People online love the excitable Dookie, JJ Reddick; but it has been a big drop off from Doc in the booth.
ESPN Is Pathetic
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When I was at ESPN we had at least a half dozen major layoffs. And literally every time on the day people got axed I’d hear from someone “I heard Norby is gone”. And yet, every single time, he was not gone. The guy was a survivor, that’s for sure.
The classic Friday afternoon news dump and this is HUGE news, he was the machine behind ESPN for years and years. When most ESPN insider news was reported elsewhere, high % chance came from him. McAfee called him out on it but he's been leaking stuff and the 'espn source' for years and years.
Cut that check.
View: https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1778187954856599692
ESPN and Peyton Manning‘s Omaha Productions have signed a new long-term content deal that will keep Manning in business with the sports network until 2034.
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ESPN and Peyton Manning‘s Omaha Productions have signed a new long-term content deal that will keep Manning in business with the sports network until 2034.
Hey, remember Penn Entertainment and how they bought and later sold a big share of Barstool Sports back to Dave? Well, Penn changed from Barstool Sportsbook and later became ESPN Bet and now...
View: https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1782472648225595737
Disney and ESPN CTO Aaron LaBerge to Exit, Will Become Chief Technology Officer of Sports-Betting Company Penn Entertainment
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Disney and ESPN CTO Aaron LaBerge to Exit, Will Become Chief Technology Officer of Sports-Betting Company Penn Entertainment
When oh WHEN will these Celtics prove they are tough?! One other adjective you can't be without a championship ring, apparently. Seems to me the Celtics continuing with all their winning seasons since 2016-17 (Jaylen's rookie season) amongst a lot of turnover of complementary pieces is the definition of a tough Jaylen/Jayson foundation.
I want to like Bryant but he seems to be going round and round in circles trying to figure out a way to make this about "toughness" when all he's really saying is that they should finish off opponents when they have the lead.
8-2 in elimination games over the last 3 years: Not tough.
Is it just too boring to ask whether or not this is the year they get over the hump?
Counterpoint: They put themselves in a position last year where they’ve had to play 10 elimination games in 5 rounds. That includes 6 elimination games last years in 2 rounds, including going down 3-0 to a team that was down late in a play-in game and down 3-2 to a team that wasn’t playing Joel Embiid. And they haven’t been tested at all this playoffs.
The truth is somewhere in between but let’s not act like the Celtics have always been a lock in tight situations.
The truth is somewhere in between but let’s not act like the Celtics have always been a lock in tight situations.
Talking about last year is only slightly more relevant than how Hank Finkel replaced Bill Russell.
I did not bring up their record in elimination games the last two years as something in their favor. I also don’t agree last year is completely irrelevant given they return 7 of their top 9 players including their 2 best players. 100% relevant, no. But I don’t think you can throw away last year because they added Porzingis and Holiday.
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Will this get Pat suspended? Somewhere Norby is nodding yes.
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Monday's Pat McAfee Show opened with a Caitlin Clark PowerPoint: "I would like the media people that continue to say, 'This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class'. Nah, just call it for what it is — there's one white bitch for the Indiana team who is a superstar."
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Monday's Pat McAfee Show opened with a Caitlin Clark PowerPoint: "I would like the media people that continue to say, 'This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class'. Nah, just call it for what it is — there's one white bitch for the Indiana team who is a superstar."
"took an Iowa program from nothing to multiple year success story"
ummm.... they were in the elite 8 the year before she got there?
ummm.... they were in the elite 8 the year before she got there?
He apologized today.
View: https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1798029220448514464
"I utilized a descriptor that I certainly should not have used. ...I utilized the words "white bitch" to describe Caitlin Clark as the superstar in Indiana. Now, when I was saying it, I legitimately meant it in a complimentary fashion." - Pat McAfee.
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"I utilized a descriptor that I certainly should not have used. ...I utilized the words "white bitch" to describe Caitlin Clark as the superstar in Indiana. Now, when I was saying it, I legitimately meant it in a complimentary fashion." - Pat McAfee.
