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Around the Horn is decent if Bomani Jones is on it and awful when he isn't.
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Groucho Marxist posted:Around the Horn is decent if Bomani Jones is on it and awful when he isn't. Bill Plaschke is awful
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 04:16 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:Bill Plaschke is awful In sharp contrast, Plaschke has never contributed anything positive to any media venture in which he's participated. He just takes up ample space and ruins things.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 04:46 |
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The Prisoner posted:In sharp contrast, Plaschke has never contributed anything positive to any media venture in which he's participated. He just takes up ample space and ruins things. And, like Peter King, wins "Sportswriter of the Year" awards over and over and over. Chosen by his peers. Which explains why sports writing is so loving awful in general.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 04:48 |
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:And, like Peter King, wins "Sportswriter of the Year" awards over and over and over. Chosen by his peers. Which explains why sports writing is so loving awful in general. So does Mitch Albom, a sportswriter in name only. So does Rick Reilly.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 05:10 |
As someone who used to watch Around the Horn every day and now catches it every now and then, Plaschke seems to have mellowed out. He used to have extremely offensive semi-racist sports opinions and came off the worst on a panel that included Jay Mariotti, but every time I've seen him in recent years his opinions don't seem that bad. I've never read anything he's written so I don't anything about that side of the coin though.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 05:12 |
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:And, like Peter King, wins "Sportswriter of the Year" awards over and over and over. Chosen by his peers. Which explains why sports writing is so loving awful in general. Sportswriting awards are as useful to finding your way as a compass. Find out where they go, and head the opposite direction.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 05:58 |
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AsInHowe posted:So does Mitch Albom, a sportswriter in name only. Mitch Albom writes longform Hallmark cards. At least Rick Reilly used to be a writer
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 07:57 |
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midwat posted:Sportswriting awards are as useful to finding your way as a compass. Find out where they go, and head the opposite direction. I don't think this is how you're supposed to use a compass.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 08:27 |
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The only thing I like about Around the Horn is that ESPN basically spends 23 1/2 hours trying to make sure every sport is covered by either ex-athletes, hip sideline reporters, or slick news anchor types and then for a half hour a day they have this weird show centered around grizzled old sports writers who look like they skipped makeup.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 09:09 |
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Zeeman posted:Part III of the Tim Tebow Chronicles, which is sharing secrets with us all: Holy poo poo how did I not catch up with this earlier? Can't wait for the 30 for 30 episode.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 10:01 |
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Groucho Marxist posted:Around the Horn is decent if Bomani Jones is on it and awful when he isn't. midwat posted:Sportswriting awards are as useful to finding your way as a compass. Find out where they go, and head the opposite direction. Anymore, you get the most interesting and entertaining sports analysis from people who don't identify as sports reporters. Know it's probably not going to happen, but I want to see more folks like Jones come in from the outside because they're not burdened with thirty years worth of dumbass cliches about athlete motivation or game management. Also, the non-reporters don't have to sacrifice objectivity to keep whatever inside sources they've accumulated as friends; they can just say whatever the hell they need to say.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 12:49 |
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Mornacale posted:I don't think this is how you're supposed to use a compass. what if you want to go south, huh, smart guy??? Rick posted:The only thing I like about Around the Horn is that ESPN basically spends 23 1/2 hours trying to make sure every sport is covered by either ex-athletes, hip sideline reporters, or slick news anchor types and then for a half hour a day they have this weird show centered around grizzled old sports writers who look like they skipped makeup. Like half their programing now is devoted to sports writers yelling at each other though? PTI was really good when it started (and still might be, I haven't been able to watch it in forever) but it has completely ruined the network.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 16:06 |
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i haven't watched around the horn in forever, but jay mariotti being a smarmy prick and making everyone hate him and still winning was my favorite part of the show.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 16:12 |
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MourningView posted:Like half their programing now is devoted to sports writers yelling at each other though? PTI was really good when it started (and still might be, I haven't been able to watch it in forever) but it has completely ruined the network. ESPN just took the message of "put guys who are entertaining and often at loggerheads on TV and let them debate" and turned it into "Have broken caricatures of actual reporters scream at each other and always always always vehemently disagree. Now do it 23 hrs a day."
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 20:32 |
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Bob Ryan is the worst.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 20:57 |
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The Onion Sportsdome really nailed how dumb ESPN is. My favorite was in the PTI and Around the Horn-like show they did where each guy talked about which athlete they would kill and how. If Fox Sports 1 brought back Sportsdome after it launches, it would be the best ESPN trolling ever.
