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i know it was wishful thinking but i was hoping for more snipes . The poo poo he said about Mike and Mike is basically what the guys on the lebatard show say about them and they're on ESPN right after them. Saying he thought Mort screwed up and that doing a Golic impression is really no big deal. That said, I bet when he gets some good guests it'll be great.
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Marklar posted:Yeah - I honestly like his podcasts with Cousin Sal, but Jack-O I just don't find entertaining, and he gets real snippy about the Yankees. My two least favorite regular guests on the BS Report were Cousin Sal (because I'm not a degenerate gambler and don't care about the betting lines), and Jack-O, and who are two thirds of his announced regular guests? Cousin Sal and Jack-O! What's Mike Lombardi up to these days?
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MourningView posted:It works when he has a good guest because he can actually be an okay host. His own opinions are godawful but he can push other people towards saying interesting things, and he used to get a lot of good guests. His Buddy Jack-O is not one of them. When he has good guests, he does weird things like, make people step back from hyperbole, and examine multiple sides of the issue, and give the Lakers some amount of credit for what they've done over the last 60 years.
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BWV posted:i know it was wishful thinking but i was hoping for more snipes . The poo poo he said about Mike and Mike is basically what the guys on the lebatard show say about them and they're on ESPN right after them. Saying he thought Mort screwed up and that doing a Golic impression is really no big deal. I don't think he wants to go full on nuclear from the first episode. I can understand it. It's been months since you've had your own show and you sort of just want to get back to doing what you like doing and showing your viewers that the show is going to pretty much the same format. If he starts spouting off a bunch of poo poo talking about ESPN on the first show it may end up turning people off.
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LMAO Bill Simmons just diagnosed chemistry problems on the Seahawks becaause of Russell Wilson's performance in the Entourage movie.
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If you were expecting Simmons to be any different or more interesting then you haven't been following Bill Simmons for the past 15 years
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R.D. Mangles posted:LMAO Bill Simmons just diagnosed chemistry problems on the Seahawks becaause of Russell Wilson's performance in the Entourage movie. see this is what I listen to Simmons for
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I've gorged on Simmons and love it. I am such a fan boy. I love Wesley Morris as well. I hope Zach Lowe ends up someplace nice that lets be be the person he is. euphronius fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Oct 2, 2015 |
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The Wesley Morris podcast was interesting when talking about how bad it had gotten behind the scenes at Grantland, but you can see he's really trying to "take the high road" as much as possible. It's the smart approach. You know he's going to go nuclear though when the time comes though - beit someone at ESPN runs him down or some other scandal/happening over there.
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euphronius posted:I've gorged on Simmons and love it. I am such a fan boy. How is Zach Lowe being held back?
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Zach Lowe has the best job he could probably hope to have. He has the freedom to write his niche "analytical" pieces without needing to whore out for page-views or appeal to mainstream sports fans. He is also probably paid better than any other site that would allow him to write the pieces he writes. Disclaimer: This might change soon as ESPN likely starts striping Grantland down.
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Benne posted:If you were expecting Simmons to be any different or more interesting then you haven't been following Bill Simmons for the past 15 years Yeah, everyone should know Simmons' schtick by now. He's a regular sports fan who lucked his way into having a voice by being at the right place at the right time. That leads to some really good things as a producer and host because in broad strokes, his tastes line up with most sports fans. So when he gets other people to make stuff that he would like, then other people like it too. Grantland is basically him getting people he likes to read, 30 for 30 was getting people to make documentaries that interested him and when his podcasts are good, it's him asking the guest to tell stories he finds entertaining. But then he's also like a regular dumb sports fan because he has his hometown bias and pet theories that everyone has so his stuff drags whenever he gets self indulgent and starts talking about his own dumb sports fan opinions. Like his I could be a better GM thing. Everyone does it, he just has an audience of millions instead of a couple of friends at a bar like everyone else.
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MourningView posted:How is Zach Lowe being held back? He's not. I'm just saying I hope the next place appreciates him.
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I know First Take is a joke but Stephen A. literally threatened Kevin Durant on air this morning
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Henchman of Santa posted:I know First Take is a joke but Stephen A. literally threatened Kevin Durant on air this morning oh man it's great too quote:The sensitivity that these guys are showing, they are making unnecessary enemies I am not one of them. I won’t be. I got too much love and respect for who these guys are, and what they mean to my community. But I will say this lastly. You don’t want to make an enemy out of me. This is literally the "SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK" thing 
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Henchman of Santa posted:I know First Take is a joke but Stephen A. literally threatened Kevin Durant on air this morning I wish he did it to someone like Steve Smith instead of KD
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Metapod posted:I wish he did it to someone like Steve Smith instead of KD oh god drat this would have been incredible
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Metapod posted:I wish he did it to someone like Steve Smith instead of KD He would show up the next day with unexplained bruises
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Henchman of Santa posted:He would show up the next day with unexplained bruises He wouldn't show up the next day and Steve Smith would be sitting in his chair and when asked where Stephen A. was Steve would just say "Who?"
