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Rick posted:I think Rounders was a lot of the reason it took off although I am a TV hipster and can claim I discovered it earlier because I found a book in the library about it, and would watch it on both ESPN and Fox Sports. Rounders was way before it took off on tv. If anything it was the other way around and poker becoming really popular retroactively made Rounders a lot bigger than it was when it came out R.D. Mangles posted:there was no better ESPN content than coming home at 2AM, flipping on the World Wide Leader, and seeing a bunch of giant Scandinavian dudes walking around wearing cars while grimacing and shaking It really was the best drunk college viewing and I miss it terribly MourningView fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Mar 11, 2017 |
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Benne posted:Who has the WSM rights these days, anyway? You'd think some network would capitalize on the growing nostalgia for random poo poo ESPN2 used to air 10 years ago. CBS Sports Network under it's CBS Sports Spectacular brand. That channel is cool as hell btw. I've seen them show BTCC, V8 Supercars and the Blancpain GT series on there. I WISH NBC Sports would just buy up that channel and it's rights to create NBCSN2 or something.
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FuzzySkinner posted:CBS Sports Network under it's CBS Sports Spectacular brand. I'd love to see CBSSN become a bigger deal, but CBS seems pretty content to just use it as a dumping ground for whatever mid-tier college sports they have. They didn't even bother getting into the over-the-top streaming game like ESPN/Fox/NBC/Turner did.
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R.D. Mangles posted:love to stump the schwab I'm angry that the closest we have to that now is Sports Jeopardy, which is embarrassingly easy
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Benne posted:Who has the WSM rights these days, anyway? You'd think some network would capitalize on the growing nostalgia for random poo poo ESPN2 used to air 10 years ago. Bring back the PBH
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The thing I miss the most from World's strongest man is the Hussafal / Africa stone carry. Just a giant oddly shaped rock these behemoths carry 100 meters before collapsing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2nFDcvdoLs Kalli fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Mar 11, 2017 |
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Like no bullshit, someone like YouTube or Twitch should get the WSM rights and stream them. Twitch chat for WSM might be the literal definition of 
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MourningView posted:Rounders was way before it took off on tv. If anything it was the other way around and poker becoming really popular retroactively made Rounders a lot bigger than it was when it came out Maybe it's just a mostly-pre-internet smaller world thing but my friends and I saw Rounders opening weekend and went nuts for it. And poker was already on ESPN and Fox Sports (or maybe it was Prime Ticket back then), albeit, not like when it was on some channel somewhere 24 hours a day like a few years ago.
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Rounders being part of a poker craze is like Requiem for a Dream being part of a massive increase in drug use.
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Ugh, ESPN aired the MAC Title game...and literally interrupted parts of it for an interview with Joe Lunardi about Bubble Teams, etc. Like, christ ESPN. You have ESPNews and a million other dumping grounds for that stuff. I'm watching this game because it's my Alma Mater taking on it's heated Arch Rival with a Tourney Bid on the line. Can you hold off and actually let me watch this game? (You scoff at how i'm hyping this up, but the two schools have literally gone to blows with each other during situations like this) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urLKxDmZqf4
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FuzzySkinner posted:Ugh, ESPN aired the MAC Title game...and literally interrupted parts of it for an interview with Joe Lunardi about Bubble Teams, etc. If you're talking about the picture in picture thing they were doing that all along with the Big 12 and ACC tournaments too so it wasn't anything to do with the game. They just believe we need to see that for whatever dumb reason. If they actually stopped showing the game during live action yeah, that's even more bullshit.
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My only guess is they're paying Lunardi a lot of money and figure "may as well get him on TV as much as possible during the 2 weeks a year he's relevant."
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They did it in the Pac-12 game too but it turned into Bill Walton just yelling at him for five minutes, which was cool.
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Grittybeard posted:If you're talking about the picture in picture thing they were doing that all along with the Big 12 and ACC tournaments too so it wasn't anything to do with the game. They just believe we need to see that for whatever dumb reason. It was picture and picture, with him taking up 1/3rd of the screen. It was infuriating because he'd talk over big shots like a three pointer, etc. It's even more bizarre because it's pretty much clear cut with the MAC who's in and who's out of the thing. I can guarantee that the only people watching Akron-Kent State are people in the Rust Belt region, Alumni, and people insanely into College Basketball. It's not as if there was any sort of impact on whether or not USC or something is Tourney bound. e: also Dan Dakich is horrible. My friends in Indianapolis hate him on the radio, and are pretty stunned he's actually on TV now. FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Mar 12, 2017 |
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He calls every other Michigan State game and makes me want to jam a pencil in my ear. And then all our Big Ten Network games are called by a guy with an extremely similar voice who shuts up slightly more often (which is to say occasionally).
