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06-27-2005, 01:42 PM
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A funny read about the "world wide leader in sports broadcasting"
It's a fun little read, too long to cut and paste, so follow the link here
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06-27-2005, 01:55 PM
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Nothing is too long to copy and paste...
<hr> While reading the comments section of my "Over-rated" piece (I always read my comments religiously, by the way- ego trip), I couldn't help but notice a preponderance of complaints leveled at ESPN. I didn't include the network in "Over-rated" because my gripes about ESPN are a column's worth. And sure enough, here it is. I've listed, again in no particular order, some of my bigger beefs with ESPN. I don't think I've included all of them, but the biggest are here. Read on and, per usual, you're free to take your own shots, at the network... and at me as well. To wit: Chris Berman He's finished. Done. Stick a fork in him. He doesn't know anything (he can't even guest-anchor on "SportsCenter" because he's too incompetent), and he has long since become a flat-out caricature of himself. Plus Berman's always been just about the worst baseball announcer ever, since he doesn't know how to close his mouth for two f--king seconds. We're both chunky guys who love football, and that's kewl... but he's an institution, and as Ace Rothstein and I say, that's the problem. ESPN Original Entertainment Hmm, let's see. "Playmakers"? Awful. "Tilt"? Horrible. "Dream Job"? Pointless (the 'winner' is never around anyway). "I'd Do Anything?" Yeah, so would I, except watch this bull[censored]. "Teammates"? Yeah, suuure. "Season on the Brink"? Just read the Feinstein. About the only decent thing to come out of this dilapidated division of the network is "The Junction Boys". And really, "The Junction Boys", with its gaggle of neophyte actors and its ham-handed lead performance by Tom Berringer as Paul "Bear" Bryant, isn't very good either... but it's the uncut Magnificent Ambersons compared to the other garbage I've just rattled off. Sunday Night Soundtrack I don't watch a whole heck of a lot of Sunday Night Baseball, but when I do, the last thing I want to see is mid-game interviews with the likes of Bowling for Soup or, worse yet, Three Doors Down (the worst band of all time). I'll tune in to one of the bubble-gum pop stations in the Akron-Cleveland area if, and when, I'm jonesing to hear "Almost!". But if I'm tuning in to ESPN on Sunday Night, I want to hear Jon Miller and Joe Morgan and watch two National League teams I don't give a f--k about, dammit. It's Not ESPN... it's ES(PC)N Quick rundown of the Rush Limbaugh/NFL Sunday Countdown fiasco: Rush politicized a discussion of Donovan McNabb's skills (or lack thereof) by declaring that, in his opinion, McNabb had been purposely overrated by the media out of its "concern" for the success of black quarterbacks in the NFL. Rush failed to garner many 'mega-dittos' for his little bout of opinion. In fact, Limbaugh was cashiered from the analyst's job soon thereafter, amid a cacaphony of criticism leveled at him by everyone from other ESPN commentators to General Wesley "The Serb Killa" Clark, who attempted to jump-start his failing presidential campaign by piling on the man with Talent on Loan from God. And you know what? Rush got exactly what he deserved. Once you get past the egos and the rampant materialism and hedonism, sports is too beautiful and pristine a thing to be contaminated by politics. Problem is, even with Rush's large behind in the rear-view mirror, the politics still fly fast and furious... especially on ESPN.com's Page 2 section, where it seems like a day doesn't go by without the likes of Jason Whitlock and Jim Caple playing the race card fast and furious. Whitlock, a Kansas City scribe who really ought to be beat-writing for the sorry Royals in utter obscurity, thinks you're a racist if you didn't much care for the 2004 Olympic basketball team. Caple thought Notre Dame students were racists for wanting the mediocre Tyrone Willingham fired, as he states in this embarrassing meltdown that reaches Maureen Dowd-levels of hysteria and irrationality. You definitely can't race-monger from the right at ESPN, but you can race-monger from the PC-zone. That's [censored]ing bull[censored]. There's no room for either in sports. God knows there's waaaaay too much of it in real life, and sports is supposed to be a refuge from real life. Oh, well- not at ESPN. (BTW, normally I wouldn't mind taking Tom Jackson's existence... but I would not have wanted to be in his position, seated right next to Rush when he stepped over the line that fateful Sunday morning in 2003. Think about it. He says something, it might escalate an already awkward situation into a total cluster[censored]. He stays quiet, as he basically did, and he gets slammed as "Uncle" Tom Jackson. Talk about damned if you do, damned if you don't. I suppose he could have torn into Rush like Steve Harris would have on "The Practice", but T.J. doesn't have the terminally soft Bobby as a boss, either. Besides, Rush was doing just fine picking up 'more rope' on his own). Yay for Title IX! It's All Boston/New York, All the Time Gee, you'd never