|
iospace posted:When was the last time Skip sat down and actually wrote an article? All the ATH dudes still write regularly. It's definitely been a while but Skip was a fantastic reporter back in the day, I think a lot of the investigations into SMU that led up to their death penalty were down to him. He brought plenty of credibility over to TV before he became a hot take machine.
|
#
?
Jul 19, 2017 21:00
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 13:59 |
|
|
DJExile posted:It's definitely been a while but Skip was a fantastic reporter back in the day, I think a lot of the investigations into SMU that led up to their death penalty were down to him. He brought plenty of credibility over to TV before he became a hot take machine. Yeah the Skip Bayless in "Pony Excess" sounded more like Ed O'Neil from Blue Chip in regards to how he covered the story, knew about it and actually did great journalism on it. It sucks because the world really needs more of that type of stuff and less "First Takes".
|
|
#
?
Jul 19, 2017 21:39
|
|
|
Yeah yall need to see Pony Excess if you haven't. That Skip Bayless is night and day to what you see now.
|
|
#
?
Jul 19, 2017 21:48
|
|
|
Skip was legit back in the day, like he got a national award when he was still in college. The issue was that Skip was such a firebrand that he ended up going down controversy avenue to hot take blvd right off laughingstock lane.
|
|
#
?
Jul 20, 2017 01:22
|
|
|
Worth noting that his change over was pretty early. Like, he spent the early 90's insinuating that Troy Aikman was gay.
|
|
#
?
Jul 20, 2017 01:24
|
|
|
He wanted to make money .
|
|
#
?
Jul 20, 2017 01:24
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCb5Ji6ueQ8&t=113s
|
|
#
?
Jul 20, 2017 01:30
|
|
|
Every time I turn on the new Olympic Channel hoping to see some hot curling action, and instead it's hours upon hours of synchronized swimming. 
|
|
#
?
Jul 21, 2017 23:35
|
|
|
How hot do you you want your takes today https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/888560422621728769
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2017 01:56
|
|
|
GobiasIndustries posted:How hot do you you want your takes today
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2017 02:14
|
|
|
How does Tucker Carlson have the exact same look on his face in literally every single screenshot ever taken of him?
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2017 06:26
|
|
|
MourningView posted:How does Tucker Carlson have the exact same look on his face in literally every single screenshot ever taken of him? 
|
|
#
?
Jul 22, 2017 07:04
|
|
|
Tucker is a dog's name. You will never change my mind about this.
|
|
#
?
Jul 23, 2017 02:41
|
|
|
Hawk talks hemorrhoids http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/and-now-ken-hawk-harrelson-steve-stone-discuss-hem-1797175147
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 00:05
|
|
|
even the white sox radio announcers are loving trash, I was listening to the game in the car today and they went off on a white sox player who tied the game by running through the stop sign by complaining about how he was disrespecting the third base coach (lol) and then the next half inning were talking about how no one in major league baseball cares about a pitcher's strikeouts they care about winning and man, good thing the Sox have half a season of Benetti on TV, him and Stone are very good.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 00:08
|
|
|
R.D. Mangles posted:even the white sox radio announcers are loving trash, I was listening to the game in the car today and they went off on a white sox player who tied the game by running through the stop sign by complaining about how he was disrespecting the third base coach (lol) and then the next half inning were talking about how no one in major league baseball cares about a pitcher's strikeouts they care about winning and man, good thing the Sox have half a season of Benetti on TV, him and Stone are very good. I do enjoy the moments when Farmer asks a question and DJ says something goofy in response, and you can feel Farmer's enmity emanating from the radio as there's this uncomfortable pause of disdain. But that's about it.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 00:17
|
|
|
The Georgie Best doc premieres this Wednesday in Canada
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 16:52
|
|
|
My favorite Hawk thing is how he calls bloop hits "Kansas City specials" because he convinced himself that the Royals weren't good over the last few years and just got lucky hits.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 20:49
|
|
|
GobiasIndustries posted:How hot do you you want your takes today Yes
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 20:51
|
|
|
Niwrad posted:My favorite Hawk thing is how he calls bloop hits "Kansas City specials" because he convinced himself that the Royals weren't good over the last few years and just got lucky hits. That's like how Joe Morgan used to call the Wrigley Field outfield basket "Banks Boulevard," because he always had a giant mad-on for the Cubs when he called their games on ESPN. He'd frequently say that everyone called it Banks Boulevard because so many of Ernie Banks' homers would just clear the basket but not the fence. The best part about that was literally six of Banks' 512 career home runs could have possibly fallen in the basket: The basket didn't go up until May 1970, and Banks only hit a total of eight home runs at Wrigley in 1970 - 71 (and one was in April of 1970 before the basket went up, another was his 500th which very nearly left the park). So Morgan was, as per usual, completely full of poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 20:56
|
|
|
Timby posted:That's like how Joe Morgan used to call the Wrigley Field outfield basket "Banks Boulevard," because he always had a giant mad-on for the Cubs when he called their games on ESPN. He'd frequently say that everyone called it Banks Boulevard because so many of Ernie Banks' homers would just clear the basket but not the fence. That's like a microcosm of what drives people nuts when it comes to Morgan. I realize not all ex-greats can be great at broadcasting or managing, but Morgan seems so loving clueless for a guy who was absolutely unreal at baseball.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 23:27
|
|
|
El Gallinero Gros posted:That's like a microcosm of what drives people nuts when it comes to Morgan. I realize not all ex-greats can be great at broadcasting or managing, but Morgan seems so loving clueless for a guy who was absolutely unreal at baseball. He just always had an agenda, and at least on ESPN (I never heard him elsewhere) he was the quintessential "refuse to let facts get in the way of an opinion" color guy. There were a few years there when he was pretty much actively campaigning against Ryne Sandberg's candidacy for the Hall of Fame, because he's one of those goobers who think that if someone else gets elected to the Hall at his position, it actually detracts from his own merits. Pretty sure he spent a long, long time claiming that Billy Beane wrote Moneyball, too.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 23:37
|
|
|
Timby posted:He just always had an agenda, and at least on ESPN (I never heard him elsewhere) he was the quintessential "refuse to let facts get in the way of an opinion" color guy. There were a few years there when he was pretty much actively campaigning against Ryne Sandberg's candidacy for the Hall of Fame, because he's one of those goobers who think that if someone else gets elected to the Hall at his position, it actually detracts from his own merits. Pretty sure he spent a long, long time claiming that Billy Beane wrote Moneyball, too. Ugh. Sounds like willfull ignorance, which just twists the knife.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 23:45
|
|
|
El Gallinero Gros posted:The Georgie Best doc premieres this Wednesday in Canada And boy loving howdy did that thing ruin my Saturday when I watched it. Watched it first thing when I woke up and was miserable the rest of the weekend as a result. It was fantastic though.
