baseball rules!
You know why espn.com sucks? Because it very rarely keeps me logged in. It seems like I have to enter my name and password 75-80% of the time. There's no box on the log-in pop up to stay logged in, yet I've selected to have my browser remember my PW, but it hardly ever keeps. It's the only website I have this issue at.
Dead horse beatdown and all ... but Bayless was talking on First Take today about where Tebow would go in this year's NFL draft.
And that's probably six or seven non-real topics on the list above actually discussing NHL playoffs.
And that's probably six or seven non-real topics on the list above actually discussing NHL playoffs.
Holy shit, do not turn on ESPN right now. They are doing a tremendously corny Star Wars themed show
The up side of Disney buying Lucasfilms is the Star Wars universe getting the same film treatment as the Marvel Universe. Down side is synergistic cross-promotional shit like this. I liked May 4th better when it was just a day for Star Wars fans to pull out the cheesy "May the Fourth be with you" one too many times, rather than it being co-opted into an actual commercial "holiday".
Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon will around for awhile longer:
http://sportsmedianews.com/tony-kornheiser-and-michael-wilbon-sign-new-multi-year-extensions-with-espn/
http://sportsmedianews.com/tony-kornheiser-and-michael-wilbon-sign-new-multi-year-extensions-with-espn/
ESPN is learning from one of Simmons' favorite tropes. "We made our own subjective (but official-sounding) metric, it didn't show what you might expect, and now there's controversy!" Completely self-contained echo-chamber crap.
Was getting on ESPN one of them?edoug said:
Also, SportsCenter is already ManzielCenter. Whenever I turn it on in the morning for my customary 5-minute check in, it's always Manziel related
I actually find that a lot more interesting than learning that someone's favorite team is the Atlanta Braves.edoug said:
ifmanis5 said:
The Manziel/Gronk Vegas 'story' was the perfect encapsulation of everything I hate about ESPN
I didn't want to start a new thread for this, and I didn't see a Reilly specific one... but damn. Have you seen this?
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10995146/rick-reilly-derek-jeter
This is what I imagine Reilly looked like after submitting this article:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10995146/rick-reilly-derek-jeter
This is what I imagine Reilly looked like after submitting this article:
Holy shit. That may be the worst thing I've ever read. There are so many things to comment on but I'll ask only one question- in which ten years was this the case?
He wasn't even the best player at his own position in his own league for 10 years, much less the league as a whole.
Also, Rick, feel free to Google things. Here are the WAR leaders by year. I see a 3rd and a 6th. That's the list. LINK-- http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_top_ten.shtml
Also, Rick, feel free to Google things. Here are the WAR leaders by year. I see a 3rd and a 6th. That's the list. LINK-- http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_top_ten.shtml
You don't get it. It's DEREK JETER. He can go watch a bad little league team that could never score a run and with his mere presence they score, 1 run. The mercy rule had to wait that day. He allowed managers, figuratively his boss, to be upset and criticize him when he makes what some would call a bonehead play. I ask you how do statistics convey how you feel when he looks at you and gives you that smile.ifmanis5 said:
I made the mistake of flipping on the Mike & Mike show this morning. Naturally, they were rehashing the NFL for the umpteenth time (something about Roberth Griffin III and his leadership). ESPN really should just merge with the NFL Network and get it over with.
JimD said:
If they did that, then their blanket Lebron coverage would really look out of place.
His longest consecutive streak for best at his own position on his own TEAM was eight years, 1996-2003.ifmanis5 said:
This morning Mark Brunell had his own list of the top 5 QB's in the league and Brady was 4th. If I recall it went Ben, Brady, Aaron, Brees, Manning. They literally do more NFL coverage than baseball coverage even in June.
Story today on how a teammate is annoyed by the amount of media attention on Manziel. Is this literally achieved by an ESPN reporter personally asking Ben Tate eight straight questions about Manziel and then taking one comment as he turns to dry off, and making *that* the Manziel story for the day. Pathetic.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11028415/ben-tate-cleveland-browns-bristles-johnny-manziel-media-horde
In my dream, ESPN would still have only crappy sports to broadcast, so they'd have Bayless and Stephen A. cooking up hours of faux impassioned debate about cheerleading competitions.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11028415/ben-tate-cleveland-browns-bristles-johnny-manziel-media-horde
In my dream, ESPN would still have only crappy sports to broadcast, so they'd have Bayless and Stephen A. cooking up hours of faux impassioned debate about cheerleading competitions.
