ESPN Is Pathetic

[soxhop411]

Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard  7m7 minutes ago
Sources: Tristan Thompson is WILLING to sign a 3-year, $53 million deal with the Cavs. Cavs have not yet agreed to the deal.
 
 
Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard  6m6 minutes ago
Story is that Thompson has lowered his demand from 5 yr/$94 max to 3 years/$53 million
 
 
GJGE

 

[ifmanis5]

Breaking:
I am also WILLING to sign 3-year, $53 million deal with Cavs.

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

Tremendous walk back skills there from Chris. What's the timeline between those tweets? Minutes/few hours?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Whatever, Broussard proved himself many times over earlier in the offseason when he broke the Sonny Weems deal.

 

[Vandalman]

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

Must be a human TARDIS. Bigger on the inside. Or perhaps it's a case where it's so evenly distributed you just don't notice the weight.

 

[DLew On Roids]

 

[Vinho Tinto]

Merril Hoge announced on air that he will be having heart surgery. Expects to be back in a month. 

 

[Vandalman]

 

[JimBoSox9]

Dear sweet UX jeebus:
 

 

[mwonow]

Merril Hoge announced on air that he will be having heart surgery. Expects to be back in a month. 

Hoge (heart), return doubtful...

 

[kenneycb]

I believe the correct phrasing from PBP and analysts this weekend will be "Hoge is out with a heart."

 

[Plantiers Wart]

Had the noontime SC on in my office yesterday, and heard some football analyst speaking of the Steelers QB situation - "Michael Vick likes to be the lead dog....."

 

[tims4wins]

 
Whoa he is 48-48 on his TD passes? No incompletions or interceptions?? AMAZING

 

[rodderick]

 
Whoa he is 48-48 on his TD passes? No incompletions or interceptions?? AMAZING

Aside from that, it says right there "since last home INT", so why the redundant "INT - 0"?

 

[joe dokes]

 
Whoa he is 48-48 on his TD passes? No incompletions or interceptions?? AMAZING

 
I'm amazed that they can tell which passes were supposed to go to the endzone and which were supposed to be stopped further upfield.

 

[tims4wins]

At least they got blasted pretty good on twitter for it

 

[chonce1]

http://tinyurl.com/oboefvz

"Protecting the Shield: Why ESPN Can't be Trusted to Cover the NFL," Michael Corcoran, Truthout.

This article is long but has plenty of deflategate analysis. Of particular interest are how it measures the coverage from ESPN.com

Articles/videos on ESPN.com about Deflategate (in the first 7 months of it breaking): 844

Compared to scandals by NFL owners: Haslan's fraud, FBI raid case got 23 articles in 7 months. The Vikings owner found culpable in a fraud case: 5 articles in 7 months.

 

 

[mauidano]

Big game and upset in College Football tonight.  Clemson coach giving the impassioned post game interview and ESPN cuts away in the middle of it to the two SportsCenter anchors playing on their iPads oblivious to what's going on and that they are on live TV.  Stay classy ESPN.
 
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/the-hell-are-you-doing-espn-1734534307

 

[jtn46]

Big game and upset in College Football tonight.  Clemson coach giving the impassioned post game interview and ESPN cuts away in the middle of it to the two SportsCenter anchors playing on their iPads oblivious to what's going on and that they are on live TV.  Stay classy ESPN.
 
http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/the-hell-are-you-doing-espn-1734534307

Was not intentional. I'm not saying anything else because I like my job.

 

[soxhop411]

Sports Illustrated ‏@SInow  21s21 seconds ago
BREAKING: Jason Whitlock and ESPN have parted ways (via @richarddeitsch) http://on.si.com/1VxH1fA

 

[Kenny F'ing Powers]

Did he die? I hope he died.

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

If he did I'm sure his self written obit will blame it on the black culture.

 

[Number45forever]

Whitlock's ability to find work given the inane and inaccurate shit he says 95% of the time is astounding.  I'm just happy this means no more Whitlock on PTI.

 

[Kliq]

Whitlock is the sports media equivalent to Lane Kiffen (or Rob Ryab), no matter how bad he seems to be at his job he keeps getting work.

