I love that story. I've heard a similar version years ago, and I believe there are even t-shirts out there that riff on that line, but I couldn't quite remember the context for it all. Thanks for sharing, Nate.
From the article, this is perfect: "SportsCenter once made sports twice as cool, but over the past 15 years it's become an orgy of pandering to dumb people and HOT TOPICS beaten into our heads, slowly making sports insufferable. You know that; but this is a perfect case study. And you know why it really sucks? Because most people don't care and don't even notice, so we'll all slowly get used to it, and one day SportsCenter will pull something like this and it won't even be surprising. Every day, ESPN gets a little dumber and the bar gets set a little lower for next time"
Yeah. ESPN 2 is completely unbearable in the morning. And sportscenter is now nearly unwatchable. Why do we need a 5 minute discussion of what's wrong with the 2-2 Cowboys when there's actually nothing to fucking report, Ed Werder, you complete ass of an idiot?
My teams have to win the championship to get a moment's mention.
New York teams, LA teams, and the Heat and Cowboys. That's it. All they talk about.
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Post subject: Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:28 pm
On the bright side
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I'm going to start a list here of all the ESPN personalities I would punch in the dick if I ever met them. Other than number 1 and 2, these are in no particular order.
Skip Bayless Alexi Lalas Keyshawn Johnson Chris Carter Tim Hasslebeck Dick Vitale Scott Van Pelt Matthew Berry Mel Kiper and Todd Mcshay at the same time John Kruk Jim Rome Mike Greenberg Doug Gottlieb
feel free to add to the list
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I'm going to start a list here of all the ESPN personalities I would punch in the dick if I ever met them. Other than number 1 and 2, these are in no particular order.
Skip Bayless Alexi Lalas Keyshawn Johnson Chris Carter Tim Hasslebeck Dick Vitale Scott Van Pelt Matthew Berry Mel Kiper and Todd Mcshay at the same time John Kruk Jim Rome Mike Greenberg Doug Gottlieb
Post subject: Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:13 pm
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ejny wrote:
Rebar wrote:
I'm going to start a list here of all the ESPN personalities I would punch in the dick if I ever met them. Other than number 1 and 2, these are in no particular order.
Skip Bayless Alexi Lalas Keyshawn Johnson Chris Carter Tim Hasslebeck Dick Vitale Scott Van Pelt Matthew Berry Mel Kiper and Todd Mcshay at the same time John Kruk Jim Rome Mike Greenberg Doug Gottlieb
Stephen A Smith is a caricature, as is Skip Bayless. Stuart Scott, John Buccigrass, everyone on NFL countdown except Tom Jackson, Curt Schilling.
The list goes on and on...they pick the most annoying people. It's seriously beyond my comprehension how bad they are at picking personalities for television.
And how do Lou Holtz and Lomas Brown get jobs speaking on television? Someone should be punished for putting them on screen.
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Post subject: Re: The downfall of ESPN continues...
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:41 pm
On the bright side
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like I said, feel free to add to the list. Berman is another, and I totally forgot about Holtz. Although I would punch his dentures out so he couldn't spit-talk anymore.
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I love that story. I've heard a similar version years ago, and I believe there are even t-shirts out there that riff on that line, but I couldn't quite remember the context for it all. Thanks for sharing, Nate.