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 21:17 |
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Mahoning posted:The Onion Sportsdome really nailed how dumb ESPN is. My favorite was in the PTI and Around the Horn-like show they did where each guy talked about which athlete they would kill and how. 30 Rock also did a good ATH parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsnpbOA739o
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 21:22 |
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Here's what I'm talking about. They did it several times IIRC. http://youtu.be/BFmj56xz8AM
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 21:41 |
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Also good was the predecessor to SportsDome, Get Out of My Face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS9HhGW4Qhw
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 22:14 |
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GOOMF That was the best Internet show
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# ? Jul 4, 2013 23:20 |
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MourningView posted:what if you want to go south, huh, smart guy??? Maybe I didn't phrase that right, but I think there's a level of polish to the rest of their product that doesn't exist in Around the Horn. While we're doing Onion sportcenter parodies: Kobe unveils a new personality
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# ? Jul 5, 2013 01:01 |
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Watch the last 15 minutes of Around the Horn and the first 15 minutes of PTI, and that should be enough non-event ESPN for the day.
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# ? Jul 5, 2013 01:35 |
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Just in case you didn't want Jon Heyman to be struck by a bus yet I present to you this flaming bag of dogshit. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/j...campaign=Buffer
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 13:42 |
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I got as far as "most straight thinkers"
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 13:50 |
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Akileese posted:Just in case you didn't want Jon Heyman to be struck by a bus yet I present to you this flaming bag of dogshit. Holy poo poo, gently caress this article.
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 14:03 |
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Akileese posted:Just in case you didn't want Jon Heyman to be struck by a bus yet I present to you this flaming bag of dogshit. I was going to respond with a bunch of quotes of the worst parts but then I realized I'd be quoting 95% of the article. It's all the worst parts. gently caress this article in every way, jesus.
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 15:15 |
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The best part of that is there's probably at least a 75% chance of him eventually accusing Chris Davis of using steroids too. I'm actually kinda stunned he hasn't already.
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 15:17 |
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quote:It'd be nice to have a home-run chase without a taint. Whoops too late
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 15:23 |
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MourningView posted:The best part of that is there's probably at least a 75% chance of him eventually accusing Chris Davis of using steroids too. I'm actually kinda stunned he hasn't already. Yeah, it's too easy right now to make a Brady Anderson comparison. I'm not surprised Heyman wrote this given he high fived everyone when nobody got in the hall this year. Now, how about a good piece ESPN just did: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9454322/why-stayed
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 21:01 |
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Declan MacManus posted:Whoops too late Everyone has a taint. It's part of the body.
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 22:22 |
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I wasn't sure where to post this, but hopefully I'll get some useful replies in this thread. With The Tony Kornheiser Show off for the summer, what radio/podcasts should I listen to for entertainment and/or edification?
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 23:20 |
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Akileese posted:Just in case you didn't want Jon Heyman to be struck by a bus yet I present to you this flaming bag of dogshit. On the bright side, we only have to hear this poo poo for about another 40 years before this generation of sportswriters dies out. Josh Lyman posted:I wasn't sure where to post this, but hopefully I'll get some useful replies in this thread. With The Tony Kornheiser Show off for the summer, what radio/podcasts should I listen to for entertainment and/or edification?
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 23:41 |
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Josh Lyman posted:I wasn't sure where to post this, but hopefully I'll get some useful replies in this thread. With The Tony Kornheiser Show off for the summer, what radio/podcasts should I listen to for entertainment and/or edification? Slate's sports podcast, Hang Up and Listen, is really good.
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 23:55 |
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Hey guys the single season home run record holder is Carlos Zambrano because I choose to not recognize any other seasons by any other batters except when Carlos Zambrano was cracking dingers. Zambrano with 6! What a loving hack. As an aside, in looking into the number, I found out that Zambrano hit two home runs off of Kyle Lohse. Come on, Kyle Lohse, get your poo poo together.
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# ? Jul 8, 2013 23:58 |
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So does anyone think ESPN's annual "study" of the body form has any actual merit beyond the loads of views and attention it obviously gets.
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# ? Jul 9, 2013 19:48 |
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So It Goes posted:So does anyone think ESPN's annual "study" of the body form has any actual merit beyond the loads of views and attention it obviously gets. To be fair, you could say this about 90% of the features that ESPN runs. I'm still waiting for a new edition of "Who's More Now?" assholes!
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# ? Jul 9, 2013 19:50 |
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So It Goes posted:So does anyone think ESPN's annual "study" of the body form has any actual merit beyond the loads of views and attention it obviously gets.
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# ? Jul 9, 2013 19:50 |
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It's positioned as their response to the SI Swimsuit issue, so it's at least classier than the competition.
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# ? Jul 9, 2013 19:51 |
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So It Goes posted:So does anyone think ESPN's annual "study" of the body form has any actual merit beyond the loads of views and attention it obviously gets. Sometimes it's cool to see how a muscle group changes on an elite athlete, but that doesn't change the fact that it's softcore porn that you can buy at the grocery store.
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