Rick Reilly's faux auto-obituary really speaks for itself.
I can't believe this and the Jeter piece were even written. He's surpassed KPD's level of delusion
I can't believe this and the Jeter piece were even written. He's surpassed KPD's level of delusion
PedroSpecialK said:
Barry Bonds and Robert Wuhl are "jerks." I happen to think, like Rick, the world needed to know that, and were entertained reading it. You can agree to disagree, but at the end of the day, Barry Bonds and Robert Wuhl are jerks, so...
Tonight's top 10 featured what appears to have been a behind the back stab by a pitcher - but it was completely obscured by the graphic showing the hashtags they felt obliged to promote...as was the first shot of AJP being "robbed" at the fence though at least they had clear views of that one on the replays.
Can't wait for ESPN to devote all summer to WHAT WILL THE HEAT DO NEXT??!! and about :10 seconds on the Spurs.
They hate it when the best player does not win and a smaller city does. Totally undermines their star system.
So it was encouraging this morning when M and M were focused on heaping praise on SA. Which, as they noted, "massacred" Mia from game 3 forward.
When they lapsed into "break it up?" talk re Mia. Bruce Bowen appropriately slapped them down -- you don't take 4 trips to Finals for granted.
So it was encouraging this morning when M and M were focused on heaping praise on SA. Which, as they noted, "massacred" Mia from game 3 forward.
When they lapsed into "break it up?" talk re Mia. Bruce Bowen appropriately slapped them down -- you don't take 4 trips to Finals for granted.
ifmanis5 said:
So now we're just ASSUMING they are pathetic?
At least wait for them to do this before calling them out on it.
(although there are quite a few posters this *does* work for)
Cowherd is awful. He's not even just talking about LeBron. He's literally talking about how LeBron is still the story. Just compared San Antonio to drywall and that the Heat are the new granite countertops in the kitchen.
What useless crap.
I've already bailed on Baseball Tonight for MLBN, which kills it with the ability to do live look-ins on games. I hope NBAN gets their studio show top tier and helps siphon viewers from the WWL.
It's time. There's so much info out there for sports fans, our appetite is whetted for insight and why (Diaw's effectiveness on Bosh, who/how they made Patty Mills and Belinelli into standout players, if other NBA teams have the composition and ability to emulate the selfless team play of the Spurs.)
And ESPN gives us waaaaah, but, but LeBron is still the new kitchen!!
They suck so, so much and are such a huge part of steering sports for the worse in pushing the star system and spotlighting egotism.
What useless crap.
I've already bailed on Baseball Tonight for MLBN, which kills it with the ability to do live look-ins on games. I hope NBAN gets their studio show top tier and helps siphon viewers from the WWL.
It's time. There's so much info out there for sports fans, our appetite is whetted for insight and why (Diaw's effectiveness on Bosh, who/how they made Patty Mills and Belinelli into standout players, if other NBA teams have the composition and ability to emulate the selfless team play of the Spurs.)
And ESPN gives us waaaaah, but, but LeBron is still the new kitchen!!
They suck so, so much and are such a huge part of steering sports for the worse in pushing the star system and spotlighting egotism.
LeoCarrillo said:
And as we get fully entrenched into the era where *every* player grew up watching the latest and shittiest version of ESPN, it takes longer and longer for even great players to realize that "making ESPN personalities get excited" is not the same thing as "doing things that lead towards winning the games that I am now paid to play."
He wasn't exactly taking a great leap there. See Leo on Cowherd.Lose Remerswaal said:
SA is an historically great franchise and Pop is an historically great coach.
It took only the second scheduled show of the day to demonstrate, once again and conclusively, that ESPN is moronic.
Oh, I know they were most likely to go there. But can't they just go there before we start complaining? Otherwise we could just start posting "oh, so now so and so is going to start complaining about ____" pre-emptively.
Actually, I told ya so. This morning was 70% LeBron & the Heat, 30% Spurs in the hour or so that I saw. It was so predictable.Lose Remerswaal said: