ESPN Sucks 3rd Version

[Hawk 34]

It’s like when your friends terrible parents finally get a divorce. I’m excited to see him inevitably go to The Ringer/Spotify and then spend years dragging them.

ESPN announces Dan Le Batard will leave the network in January 2021

Fan-favorite ESPN personality Dan Le Batard is moving on.

ftw.usatoday.com

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I imagine that Fat Chris getting fired was the last straw.

I'm here for LeBatard on a non-Disney platform. I just hope it doesn't end up on a subscription service that I don't already pay for, because my disposable income is tapped the fuck out.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

I imagine that Fat Chris getting fired was the last straw.

I'm here for LeBatard on a non-Disney platform. I just hope it doesn't end up on a subscription service that I don't already pay for, because my disposable income is tapped the fuck out.

Get ready for Mildly Questionable on Apple TV+

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1344081039250116610

Some of the replies to this tweet thread are fascinating, when viewed as a glimpse into the psychology of #HateFollow Twitter.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

So, I just heard about a new podcast on ESPN's platform, First Take, Her Take. I am hoping that the podcast is successful, as it stars two women I know, and like (Chiney Ogwumike and Charly Arnolt, aka WWE's own Charly Caruso), and one woman I've never heard of, but have no reason to root against (Kimberly Martin, who is apparently a football reporter).

That being said, I can't help but wonder... did they even ask Molly if she was interested? Because if I was the only woman who regularly appeared on First Take, but was barely ever given the opportunity to talk, and then ESPN did an all-women's spinoff of my show, and I'm not a part of it? I might feel a way about that, if I were her.

 

[strummer]

Have to say I've been watching more of the espn talking head morning shows lately and.... wow are they a bore. This formula is beyond tired at this point imo

 

[strummer]

ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez has died at age 58. ESPN just announced.

Always thought he was pretty damn good

RIP

Announced in other thread. Missed that

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez has died at age 58. ESPN just announced.

Always thought he was pretty damn good

RIP

Announced in other thread. Missed that

I saw this reported on Twitter, and it was one of those posts where you I just stopped scrolling and stared for a few moments. I couldn't believe it. I didn't know him or anything, but it was a huge, "Oh my goodness" moment.

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1358655706283573250

Really good story about Pedro defending a baby reporter Howard Bryant from an enraged Tony LaRussa

 

[strummer]

Eli Manning is joining ESPN's college football coverage next season. He will have his own show "Eli's Place" where he interviews college players and coaches

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Incidentally, there were two Game 7s over the weekend, and the Conference Finals started yesterday, and the Worldwide Leader in Sports™'s flagship NBA show is off until Thursday.

Who in Bristol is responsible for that programming decision, and what is the name of their replacement? There are very few occasions when I wish that I had a Twitter account, but I kind of want to create one, just so that I can ask Rachel Nichols this question.

 

[Zetterberg is God]

A Disparaging Video Prompts Explosive Fallout Within ESPN

In comments still rippling through the network, the reporter Rachel Nichols, who is white, said Maria Taylor, who is Black, earned the job to host 2020 N.B.A. finals coverage because ESPN was “feeling pressure” on diversity.

www.google.ca

 

[MFer]

Here's the audio

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1411679837505347584

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1412149374935838728

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I don't usually hope for people to get fired, but I hope this is the end of the line for Stephen A. Smith at ESPN. This is such trash.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

This makes me even more hopeful for the chaos of a potential Game 6 in the Finals, if Maria Taylor doesn't re-sign. They can't replace her with Rachel Nichols, and I can't imagine that they would dare replace her with Stephen AaaaahahahahahahwhothefuckamIkidding? Like the people are the NBA's demographic give a fuck about anti-Asian racism...

 

[HarleyQuinn]

I just found this amusing in relation to the high school game ESPN opted to randomly show. If the tweet doesn't show up, the score is 44-0 in the 3rd with almost no fans in the stands. One of the schools was a charter school that had gone 0-6 last year and lied to ESPN about the quality of its roster.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1432079935989063684

 

[MFer]

More info:

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/we...er.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

What is this?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Awful Announcing one declared Grant Napear and Jerry Reynolds to be the best NBA announce team. I therefore don't trust their "journalism" on anything, at all.

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

What it was like being a parent of a Bishop Sycamore player

Ray Holtzclaw, father of former Bishop Sycamore quarterback Judah Holtzclaw, spoke to AA about his experience with the program.

awfulannouncing.com

this one is amazing too. the sheer balls of this scam is breathtaking

 

[alkeiper]

It had no business on national television. But is a game like this really unusual? I'm browsing eastern Pennsylvania high school football scores and I see scores of 49-0, 50-0, 55-6, 61-6, 55-0. It's really a crappy sport in general.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

It had no business on national television. But is a game like this really unusual? I'm browsing eastern Pennsylvania high school football scores and I see scores of 49-0, 50-0, 55-6, 61-6, 55-0. It's really a crappy sport in general.

ESPN usually tries to air games between high-ranked/talented teams with regards to their high school games. Blowouts aren't surprising in general but this was like if ESPN aired a game near primetime between Michigan and Chicago College with the belief that Chicago College had multiple legitimate NFL quality prospects on its roster.

Note: I have no idea if Chicago College is a real college or not either.

 

[alkeiper]

If I didn't live 100 miles from State College, PA I'm not sure I would know if Michigan was a real college.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1432704317518196745

 

[King Kamala]

if you want but I'm with al in seeing regular season high school football having no place airing on ESPN. But if you're going to insist on airing it, it's absolutely astounding that a multibillion dollar corporation like ESPN didn't do any rudimentary vetting to see if the teams were at least marginally competitive.

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1432771354923831296

Damn. @HarleyQuinn , you should apply for the job.

 

[alkeiper]

Bishop Sycamore’s Capital Crime Was Not Being Good Enough At Football | Defector

If you are a prep outfit that can provide the big programs with talent and TV networks with inventory, nobody stops to ask for your accreditation status. Bishop Sycamore’s undoing was not its abhorrent practices, ultimately. It was its inability to play football at a high enough level. It gave...

defector.com

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1435291166870671366

lirl

 

[HarleyQuinn]

lol Paul Pierce calling out the culture over at ESPN

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1435277327878037510

 

[Tino Standard]

The disdain LeBron and Paul Pierce have for each other is hilarious. Knowing this, the Celtics scheduling Pierce’s number retirement ceremony for a game when LeBron was in town—and doing it after the game so people couldn’t even leave early—was a disaster waiting to happen, and I’m pretty sure LeBron was all too happy to go out of his way to be a huge dick here.