know that these were two struggling ballclubs who have a very good chance of not making the playoffs this season. At least not the way ESPN covers them. Matter of fact, you'd think these were the only two f--king teams in baseball. Countdown to irate Bosox fans insulting me and Cleveland in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... ESPN Has Girl Power! You'd better believe it. The way ESPN talks up the women in sports, you'd think its anchors were mere puppets, and that feminazi "woman" Martha Burk has her hands up their asses and is reaching up all the way into their vocal cords. Watching ESPN, you'd never know that the vast, vast majority of the viewing audience couldn't give a [censored] or a good goddam about womens' sports (womens' tennis is the exception). And thank G-d Danica Patrick didn't win the Indy 500. Jesus, we'd never hear the end of it. "Don't call them 'female' athletes!" Stuart Scott (who else) admonished us as he gushed about Patrick and Annika Sorenstam. "Just call them athletes!" Well, gee, Stu, we'd love to, but we can't, because you're too busy hyping up the fact that they're female. I know they're women, Stu. I'm not the one with the glass eye here. You're Alberts and May, Not Woodward and Bernstein... Assholes I'm still a little stunned by the antics of Trev Alberts and Mark May, who, during halftime of the Alamo Bowl- a game in which the Buckeyes were playing- declared that the state of the OSU football program demanded that Tressel either resign or be fired. You'd think it was like the last days of the Switzer Regime at Oklahoma, the way Alberts, May, and their host network piled on the Buckeyes last fall. You'd think chicks were getting gang-raped in the players' dorms and Troy Smith was dealing coke right out of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, Charles Thompson-style. Uh, not quite. Turned out a booster had given Smith $500.00. That's it. Smith will sit out the opening game this fall. That's it. There wasn't even enough to warrant sanctions against the football program. Yes, I am an apologist for Ohio State football and Jim Tressel. But even a Michigan fan could have seen the chicanery of Alberts, May, Tom Friend et al for the shoddy stuff it was- would-be crusaders creating a story, instead of merely reporting one. And I'm pretty sure ESPN (or "E-SPIN" as it's known in Buckeyeland) tried to screw the University of Tennessee the same way right after they won their National Championship. Guys, you ain't Cronkite, you ain't Huntley, and you sure as hell ain't Edward R. Murrow. You're a couple of ex-jocks who are there to read the scores. Read them! Where's Ron Mexico? The story of a Georgia woman's lawsuit against Michael Vick broke on April 5 of this year. That was 73 days ago. To this date, I have neither heard nor seen a single reference to the lawsuit on either ESPN or ESPN.com. Not one. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am. I guess some oxen can't be gored. Say, where the heck are all those bloodhound 'journalists' like Jeremy Schaap? Shouldn't they be all over the Ron Mexico case? I'm not saying ESPN should be tearing down Vick's career, but sauce for the Ohio State goose ought to be sauce for the Michael Vick gander... right? I mean, I'm just saying. Skip Clueless and John A. Doe Couple of talentless hacks masquerading as journalists. Skip is a Professional Hater from way back. And I actually used to dig Stephen A., until he came with a baseless rumor about LeBron leaving Cleveland for (surprise!) New York, because his mother doesn't get along with Dan Gilbert. I hate to be that guy who quotes Chapelle, but, uh-what? He only needs one lense And Finally... Stuart Scott Stuart Scott is the embodiment of everything that is wrong and evil about ESPN. He tries desperately hard to be "hip" and "funny", but falls way, way short (Stu is from South Carolina; he's about as 'street' as my half-Jew, half-hillbilly ass). He really thinks you're tuning in to watch him, and not sports. His failure to just shut the f--k up in his gig as sideline reporter on ABC's Finals coverage is wearing very, very thin (he actually cut into Al Michael's call during Game Three to continue a monologue about Ben Wallace's mama. Cut into Al-[censored]ing-Michaels! What balls!). And nobody- nobody- mounts a high horse the way Stuart Scott does. When "SportsCenter" comes back from commercials, and Stu is standing in front of the big monitor, glasses on, fingers laced in front of him... shut the TV off. Immediately. Or at least hit 'mute'. Or turn to the Kim Yates movie on Cinemax. Or kill yourself. Anything will be better than what is about to come out of Stuart Scott's mouth at that moment- whatever it is. Example of Stu Scott's talent for being a gi-normous (sorry, McCoy) Stick-In-The-Mud: Last fall, Saint Stu verbally spanked a NASCAR driver for referring to his car's engine failure as 'catastrophic', just after the plane crash that wiped out a good portion of the Hendrick racing team. "That's no catastrophe", Stu huffed. "He should ask the Hendrick team what a catastrophe is." I ask all of you- is it possible to be a more self-righteous asshole than this? |
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06-27-2005, 01:57 PM
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Wow. Great read...