 

[soxhop411]

@thebiglead: Stephen A. Smith to Kevin Durant: "You Don't Want to Make an Enemy Out of Me" http://wp.me/p3LRnW-20cG

 

[soxhop411]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1129N2Yp1U&ebc=ANyPxKq7jk1txWuuJN8-oagp0j07gQsDm6TBgcEqz1FctIxUU7IeYfXWtTySLoXFmIA2075di5YiHpSfNcVssfMLKQLAc7C72g&app=desktop

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

SAS is loving every second of this. Thanks a lot KD

 

[Reverend]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlKao_Pox5A

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

The irony of being called a liar spurring him into a 10 minute rant about how sensitive "today's athletes" are is just delicious.

 

[soxhop411]

Jason Whitlock ‏@WhitlockJason  1h1 hour ago
Deadspin operates as a hipster gang. Bullied media into silence. But remember, hipster gangs are good because they quote Coates.

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

Wtf is a "hipster gang"? And why is it bad to quote a great writer like Coates? Or is Whitlock the only black writer worth quoting?

 

[weeba]

That's probably in response to this: http://deadspin.com/how-espns-fear-of-the-truth-defeated-black-grantland-1730894729?discussion_truncation=15&utm_expid=66866090-56.xSggy8zmSwG3vMsivr7rOg.4&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com

 

[Vandalman]

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

There's a lack of mobility joke in there somewhere. Too early in the morning for me.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

How can you get shutout, but have an RBI?
 

 

[kenneycb]

Which is a great picture for the "TBS is Pathetic" thread.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

Haha, ok, well to be fair, that was pretty late at night when I took that.  Whoops, Sorry ESPN

 

[Kliq]

After the fiasco this summer I axed ESPN.com from my bookmarks page and replaced it with cbssports.com and haven't missed a thing. It gives me all the scores I want, the front page is more manageable, and their are less ridiculous stories.

 

[Cellar-Door]

Apparently some Grantland podcasters said nice things about the editors who were leaving, and ESPN cut it out. Classy.

 

[CantKeepmedown]

I've been slowly taking myself off ESPN for the past several months.  No SportsCenter in the morning. No pregame stuff on Sundays.  No website (although I do have to go through it to manage my fantasy team).  I only watch when there is a live event on (such as MNF or other type of sporting event).  
 
It's been nice. 

 

[AB in DC]

Still trying to decide which site replaces ESPN.com as my go-to for sports news.  Yahoo is good but pretty limited.  SI has great content but is damn near impossible to navigate.  CBSsports has good news but not much commentary, while NBCsports is the opposite. 

 

[GBrushTWood]

After ballghazi, I also have completely cut ESPN from my viewing habits. For browsing the web, I usually hit Yahoo Sports with an ad-blocker installed. That site usually gives me 80% of what I'm looking for. The rest can be found from Deadspin, Twitter, or any of the sports related sub-Reddit's. For my mobile device, I have been using The Score and find it a pretty suitable alternative to ESPN's garbage. 
 
On the TV side, I don't find the medium particularly insightful for processing and understanding topics, so it's been easier to simply remove ESPN without an alternative. 
 
Overall, I don't find myself missing much of ESPN's products. Their demise can't come soon enough.

 

[soxhop411]

@SportsNation: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with our favorite mascot: "El Taquero"
Follow our Hispanic brother @Nacion_ESPN!http://twitter.com/SportsNation/status/654409865377529856/photo/1

 

[soxhop411]

Sports IllustratedVerified account ‏@SInow  9h9 hours ago
Jason Whitlock is heading back to Fox Sports after leaving ESPN http://on.si.com/1Pgl7t7

 

[ernieshore]

@SportsNation: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with our favorite mascot: "El Taquero"
Follow our Hispanic brother @Nacion_ESPN!http://twitter.com/SportsNation/status/654409865377529856/photo/1

 
I'm dumbfounded. Is that real? Just when I think ESPN can't get any worse...

 

[kenneycb]

It's the actual mascot, or however you want to classify it, of the ESPN Deportes equivalent of SportsNation.

 

[Byrdbrain]

In my opinion Jason Whitlock being employed is the real outrage.

 

[Bosoxen]

@SportsNation: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with our favorite mascot: "El Taquero"
Follow our Hispanic brother @Nacion_ESPN!http://twitter.com/SportsNation/status/654409865377529856/photo/1

 
The brown feet in sandals and cartoon villain mustache are an awesome touch. I'm surprised they don't have him laying down and taking a nap.

 

[johnmd20]

 
The brown feet in sandals and cartoon villain mustache are an awesome touch. I'm surprised they don't have him laying down and taking a nap.

 
Or going around and raping and committing crimes.[/trump]