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So while certain people at ESPN are riding high by recent events, the Schwab was laid off today: http://deadspin.com/howie-schwab-am...dium=socialflow Also, who wants to watch a TJ Simers sitcom http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/06/10/Media/Mandalay-Sports-Media.aspx
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Blast Fantasto posted:They finally stumped him. It's what ESPNews used to be before they started putting SportsCenters and such over there. Also, the Schwab posted this on his Facebook: quote:After 26 years at ESPN, I am extremely disappointed to say farewell. I have been proud of my association and my work during my tenure. I was a loyal employee, displayed respect for others, worked with numerous charities, represented the company well. I always did everything asked of me and more. What did I get in return today … word that I should get lost. The only thing that mattered was my salary, which in my view was the lone reason I lost my job.
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Jun 12, 2013 22:51
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seiferguy posted:All food items at the ballpark are replaced with Chicken Parmesan. Or they offer nothing but Eggplant Calzones
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Jun 20, 2013 22:15
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Kellerman's Fox show was doomed simply because it was Around the Horn in everything but name. I'll never forget his appearance in the last Rocky movie where he was legitimately shocked he was calling a Rocky fight. Also he's a massive Yankees homer who rooted for the Sox over the Mets in 1986.
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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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ESPN's April-June primetime ratings are down some 32 percent from last year  http://deadspin.com/espns-ratings-a...dium=socialflow Maybe we're finally getting smarter. Or the Western Conference finals were a dud.
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Jul 9, 2013 22:32
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Believe it or not, ESPN sent out a press release related to the ratings drop. They indeed blamed less Heat/Lakers/Celtics playoff games and a short Western Conference finals: http://deadspin.com/espn-gets-defensive-about-ratings-drop-743950832
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Jul 11, 2013 18:17
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Someone I follow has a good writeup on said ratings woes. I'll point out one part that is of concern: http://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/12/4515728/espn-ratings-drops-sports-center quote:Here's why I feel the numbers are more than just "an aberration." Remember that 715,000 figure I mentioned as being ESPN's total-day audience? That is down 20 percent from the same time last year. That's more than just people not being as interested in sports, or having weaker NBA games. That's a programming problem, that's decreasing interest in the network. ESPN2 is also down in total day audience and primetime. If anyone would over take over, Fox would probably make the biggest run, they're already number 2 by default right now.
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Jul 12, 2013 15:59
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The NY Times is saying ESPN will announce tomorrow Olbermann is back with that late night show Hell has frozen over http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/s...&seid=auto&_r=0 itshappening.gif
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I like to type out that .gif because it's been played out. Those original reports suggested it's starting in November. The official announcement came out, and it will debut after the first night of the US Open next month. Won't he be pissed if it runs long: http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2013/07/olbermann-returning-to-espn2-with-daily-late-night-show-aug-26/
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Jul 17, 2013 17:37
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Declan MacManus posted:That, coupled with LeBron's ascendency to possibly the most recognizable athlete in America among the target demographic, means that it comes in second only to football. Basketball is big money, and since there are so many possessions, it is digestible in highlight form. Also, unlike the other major pro sports they have the rights to their championship. Of course they're gonna push whatever they have hard.
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Jul 28, 2013 16:35
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Jason Whitlock is coming back to ESPN: http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/08/14/jason-whitlock-has-left-fox-sports-to-return-to-espn/ Who cares about burning bridges when there's a war to win
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Speaking of FS1, they quietly announced that Fuel (which at this point is virtually the UFC channel) is going to be Fox Sports 2 come Saturday. And Directv/Dish/Time Warner might not carry FS1 when it starts because they have to sign a new agreement for carriage.
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Aug 14, 2013 19:19
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morestuff posted:I imagine it'll be like ESPN2 used to be. Spillover content, weird poo poo they have the rights to, bargain-basement original productions. That's my best guess. Like since they're going to have the World Cup rights, when they get to the end of the group round where multiple games are going on one game will air there.
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Aug 14, 2013 19:34
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Bleacher Report hired the New York Times' Knicks writer: http://deadspin.com/bleacher-report-poaches-howard-beck-from-the-times-1343855547 I know the Times sees sports differently, but that's still an impressive hire.
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This is probably about as good of a rebuttal to that Reily column as there is: http://www.thenation.com/blog/176260/rick-reilly-and-most-irredeemably-stupid-defense-redskins-name-you-will-ever-read
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Sep 19, 2013 20:55
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Deadspin found a Reily column from 1991 where he took the other side of the Native American names issue: http://deadspin.com/rick-reilly-just-wrote-the-worst-thing-lets-remember-1344712914/1355593340@marchman 
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I stopped reading him a few years ago. He's literally a broken record who works for a newspaper that contradicts a lot of what he says. I feel like my life is better for it.