"Complimentary fashion" huh? Ooookay, whatever he needs to tell himself to justify being an asshole.
How the fuck is this guy so goddamned popular?
How the fuck is this guy so goddamned popular?
He's always been a creep and he's been a very awkward fit for ESPN. I'm surprised he's lasted this long on that platform.
I think Pat was quoting Chennedy Carter who appeared to call Clark a bitch before she shoved her. Bad form nevertheless.
I'm an idiot and still sometimes look at Rolling Stone's website in futile attempts for music news. I checked three minutes ago and saw the following headlines:
Alan Cumming on His Eclectic Career Choices: 'Deal With It, Bitches'
Cardi B on Proving Her Greatness: ‘I’m That Bitch, and Y’all Fucking Know It’
Los Bitchos Dance on the Sand in Video for Beach Rocker 'Don't Change'
As much as I loathe McAfee's brand of whatever it is, this seems like a sloppy, lazy broadcaster being sloppy and lazy. He used overly familiar, increasingly accepted language like a white dude quoting the wrong rap song. It certainly isn't good but the pearls should probably remain unclutched.
Alan Cumming on His Eclectic Career Choices: 'Deal With It, Bitches'
Cardi B on Proving Her Greatness: ‘I’m That Bitch, and Y’all Fucking Know It’
Los Bitchos Dance on the Sand in Video for Beach Rocker 'Don't Change'
As much as I loathe McAfee's brand of whatever it is, this seems like a sloppy, lazy broadcaster being sloppy and lazy. He used overly familiar, increasingly accepted language like a white dude quoting the wrong rap song. It certainly isn't good but the pearls should probably remain unclutched.
I feel like you're making this exclusively about the use of the word "bitch" rather than how he used it. Context does matter. Cumming wasn't calling any specific person a bitch. Cardi B was calling herself a bitch. Los Bitchos is the name the band gave themselves. McAfee called Caitlin Clark a "white bitch". That's not him repeating something that Clark called herself. That's not him using a generalized profanity for shock and emphasis. There's no context in which what he said is appropriate or simply lazy broadcasting. That sort of thing has to be called out when it happens, or it does become accepted language.
Did you watch the original clip? He calls her a “white bitch” then spends the next 55 seconds saying how awesome she is. It was clunky and he should have used a different word. But it was not in the area of “She’s a sucks and is a bitch” vein.
McAfee was trying to be "hip" and "edgy", which is his whole schtick. It was a utterly dumb thing to say, and he rightfully should have apologized for it.
I like McAfee, in small doses in the proper context. He's a blast on College GameDay, and he's fun on WWE commentary. He's too much on his radio show for my taste, but he has the occasional very well-done segment (for example, his interview with Adam Silver a couple months ago was excellent).
I like McAfee, in small doses in the proper context. He's a blast on College GameDay, and he's fun on WWE commentary. He's too much on his radio show for my taste, but he has the occasional very well-done segment (for example, his interview with Adam Silver a couple months ago was excellent).
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and if his name was bronny jones he would not even have a single article written about him..
and if his name was bronny jones he would not even have a single article written about him..
You clicked and shared. They aren’t pathetic, they know what people want/hate.
Maybe I’m just noticing crap like this, but this story is just a very thinly veiled ad for ESPNBet, disguised as a sports story interspersed with other news. The “story” is that people love to wager on Paul Skenes and it’s a really compelling bet to consider, and it quotes line movement numbers from ESPNBet. This isn’t an impartial story about the house in Vegas taking a big beat or something, not sports gambling coverage, it’s just saying “hey, people are excited to bet on this guy! By the way, if you did want to, we know a guy…”
Just flipped to the ESPN app as a quick break from work. Second video highlight is Bronny air-balling a three during summer league. I mean, I turned it off in disgust-- kind of pathetic.
I guess that's a success for them because I'm posting that it sucks here? So they're not irrelevant?
I think a lot of people here are underestimating how little sports actually happen in the summer in general, and even more so, right now around the All-Star Break.
