Sports Broadcasting/Anchors/Media Thread

[devo]

Sports Media Thread

LAKERS. LLLLLLLAKERRRRRRS.

 

[the max]

Sports Media Thread

Beltre is probably glad V-Mart went to Detroit. V-Mart drove him fucking crazy with the head touching last year.

My favorite:

 

[Star Ocean 2]

Sports Media Thread

I've had enough of these ridiculous annual stories about those 4 hosers who have been to every Super Bowl. So they've blown a hundred thousand dollars to get crappy seats to a game better watched on TV, and every year we're expected to...admire them? The point of the publicity is never clear. I guess they're superfans and super rich so we're supposed to care.

It's not even that big an accomplishment to go every year. Show me the guy who's been to every World Series game in the past x amount of years. That's dedication to the sport.

 

[alkeiper]

Sports Media Thread

I've had enough of these ridiculous annual stories about those 4 hosers who have been to every Super Bowl. So they've blown a hundred thousand dollars to get crappy seats to a game better watched on TV, and every year we're expected to...admire them? The point of the publicity is never clear. I guess they're superfans and super rich so we're supposed to care.

It's not even that big an accomplishment to go every year. Show me the guy who's been to every World Series game in the past x amount of years. That's dedication to the sport.

I once braved a two hour rain delay to watch a Daisuke Matsuzaka start. That's dedication.

 

[CanadianGuitarist]

Sports Media Thread

I guess this belongs here:

Did anyone hear about women's tennis #1 Caroline Wozniacki? She was criticized for being a boring interview, so in a pre-match press conference at the Australian Open, she made up a story about being attacked by a kangaroo?

 

[Red Baron]

Sports Media Thread

It's womens tennis. All I care about is short skirts and some boobs bouncing.

 

[oldskool]

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I guess this belongs here:

Did anyone hear about women's tennis #1 Caroline Wozniacki? She was criticized for being a boring interview, so in a pre-match press conference at the Australian Open, she made up a story about being attacked by a kangaroo?

I prefer Kim Clijsters calling out the interviewer for texting to another tennis player that he thought she was pregnant...at center court, on live TV.

This preference has nothing to do with the fact that Clijsters is a) hot and b) sounds exactly like Maryse.

 

[devo]

Sports Media Thread

"Are you still the alternative?" still makes me laugh.

 

[Star Ocean 2]

Sports Media Thread

This preference has nothing to do with the fact that Clijsters is a) hot and

 

[A Happy Medium]

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I don't think she's very photogenic with still pictures. However, I find her hot on TV. I think it might be the way she carries herself...and the body is not bad at all.

 

[MFer]

Sports Media Thread

I like how Sean Salisbury's the color commentator for lingerie football on MTV2. Perfect fit.

 

[Star Ocean 2]

Sports Media Thread

Stephen A Smith on Pau Gasol Trade

is the newest member of the 710 family.

 

[still fly]

Sports Media Thread

710 has really loaded up on the personalities this year.

 

[Damaramu]

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What's your most hated sports call? Like when an announcer does this cliche' call you cringe?

Mine would have to be during a game or highlight when an NBA player is on fire and the announcer starts yelling "Stop it! Just stop it!"

 

[Mattdotcom]

Sports Media Thread

I hate it whenever Berman calls the Home Run Derby and just yells "BACK BACK BACKBACKBACK" at every hit.

Also, Joe Buck.

 

[Damaramu]

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I hate it whenever Berman calls the Home Run Derby and just yells "BACK BACK BACKBACKBACK" at every hit.

Also, Joe Buck.

You don't like knowing the Simpsons are next?

 

[Mattdotcom]

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Not anymore.

 

[alkeiper]

Sports Media Thread

What's your most hated sports call? Like when an announcer does this cliche' call you cringe?

Mine would have to be during a game or highlight when an NBA player is on fire and the announcer starts yelling "Stop it! Just stop it!"

Easily John Sterling's drawn out "The Yankees win!"

 

[Byron The Bulb]

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lol apparently Phil Simms threatened to beat up Desmond Howard for talking shit about his kid on TV.

 

[Cheech]

Sports Media Thread

Bill Simmons is launching his own website this spring. It will be owned by ESPN, but won't carry their brand name anywhere. It is being described as "70% sports/30% pop culture" which is similar to what he does already. Chuck Klosterman and Kate Baker (from Deadspin) have already signed on as full-time contributors.

I like this move. It's the sort of thing that will make Czech's head explode, but Bill found his groove again after his last book and I like the idea of him having full control over his content. The 30 For 30 series is a good example of his creativity.

 

[Vitamin X]

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Bill Simmons gave a shoutout to my fave Blazer blog in his last column (in reference to everyone on said blog ripping him a new one whenever he talks about pretty much anything Blazer-related), so he's alright for me now.

 

[MFer]

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The Fab Five documentary was excellent.

 

[Gert]

Sports Media Thread

Agreed. I love Jalen Rose on TV and I thought he did a great job on the documentary, at no point did I feel like he was trying to put himself over. And add to the fact the he admitted he was pissed at Webber for the Martin trial/press conference made me like gim even more.

Great doc and I like the fact they are going to make 3-4 of these under the "30 for 30" label a year.

 

[SFH]

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http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/-8216-Relentless-8217-Buckeye-fans-have-drive?urn=ncaaf-wp39 reporting that Kirk Herbstreit is leaving Ohio for Tennessee because "5-10%" of the bad fans are making living there unbearable. Putting it in this thread since he's a sports media reporter.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

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Jalen Rose is cool.

 

[Gert]

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I will throw this out here.....mainly because I am drunk, but what other sports docs would you like to see?

Tops on my list:

2001 World Series
HS to NBA jump (profile different ends of the spectrum; HOF Kobe or KG, late blooming AS, Jermaine O'Neal, role player CJ Miles-Louis Williams, bust or never made it Korleone Young-Ndudi Ebi, Leon Smith)
USC-Texas Nat'l Title Game
Boxing Heavyweight Division 1990-2011
Don F'n King
Shaq-Kobe

 

[Master Thrasher]

Sports Media Thread

The was a documentary on the 2001 WS. It was called 9 Innings From Ground Zero. It was produced by HBO and the MLB network shows it occasionally. It was really good documentary.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

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Pete Maravich story.

 

[Gert]

Sports Media Thread

The was a documentary on the 2001 WS. It was called 9 Innings From Ground Zero. It was produced by HBO and the MLB network shows it occasionally. It was really good documentary.

Thanks. I will keep my eye on this. Such an emotional time frame and series with tremendous endings and characters. And I really have no affliation to the DBacks or Yanks.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

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No doc yet but there was a really good SportsCentury on Don King and I imagine they show it occasionally on ESPN Classic.

Also there was the HBO TV movie on Don King from the late '90s that won a bunch of Emmys but I guess that's another entity.