Sportscenter is even worse now that they changed the format to look like PTI. What is it with networks that think we are buying larger and more badass tv's just for them to make the picture smaller? I just watch Mike & Mike in the morning on ESPN2.
The Final Score on FSN is pretty good if you want highlights. I wish they would expand it to 45 minutes, or even an hour, so they could do more in-depth highlights for every game. The worst thing ESPN has done in the past 5 years or so is the dumbing down of the specialty shows, Baseball Tonight, NFL Primetime, NBA Fastbreak. It used to be during the specialty shows it was a host and an analyst. There would be expanded highlights and breakdown of most, if not all of the night's games. I loved Baseball Tonight because they would show you some highlight of a defensive alignment, baserunning blunder, or an outfielder missing his cutoff man that would impact the game. Not any more. The BS Fact or Ficton or licking Clemens' nuts segments were nonexistent back in the late 90s. Now all you get on the specialty shows are the same crappy 20 seconds of highlights for the game that you see on SportsCenter. And on top of that, if you watch ESPN News, the repetition is even worse. FSN had a great concept with pairing a Regional Sports Report with a National Sports Report. They just needed better marketing and hosts (remember Olbermann solo?) to make it work.
Eastern Sports Propaganda Network best thing to do... whenever they talk about or show the parts you don't like CHANGE the channel.
I used to watch Mike and Mike in the Morning, but even during the nba playoffs, they only talk about baseball
I know some might disagree with me (since I'm a Red Sox fan), but is it me or is ESPN pushing really hard this story that the Yankees still have a chance of winning the AL East?? Give it up already ESPN, not this year - too many injuries and too far big of a hole to come back from.
Ever since this thing called "the internet" got big around 10 years ago I haven't watched ESPN since.
ESPN tends to over-cover things that the majority of the country is interested in... namely, the NFL, Yankees-Red Sox, and the NBA if the Lakers, Knicks, or Bulls are championship contenders. Right now, most of the country doesn't care about Spurs-Jazz or Detroit-Cleveland. Hell, southern california is actually paying attention to the NHL (Anaheim), and New York and Boston are too involved with their baseball teams (for different reasons). They tried to hype up the NBA draft... just in case Oden or Durant could go to Boston.. but even that backfired.
In general I like their NFL coverage during the season through the draft . . . but that's about it. Tired of having Pacman, Dogfighting, NFL conduct policy, Bonds, and steroids shoved down my throat.
ESPN is always trying to make something out of nothing...last night, trying to get caught up when "Quite Frankly my show got cancelled" is on...Last night making a big scene about how the Jazz suck...You know, I already know that, I don't need your azz telling me that...Also, enough of the dog fighting coverage...its not a sport... whew, I feel so much better...
WHO'S NOW? Anyone caught ESPN's latest bunch of crap, WHO'S NOW? They make up ficticious brackets of two sports stars then a panel of ESPN's finest debate who's better than the other person. Nothing like debating whether Tiger Woods is better than Tom Brady. Oh, and it's not just about their on the field attributes. You also must factor in their star power. I HATE ESPN!!!!! What a waste of air time. Heaven forbid that they use SportsCenter to show freakin' highlights.
remembering what espn was 10+ years ago...its pretty pathetic where it is now. I hardly even watch it anymore.
BTW, today's matchup pitted Steve Nash vs Serena Williams!! Now if that isn't good television I don't know what is.
Sportscenter always runs crap like this during the Summer. They had "My Wish" last year, and that stupid "50 states in 50 days" two years ago. Basically, since baseball is the only real sport going on right now, they have to fill time until football season starts. Wasn't there some kind of trivia quiz contest with pro athletes a while back? I seem to remember that being mildly entertaining. Hopefully, they'll have a hot female sports star contest next summer...
lol I know... It's the biggest waste of airtime. All it does is increase the hype that goes with athletes and makes them "celebrities". If anybody is going to win the whole thing, ESPN is going to make it Wade. The funniest one was LT vs Beckham and LT won when the panelists agreed it was Beckham. What has LT done compared to Beckham in terms of off the field. Oh yeah, "Sportscenter poppin, everything stoppin"
Exactly. In the not too distant future, ESPN will have nothing to do with sports, just like Empty-V has nothing to do with music. Everything becomes crap, eventually.
ESPN is afraid to fire Stu (not Stuart) Scott cause he will sue them. I can picture Stu telling whoever was operating the Juggs machine..."I'm a baller yo give it to me blazin fast dawg"...right in the eye...end of story. I would pay to see footage.
I never thought I'd see the day when I would completely stop watching Sportscenter. I work from home. Do you know how hard it is to find something else to watch in the morning...especially through the last 2 weeks with Wimbledon on and no Mike & Mike? It's all I can do to make it to 10 to catch the back-to-back Scrubs on Comedy Central. The coverage to the f***ing hot dog contest is just nauseating me even more. Not because of the disgusting contest itself...but because the announce says things like "This is the greatest achievment in American sports history" and other crap like that. If there isn't a good game on, I am only sticking to NFL Live at 3:00 and that's it.
Maybe he's tired of the crap, too. http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...teddy,1,3876021.column?coll=cs-home-headlines ESPN could lose Dan Patrick July 4, 2007 ESPN could be on the verge of losing one of its signature personalities. Unfortunately, it's not Chris Berman. Dan Patrick, the multitalented 18-year vet who has hinted recently of a major upcoming announcement, is strongly considering leaving the network. An industry source said there was a "90 percent chance" he would announce his farewell during his Thursday radio show, which airs locally from noon-3 p.m. on WMVP-AM 1000. ESPN does not want to lose Patrick, and spokesman Josh Krulewitz indicated Tuesday the situation has yet to be resolved. "Dan is under contract through next year and we are in discussion with him about his future," Krulewitz said. "Any speculation is premature." If he leaves, the 51-year-old Patrick is expected to take time off before considering TV and nationally syndicated radio offers. Producers from "The Price is Right" recently contacted Patrick to ask if he would like to succeed Bob Barker. The L.A. Daily News reported that Patrick's only response to the report was whimsical: "Len Barker was always one of my favorite pitchers." Patrick has spawned a generation of wannabe sportscasters with his wry demeanor and clever catch phrases, such as "the whiff," "en fuego" and "you can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him." Patrick teamed with Keith Olbermann for the wildly popular Sunday night "SportsCenter," which became known as "The Big Show." He widened his scope in the '90s, anchoring NBA pregame shows, guest-hosting "Good Morning America" and debuting "The Dan Patrick Show," which feeds more than 600 affiliates on ESPN Radio. Blogs such as sportsatrandom.com and thebiglead.com were buzzing Tuesday about Patrick's upcoming announcement, which he has been teasing on his radio show. Bob Valvano sat in on Tuesday for Patrick, who's also off Wednesday. If Patrick wants to go and ESPN releases him from his contract, he would become the hottest broadcasting free agent since Tiki Barber. But you wonder whether Patrick is really ready to leave ESPN for the great unknown.
good maybe they can start a new channel and get some better coverage. I hate hearing about barry and a rod all day