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Henchman of Santa posted:He calls every other Michigan State game and makes me want to jam a pencil in my ear. And then all our Big Ten Network games are called by a guy with an extremely similar voice who shuts up slightly more often (which is to say occasionally). There's one thing to be said about Wisconsin sports, and that our announcers are pretty good. Not counting Uecker, we get to hear Brian Anderson regularly for the Brewers and Gus Johnson on occasion for the Bucks (though some of Gus's takes regarding off the field matters aren't the greatest). Uecker was in the TV booth yesterday during the spring training game and was constantly making Bill Schroeder laugh. I'm going to miss him when he retires 
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iospace posted:There's one thing to be said about Wisconsin sports, and that our announcers are pretty good. Not counting Uecker, we get to hear Brian Anderson regularly for the Brewers and Gus Johnson on occasion for the Bucks (though some of Gus's takes regarding off the field matters aren't the greatest). Uecker was in the TV booth yesterday during the spring training game and was constantly making Bill Schroeder laugh. Plus Wayne Larivee and Larry McCarron for Packer games. I have very specific memories of riding home Sundays during the 2nd half of games listening to them, then watching the game traffic go the opposite way on the highway. Their call of the "we want the ball and we're gonna score" pick-6 is fantastic, along with the Fail Mary. Maybe they just bring it for Seahawks games.
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DJExile posted:Dakitch is trash He trashed Donald Davidson and acted like a  jackass about how he wasn't worthy of receiving an award from the states of Indiana. For anyone not from Indiana? Davidson is pretty much a de facto caretaker of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, and was "stump the schwab" before there was a "stump the schwab". He's sounding more and more like Colin Cowherd like douche. He was insufferable when I was watching him call the Purdue-Michigan game in the Big Ten Tourney.
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FuzzySkinner posted:He trashed Donald Davidson and acted like a He was a pain in the rear end back when he coached here at BG too. Guy's got a real attitude about him, even for a college coach.
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DJExile posted:Dakitch is trash If he is so bad, why isn't he working for FS1
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AsInHowe posted:If he is so bad, why isn't he working for FS1 You gotta have a stint of being bad at ESPN before FS1 will nab you.
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Benne posted:I'd love to see CBSSN become a bigger deal, but CBS seems pretty content to just use it as a dumping ground for whatever mid-tier college sports they have. They didn't even bother getting into the over-the-top streaming game like ESPN/Fox/NBC/Turner did. CBSSN is perfect as it is please do not take away my home for CUSA and service academy football
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when it's time to talk sports https://twitter.com/WPXIFinalWord/status/841114722288181248
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R.D. Mangles posted:when it's time to talk sports some goon said they prank called Mark Madden back in the day about wrestling. If that goon would come forward, I'd like to hear the story.
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Fat man in the back wearing his tie like a wresting belt he brought
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One of those guys looks exactly like my cousin and another one looks exactly like one of my mom's cousins. Yep, a group of shapeless Pittsburghers if I've ever seen one
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CBS's ratings for the NCAA Selection show fell 7% to 4.883 million. First time it's ever been below 5 million.
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DJExile posted:CBS's ratings for the NCAA Selection show fell 7% to 4.883 million. First time it's ever been below 5 million. i blame northwestern
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DJExile posted:CBS's ratings for the NCAA Selection show fell 7% to 4.883 million. First time it's ever been below 5 million. Man, having the same old panel of tired old takes (I'm looking at you especially, Charles) is doing wonders eh?
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They should really just go back to 1 hour. This year's show was a massive improvement, but still too long at 90 minutes. While I'm happy they released the bracket early, I bet a lot of people tuned out afterwards, because the final hour was basically dead air. E: Also there's no reason to use the NBA TNT crew. Literally nobody cares about Barkley's college basketball opinions. Just stick to the guys who actually watch the sport year-round. Benne fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Mar 17, 2017 |
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I have the feeling a lot of people have no problem waiting and just getting it when it goes out online.
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DJExile posted:CBS's ratings for the NCAA Selection show fell 7% to 4.883 million. First time it's ever been below 5 million.
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Ellis Cannon and John Steigerwald make Mark Madden seem like Bob Costas. 1990s, universally loved and respected Bob Costas
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ESPN still hiring people as they're ready to fire others https://twitter.com/MMehtaNYDN/status/842779788070797312
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Tank Abbot announced a few UFC fights (or maybe more than a few, I have no clue) years ago. I remember his commentary seemed to be some version of 'yeah that's pretty good, I would have done [x] and beaten him though.' Or 'that was nice, would never have worked against me.'
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Vertical Lime posted:ESPN still hiring people as they're ready to fire others Ryan still had three years on his contract with Buffalo, I imagine the price tag for ESPN wasn't terribly high.
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