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Reformed Pissboy posted:Having never heard of this guy, I think you folks that said you stopped reading him with a mild "oh he's crotchety and trolly" dismissal should at least upgrade your dismissal to "this dude is a real piece of poo poo", because man is that a creepy, awful hit piece. Last year in this thread we brought up his racist piece on the Brooklyn Nets logo. And nothing came of it. http://nypost.com/2012/05/04/dont-rely-on-media-to-evaluate-bad-behavior/#ixzz1tv7HYjXM
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I just heard Mariotti is filling in on Jay Mohr's radio show today and Friday 
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I don't, I just find it sad Mariotti still gets work
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Nov 7, 2013 19:40
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ElwoodCuse posted:He's a robot that can't ever turn off seeing things in terms of money or numbers And has an unhealthy obsession with empty seats
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DOOP posted:What did Jen Floyd Engel write to earn "The Worst Columnist in America" distinction over the Rick Reily Redskin thing? And Rick Riley in general. Looks like it was this. Something about comparing Johnny Football with Rosa Parks: http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/johnny-manziel-case-was-tipping-point-in-ncaa-hypocrisy-080813
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Dec 18, 2013 19:12
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Anals of History posted:Surprised Kornheiser and Wilbon blasted LeBatard on PTI. Their argument was that LeBatard has a national reach, he should use it to advocate on behalf of the steroid-era guys. That would be a valid argument if any of the BBWWA guys had shame or the ability to learn. And then they went on LeBatard's radio show: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=10264545
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TSN started a series about homophobia in sports today. This is worth a look: e: Working link: http://www.tsn.ca/videohub/?collection=72&show=274129 Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Jan 16, 2014 |
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Someone at Fox Sports 1 destroyed Rick Reilly http://deadspin.com/fox-sports-1s-katie-nolan-lays-waste-to-rick-reilly-1511802652
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Jan 29, 2014 22:14
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Not to be outdone, SB Nation did an oral history of the XFL: http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2014/5/7/5683742/xfl-oral-history
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Going back to what those guys on WEEI said about Erin Andrews, here's something they don't need Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch Fox Sports is no longer going to advertise with the parent company of WEEI (re: Erin Andrews). Story to come on http://si.com I follow these things and their parent company is already losing lots of money on overpaying for Red Sox radio rights on that station e: now with story http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2...c4d96eee7fbf866 quote:Fox Sports has decided to pull all of its advertising from Entercom-owned radio stations and has banned its personalities from appearing on WEEI in the wake of host Kirk Minihane’s recent controversial comments regarding reporter Erin Andrews. Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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zakharov posted:The face of WFAN is Mike Francesa, who is a pompous blowhard, but he's somehow become a mascot of sorts. I can't stand him. Joe and Evan are pretty much the only thing I listen to anymore regularly on WFAN. I love it this time of year when they fill in for Mike in the afternoon and sing along to the theme to point out how ridiculous it is
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Jul 28, 2014 22:50
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So Max Kellerman also just got suspended for Ray Rice-related stuff: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/espn-suspends-max-kellerman-inappropriate-conversation-domestic-violence-article-1.1897365
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Aug 9, 2014 01:08
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The press release came out for that all-women's talk show: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20..._source=twitter So that's on CBS Sports Net starting the end of next month on Tuesday nights. Given how CBS Sports Net is essentially an afterthought it's nice for them to experiment.
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Particularly it was for this anti-Goodell rant: http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2014/09/23/3571146/bill-simmons-epic-rant-against-roger-goodell/
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Hoo boy https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/530419979255308288 Bill Simmons @BillSimmons What Mike and Mike did today was absolute garbage. I would say I lost respect for that show, but I never had it. http://thebiglead.com/2014/11/06/mike-golic-on-bill-simmons-lebron-comments-he-grabbed-a-headline-which-is-something-i-know-he-loves/ e: More from Simmons: For an ESPN Radio show to pull an interview out of context from another ESPN Radio show, then play the moral authority card, is disgusting. Have the balls to call me to discuss it on the show. Don't pull it out of context just because you need fodder for a segment. Pathetic. But hey - I'm just a guy who can't evolve, right? http://espn.go.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/id/477/probing-the-gray-areas-of-espns-journalism Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Nov 6, 2014 |
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So to whomever was wondering about Black Grantland, Mike Wise is joining that: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/11/17/mike-wise-to-leave-the-washington-post-join-jason-whitlocks-espn-project/ I'm sure people in DC have something to say about this
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Nov 18, 2014 01:04
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So Steve Lepore got fired from Awful Announcing for essentially being a goon towards women: http://deadspin.com/hockey-blogger-fired-for-being-a-serial-creep-to-women-1665117935
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sportsgenius86 posted:Darts should loving suck to watch on TV but that English Premier Darts has a bunch of fat fuckers drunk as poo poo in a huge arena while other fat drunk dudes throw darts and everyone goes crazy and it owns. Also they had that announcer who was so excitable he made it seem like the greatest thing
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morestuff posted:
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I had this one in my bedroom
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Sports Illustrated cut their entire photojournalism staff: http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/314599/sports-illustrated-cuts-entire-photojournalism-staff/
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DJExile posted:http://deadspin.com/haughty-dipshit-gregg-easterbrook-gone-from-espn-1701211035 Man did Simmons steal his thunder or what
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