Every original show ESPN has done has turned out horribly. Bear Bryant rolled over in his grave when the Junction Boys was released. Putrid. |
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06-27-2005, 02:12 PM
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There are 7 pages of comments that follow, reading some of them has been fun too!
Favorite "I love college basketball but I'd kick Dukie V through a window if I could." Followed closely by, "Chris Berman.... I could not agree with you more. The guy is a [censored]ing cartoon. How fitting is it that he hosts the ESPN video games? He's a caricature of himself and a perfect fit for a video game existence. Hang it up Chris and take that excitable moron Dick Vitale with you. “You’re a talking joke BABY!”"  Another great reply: You have summed up so many reasons why I stopped watching these asswipes. The one thing I would add is the absolute hypocrisy of ESPN when it comes to the concept of “team” vs. “individual.” They have single-handedly managed to turn sports into an exhibition of the individual athlete, despite their protests. Name a team, see them on sportscenter and you know instantly who they are going to talk about, regardless of what actually happened on the field. GB - Favre Atlanta - Vick Bears - Urlacher Giants - Bonds Penguins - Mario (even retired) Cavs – LeBron Golf - Tiger, Tiger, Tiger etc, etc etc ad nasuem. Then after doing that, when one of these individual stars falls from grace and has the inevitable drug bust, beat up his wife, caught with a gun incident, some dumbass ESPN anchor will lament the fact that the fans focus too much on these individual players as heroes and stars, blah blah blah. It really does become sickening. ----------- That is spot on. |
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06-27-2005, 02:27 PM
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Junction Boys sucked. I also think they missed on the movie about Bobby Knight. Playmakers was actually quite good, imo.
He is right about most of that, but especially the Red Sox-Yankees lovefest. It's disgusting. They do the same thing with the Lakers in bball. |
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06-27-2005, 02:35 PM
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The beginning of the end was when Craig Kilborn left.
Then Steiner left and...well, it was the end. It's hard to sit through 10 minutes of sportscenter these days. With all the shameless plugs for crappy movies like "3" and the X-games (uh, if a sporting event isn't covered by anybody, is it still a sporting event?), the stupid round table discussions like "Burning Questions" and "On the Hot Seat", and the boo-yahs, it's just horrible. Oh, I just remembered the horrible Kid Rock montage they do after every NFL week.  Chris Berman lost it about 5 years ago. Along with Pat Summerall, John Madden, and Keith Jackson. Uh, the tundra isn't frozen in September. |
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06-27-2005, 02:39 PM
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im getting really tired of their human interest stories lately. they pulled that dip[censored] over from MTV (can't remember his name, thats how important he is) and all he does is talk about some high school kid with MS that wants to be a track star or some [censored]. I don't care about that, show me the scores.
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06-27-2005, 03:14 PM
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BN27 is a mod? Man, BP is going to [censored].
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06-27-2005, 03:40 PM
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06-27-2005, 03:46 PM
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I agree with how hard they push female sports down our throats. Yesterday, SportsCenter reffered to Anika Soremstam as "the greatest player on the planet"...not the greatest female player, but rather the greatest period. She's already had her chance to play with the big boys and failed. Put her against Tiger Woods from the same tees (true equality) and the Tiger would absolutely destroy her. I'd also love to see the WNBA all-stars play some top-notch boys high school team and get blown out by 30...
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06-27-2005, 04:13 PM
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06-28-2005, 12:10 AM
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The only thing worse than all of the above was Berman calling the US Open. He actually gave the "back back back and into the hole" call. They might as well put Pee Wee Herman on the mike. He flat out sucks.
Jackson worked out at the Central Y in Cincy for years. He actually is a hell of a nice guy. Had no problem talking like a real person. |
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06-28-2005, 03:09 PM
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It's amazing how many [censored]piles we've been able to point out, and nobody mentioned Shaq/Kobe or Kobe/Phil yet. What a [censored]ing soap opera they made out of that mess, and now they've got a sequel.
BKB's pointing out of the individual vs. team thing was right on the money. And [censored] the Yankees/Sawx hype. For MLB, I'm glad the White Sox are doing well, but wake me when the playoffs start. |
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06-29-2005, 06:10 PM
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Stuart Scott is an arrogant dickhead in real life too. This attractive looking female friend of mine was at some journalism convention with the editor of the magazine she worked for, and stuart scott tried to play the "Do you know who I am" card on her. She, having no interest in sports, was flat out creeped to all hell by the one-eyed motor-mouth stupid [censored] stuart scott has become. Boy am I glad I haven't watched sportscenter in coming up on 2 years now.
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