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Luigi Thirty posted:So I guess the entire internet had a meltdown about a feeeeemale broadcasting the Wild Card game because she's not a former player and therefore has no idea what baseball is even about. Did anyone famous poo poo their pants on Twitter over it? I saw some screenshots of Atlanta radio hosts throwing fits and a whole bunch of morons ranting about feminism taking over ESPN. It's been going on a while now. Every so often, ESPN broadcasts a baseball or soccer match on the flagship network and has their spanish language announcers call it. People go absolutely bananas.
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DJExile posted:It's been going on a while now. Every so often, ESPN broadcasts a baseball or soccer match on the flagship network and has their spanish language announcers call it. People go absolutely bananas. Isn't this always when someone like the Mexican national team is playing anyway?
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Henchman of Santa posted:Isn't this always when someone like the Mexican national team is playing anyway? Yeah once in a while El Tri will play like Spain or someone and they'll do the whole thing in spanish. A few weeks ago they had a double-header of the US getting curb stomped by Brazil with their regular english speaking team, then had Mexico vs... I think it was Argentina from Jerry World, and their spanish announcers called the match in english but would jump to spanish every once in a while. It was neat.
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MourningView posted:It works when he has a good guest because he can actually be an okay host. His own opinions are godawful but he can push other people towards saying interesting things, and he used to get a lot of good guests. Haven't read this thread in forever but this is exactly what I think of Bob Costas. Get rid of him on NBC and bring back his HBO show please.
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Luigi Thirty posted:So I guess the entire internet had a meltdown about a feeeeemale broadcasting the Wild Card game because she's not a former player and therefore has no idea what baseball is even about. Did anyone famous poo poo their pants on Twitter over it? I saw some screenshots of Atlanta radio hosts throwing fits and a whole bunch of morons ranting about feminism taking over ESPN. She also happens to be the best baseball analyst they employ by a mile, so it's especially amusing/sad how angry it's making everyone. If they actually dump her to go back to curt schilling and his racist grandpa email forwards that's going to be so sad. The booth last night was really good. This is also now two professional sports where ESPN's best color commentator is a woman (love you forever Doris Burke)
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Luigi Thirty posted:So I guess the entire internet had a meltdown about a feeeeemale broadcasting the Wild Card game because she's not a former player and therefore has no idea what baseball is even about. Did anyone famous poo poo their pants on Twitter over it? I saw some screenshots of Atlanta radio hosts throwing fits and a whole bunch of morons ranting about feminism taking over ESPN. 1) Wait this happened AGAIN? I saw her on the broadcast and assumed it was a foregone conclusion that after she killed it in August/September she would be in the booth. 2) I mentioned this the last time we had this very sad and terrible conversation too, it is funny that "not a former player" applies even though she is very near the top of accomplishment in diamond/bat sport playing out of all available broadcasters. If you broaden that to all sports it becomes even more hilariously wrong. Like, my hometown broadcast team includes Former Major League Baseballer Ben Davis. Who the gently caress is Ben Davis, and who decided he is allowed to talk very stupidly about baseball for 7 months a year? Jessica Mendoza, please.
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Pam Ward is awful. I never even rewatched Appalachian State's 2006 championship because she called the game. Doris Burke is awesome. Also, I don't remember any meltdowns over her when she started calling games. Maybe it is because she was a sideline reporter for a while so people were familiar with her.
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Ribsauce posted:Pam Ward is awful. I never even rewatched Appalachian State's 2006 championship because she called the game. I'm not a fan of Pam Ward and Beth Mowins. Doris Burke is probably the best analyst the ESPN'S NBA coverage has and I love hearing her talk about the game. She is indeed awesome. There was also a female color person for IndyCar radio 2 seasons ago (Pippa Mann) and she was also excellent at it. NASCAR also had Patty Moise (former driver) work the pits and she did a solid job. Also Robin Roberts was a hell of an anchor for ABC WWOS and SportsCenter. Linda Cohn is also solid.
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FuzzySkinner posted:I'm not a fan of Pam Ward and Beth Mowins. I never thought Pam Ward was very good in general terms. There's something about Beth Mowins I don't like and its hard to put my finger on it. I think its her "big play excited" tone. It doesn't sound that different from how she sounds normally. I often wonder where all those people that call the olympics come from.
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