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Noctone posted:This whole article is kind of a wandering morass of blather but this one quote in particular is so incredibly stupid: 100% of NBA players eventually die too Makes you think
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Don't like the vast majority of cadavers exhibit some kind of severe injury. Life is rough.
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Spoeank posted:100% of NBA players eventually die too According to the documentary film Talladega Nights, 98% of us will die at some point in our lives, so it is concerning that so many NBA players die
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Noctone posted:This whole article is kind of a wandering morass of blather but this one quote in particular is so incredibly stupid:
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Bart Hubbuch, previously of the NY Post before getting fired for a tweet, put out a piece on Gambling, Robert Kraft, and the hypocrisy (GASP!) of the NFL on the matter. The Murdoch empire nixed the article and wouldn't publish it. It's a pretty good read. https://deadspin.com/this-is-the-story-about-robert-krafts-casino-holdings-t-1794594130
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Akileese posted:Bart Hubbuch, previously of the NY Post before getting fired for a tweet, put out a piece on Gambling, Robert Kraft, and the hypocrisy (GASP!) of the NFL on the matter. The Murdoch empire nixed the article and wouldn't publish it. It's a pretty good read. and in honour of this, as a filthy Brit, I just placed a £5 bet on the divisional winners
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http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/darren-rovell-wonderlic-condensed-version.html Darren Rovell took the wonderlic test and got a 26. Below average for a reporter.
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Sometimes I can't help but think Rovell might be some kind of Kaufman-esque performance art piece.
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Rovell's follow-up piece is worth reading, he eats a fair amount of poo poo and promises not to release scores in the future. Still not the most self-aware and he was basically force-fed empathy but credit where it's due.
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I wonder how close to the real deal this is http://wonderlictestsample.com/
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General Dog posted:I wonder how close to the real deal this is http://wonderlictestsample.com/ He talks about that in his story, and apparently it's not that close.
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morestuff posted:He talks about that in his story, and apparently it's not that close. I'm surprised he didn't draw a line between being blind to the timer and assessing a quarterback's internal clock in the pocket.
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Any time someone brings up Wondelric I'm reminded of the photoshop of Vince Young's Wondelric which just has "Hook 'em Horns" written in orange marker all over it.
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Still hoping Rovell gets fired in this round of ESPN cuts, if for no other reason than to have his beloved 'free market' betray him
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Looks like Ed Werder got axed
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Who the hell has gone to ESPN for any NHL coverage in the last 10 years anyway?
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FlamingLiberal posted:Still hoping Rovell gets fired in this round of ESPN cuts, if for no other reason than to have his beloved 'free market' betray him So far the layoffs seem pretty targeted at specific beats on the site, so I'll be (pleasantly) surprised if their Professional Brandsman doesn't live to tweet another day.
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do you guys remember that day when everyone on twitter dunked on Rovell? I forgot what the hashtag was but it involved parodying his obsession with brands with regards to historical events/tragedies.
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Listening to Rusillo and Kannel and it sounds like Danny got canned too. Adnan is on and talked about it a bit for the first few minutes
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BWV posted:do you guys remember that day when everyone on twitter dunked on Rovell? I forgot what the hashtag was but it involved parodying his obsession with brands with regards to historical events/tragedies. I dunno but it sounds like during the second presidential debate when he said "I feel bad for our country, but this is tremendous content"
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fartknocker posted:Who the hell has gone to ESPN for any NHL coverage in the last 10 years anyway? The ESPN.com coverage was in fact extremely good.
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hcreight posted:Stark feels like a bit of a surprise, if only because he's been there for loving ever. His gimmick for the last decade-plus has been regurgitating Doug Glanville quotes, so I'm not surprised he was seen as expendable.
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iospace posted:Is Mel Keiper getting the axe? Doubt it, he's too high-profile, and the draft is tomorrow I bet eventually he takes a buyout, though
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Vertical Lime posted:Doubt it, he's too high-profile, and the draft is tomorrow He's on Thursday only, with McShay doing the other two days. So I wouldn't be surprised if there's some kind of announcement on air on Thursday.
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Vintimus Prime posted:Oh wow didn't see that one coming at all It looks like they're laying off a lot of their longest tenured reporters. Probably trying to cut payroll from the top down.
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Vertical Lime posted:Doubt it, he's too high-profile, and the draft is tomorrow On the other hand they axed Ed Werder
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Vertical Lime posted:Doubt it, he's too high-profile, and the draft is tomorrow People aren't going to be more or less likely to watch sportscenter hits or the draft if Kiper goes. If it's cheaper to hire a few ex-GMs to fill those roles it's not out of the question.
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Adun posted:They also axed Trent Dilfer I'm going to just pretend this had nothing to do with the other layoffs and happened because Trent Dilfer is terrible.
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It's sort of twisted. I remember when ESPN was hiring every journalist left right and centre. Eventually this probably led to a lot of other publications/sites losing some of their best people and causing them (in part) to become less viable businesses. So now that ESPN is axing them there are less places to go.
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Vintimus Prime posted:Listening to Rusillo and Kannel and it sounds like Danny got canned too. Adnan is on and talked about it a bit for the first few minutes Adun posted:They also axed Trent Dilfer Every cloud has a silver lining
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