|
|
#
?
Jul 24, 2017 23:50
|
|
|
Fire Joe Morgan is still online and archived. Almost ten years on since it's ending though, god I'm old. http://www.firejoemorgan.com/?m=1
|
|
#
?
Jul 25, 2017 03:54
|
|
|
I come back to the Super Bike article at least once a year http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/01/honestly-one-of-weirdest-things-i-have.html
|
|
#
?
Jul 25, 2017 03:57
|
|
|
R.D. Mangles posted:I come back to the Super Bike article at least once a year Huh, the dude this guy references as Moto GP champ in 2006 (Nicky Hayden) died from a crash on May 22 this year. I don't know if this makes his incomprehensible point better or worse. Grittybeard fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Jul 25, 2017 |
|
#
?
Jul 25, 2017 05:11
|
|
|
R.D. Mangles posted:I come back to the Super Bike article at least once a year I totally forgot about that one
|
|
#
?
Jul 25, 2017 05:14
|
|
|
R.D. Mangles posted:I come back to the Super Bike article at least once a year Ken Tremendous is a national treasure.
|
|
#
?
Jul 25, 2017 05:22
|
|
|
Grittybeard posted:Huh, the dude this guy references as Moto GP champ in 2006 (Nicky Hayden) died from a crash on May 22 this year. To make matters more interesting, it was a bicycle crash, not a motorcycle.
|
|
#
?
Jul 25, 2017 05:28
|
|
|
iospace posted:To make matters more interesting, it was a bicycle crash, not a motorcycle. Oh crap, I just noticed he was recently killed while I was trying to find the picture of him on a camel and assumed once I saw the word crash. That's not the way I'd expect a lifelong motorcycle racing dude to go early.
|
|
#
?
Jul 25, 2017 05:36
|
|
|
It was ridiculous seeing all the Boston shitbags tell that woman "well then go on eei and tell them", as if that wouldn't just end up like when Bill O'Reilly cut the mic on a guy whose dad was killed on 9/11 and opposed the Iraq war. Or like when Chuck D was on Alan Colmes radio show.
|
|
#
?
Jul 26, 2017 13:45
|
|
|
Yeha going on the station gives WEEI exactly what they want. She's got no reason to go.
|
|
#
?
Jul 26, 2017 13:57
|
|
|
The only good sports radio in Boston is basically Toucher and Rich
|
|
#
?
Jul 26, 2017 19:19
|
|
|
Can someone link the video of people yelling and throwing poo poo at Adam Jones and getting kicked out? I want to see that and all I'm finding in the searches is him getting a standing O It sounds like some Malice at the Palace poo poo and those videos tend to rule https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPaZ4zRb5G0
|
|
#
?
Jul 26, 2017 20:09
|
|
|
DJExile posted:The Red Sox responded to a local arts/entertainment magazine talking about racism in Boston fanbases and media, and the Sox in specific, and said they understood the frustration and even agreed with some of the criticism. I'm sure you will be shocked to hear that WEEI went completely ballistic in response. quote:After he had lambasted the Red Sox for a while over Curran’s statement to DigBoston, Minihane turned his anger toward de la Cretaz, claiming her story had “50 errors, 60 errors,” criticizing her sourcing and snickering at the fact she doesn’t shave her legs and has written publicly about her sexual experiences. Kirk & Callahan guest and WEEI personality Rob Bradford described her as “off the rails.” the comments are good too. Glad to see a St. Louis fan weigh in.
|
|
#
?
Jul 26, 2017 20:47
|
|
|
EvanTH posted:Can someone link the video of people yelling and throwing poo poo at Adam Jones and getting kicked out? I want to see that and all I'm finding in the searches is him getting a standing O I don't think any of that was televised. We only heard about it because Jones talked to the media. Which is why Totally Not Racist talk radio guys can accuse him of making it all up.
|
|
#
?
Jul 26, 2017 22:17
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 13:59 |
|
|
ESPN has expanded both sunday NFL talking head shows (Countdown and Fantasy Football Now) to 3 hours i am sure both are completely riveting
|
|
#
?
Jul 27, 2017 21:35
|
|