I used to work in sports media and trust me, the NBA summer league is a godsend because there's literally nothing else to put in the content real estate.
LeBron's kid is the biggest intrigue at it right now. It's all very simple. If even NFL training camps were open you'd probably be getting something else. There's not even any soccer right now. It's the deadest of dead. Bronny is going to get some coverage.
I used to work in sports media and trust me, the NBA summer league is a godsend because there's literally nothing else to put in the content real estate.
LeBron's kid is the biggest intrigue at it right now. It's all very simple. If even NFL training camps were open you'd probably be getting something else. There's not even any soccer right now. It's the deadest of dead. Bronny is going to get some coverage.
WNBA?
Wimbledon?
2024 Euros?
2024 Copa America?
Tour de France?
Olympic Trials?
Paris Olympics?
… but, sure, there’s nothing going on other than watching Bronny James pee down his leg*
*I feel bad for him because the few interviews I’ve seen with him he seems like a good kid.
Wimbledon?
2024 Euros?
2024 Copa America?
Tour de France?
Olympic Trials?
Paris Olympics?
… but, sure, there’s nothing going on other than watching Bronny James pee down his leg*
*I feel bad for him because the few interviews I’ve seen with him he seems like a good kid.
Literally none of those things, save like stage 16 of the Tour de France which no one cares about, even happened over the last 2 days. Like none of it.
Yes, NOTHING is going on.
I mean there’s 4 W games today after none yesterday. They can take up…. A little real estate in sports sites. None involve Clark though so probably won’t get many views.
That wasn't a shot at you... apologies if it came across that way. It was a shot at ESPN, which has myriad things it could be discussing besides NBA SL and Bronny James, imho. I get your point.
For the record, yesterday was the only day one or more of these events wasn't occurring. The two soccer championships were Sunday, and both were newsworthy for different reasons. Wimbledon men's final. Sunday was a big WNBA day... TdF is virtually every day, even though that may not float your boat. Hell... even the MLB draft has been going on for the last three days!
For the record, yesterday was the only day one or more of these events wasn't occurring. The two soccer championships were Sunday, and both were newsworthy for different reasons. Wimbledon men's final. Sunday was a big WNBA day... TdF is virtually every day, even though that may not float your boat. Hell... even the MLB draft has been going on for the last three days!
I'm not sure I understand the criticism. ESPN covered all of those events, many in depth.
I get complaining about Bronny coverage on SportsCenter, since that takes time away from other topics. But the ESPN app? Just don't click on the Bronny stuff, right?
I don’t click Xitter links, especially Stephen A., but I can’t make heads or tails of those words in that order. Are those three separate stories? Four? More?
Tatum's magic force field failed to protect someone from the police and Inside the NBA would have done more.
Sometimes I think in a couple thousand years, archaeologists are going to be celebrating the discovery of the greatest translation aid since the Rosetta Stone: an archive of Urban Dictionary.
I wasn't aware of this 30-30, thanks for mentioning it and great to know it's good. I'll give this a watch!
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BREAKING: ESPN has fired Robert Griffin III, sources tell @AndrewMarchand. Griffin, who as recently as last year had been viewed as a rising star at ESPN, had two years remaining on his deal. More details: https://nytimes.com/athletic/5703445/2024/08/15/espn-fires-robert-griffin/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twhq&source=twitterhq
BREAKING: ESPN has fired Robert Griffin III, sources tell @AndrewMarchand. Griffin, who as recently as last year had been viewed as a rising star at ESPN, had two years remaining on his deal. More details: https://nytimes.com/athletic/5703445/2024/08/15/espn-fires-robert-griffin/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twhq&source=twitterhq
Marchand adds that these were budgetary decisions and that more layoffs could happen in the fall.
Fascinating contrast between Ponder and RGIII given her stance on transgender athletes and RGIII who posted this on IG recently about Imane Khelif
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-LiYLpyF_s/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-LiYLpyF_s/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==
Apparently this occurred across Disney. A small round of layoffs so departments could meet fiscal year budget targets.