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FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

MourningView posted:

That show was the weirdest loving thing when it first started out and it was just Dan and his dad who barely watched sports or understood what was going on hanging out in his kitchen.

I can't speak for DLHQ since I haven't really watched it, but his Miami-area radio show is great.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2013 01:01

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 14:43

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Dan LeBetard's local Miami area radio show is officially going national through ESPN on Oct. 1st

# ¿ Sep 6, 2013 14:28

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

chunkles posted:

Is that good or bad? I've heard a couple interviews from that show and they were pretty good. I also appreciate someone keeping Stan van Gundy on the air. But I have no opinion otherwise.

I enjoy the show and listen to it on podcasts at work. It's a good mix of not stupid sports talk, interviews, and comedy. They love to make fun of dumb sports radio in general.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2013 05:11

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

So starting Monday from 4-7 PM Eastern, Dan LeBatard is taking over the afternoon show on ESPN Radio nationally. Looking forward to it.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2013 23:07

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Benne posted:

Kornheiser wore a turkey suit on PTI today

I think that picture speaks for itself, really

Still not as good as Patrick Stewart in a lobster costume for Halloween

# ¿ Nov 28, 2013 02:31

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Hockles posted:

Why NBC Sports is not airing the Olympics 24/7 is beyond me. Live or tape delay, I don't care. I shouldn't turn there and see Shark Hunters or auto auctions marathons.

Because NBC is the most poorly run network (slightly edging out ABC).

# ¿ Feb 20, 2014 04:45

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I just recently read the book 'Those Guys Have All the Fun' about ESPN, and yeah, Mark Shapiro started most of that 'First Take' type stuff with PTI and then Around the Horn. He's mostly to blame for that, as when he took over he pushed the debate shows more.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2014 02:15

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Ozzie Guillen will be working on Baseball Tonight this season....I give him 2 months

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10666814/ozzie-guillen-eric-wedge-dallas-braden-join-baseball-tonight-crew

# ¿ Mar 25, 2014 04:42

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Anals of History posted:

If he's on the Elliott plan, I can't imagine he'll remain the host for more than a couple more years. It'll be interesting to see if they start putting in other guys for practice reps or tryouts.

Reali sounds, by all accounts, like a legitimately good guy and I'm glad he's moving up and getting paid. That said, social media correspondence sounds like an utter load of poo poo. No one's turning on the TV at 7AM to find out what's happening on Twitter.

Are the people who watch those kinds of shows even ON social media? I think the median age of those shows are around 55.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2014 02:50

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

ElwoodCuse posted:

I hope they give that cartoon NFL robot a visor and a 5-iron and show him every 5 minutes

Way better than having Joe Buck provide any kind of commentary for anything sports-related.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2014 00:52

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

MourningView posted:

Brett Favre can't take a studio job, he needs to keep working out in case someone needs the ol' gunslinger to ride again.

It's also probably a little creepier if he works with the people he sends dick pics to...

# ¿ Apr 22, 2014 00:40

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Quest For Glory II posted:

Sportscenter is relaunching from its new studio on June 22nd. Some photos of the new space:

Fun facts:

- 194,000 square feet
- Features: "a video floor, virtual technology, two touchscreens, a 56 LED multi-dimensional monitor wall and the ability to do live and pre-produced segments simultaneously.�
- ESPN wants to bring Dan Patrick back to anchor Sportscenter: �It�s a nascent plan, but in discussions with NBC (Patrick�s employer), I did mention it to them because it did seem like it was an appropriate time to have a mention of it. We do not have any agreements. We don�t have anything to announce,� Skipper said. �We don�t know what we�ll do yet .�

Supposedly the building this is in/the set cost $125 million, which is insane.

Meanwhile they laid a bunch of people off around this time last year despite record profits.

http://deadspin.com/source-espn-laying-off-hundreds-509043249

# ¿ May 25, 2014 21:35

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

WEREWAIF posted:

They created endless yelling shows to fill the non sportscenter time and espn2, and I think people have grown very weary of them too.

Isn't PTI still their highest rated show?

# ¿ Jun 15, 2014 16:31

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

ElwoodCuse posted:

It's The Learning Channel and it's not even close

Can't argue there...

although the History Channel going from the Nazi Power Hour to Ancient Aliens and Bigfoot is definitely 2nd.

# ¿ Jun 15, 2014 19:23

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

CannonFodder posted:

His 'Worst Person in the Sports World' bit is good, and I like his opening monologue thing. Lately he's been having lots of subs it seems.

Best part was when a guy from the show Sports Night showed up to help with the highlights.

He was having some health issues...plus in the summer a lot of TV hosts tend to take time off

# ¿ Jul 26, 2014 03:31

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

So has ESPN directly commented on the SAS thing?

# ¿ Jul 26, 2014 20:42

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

His network likes to hire disgraced former ESPN people...he gave Steve Phillips a job after the mess he made at ESPN with the sexual harassment and secret affairs

# ¿ Jul 27, 2014 14:54

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I heard Dino Costa driving back from my masters program a few years ago...he's basically the epitome of the ignorant conservative white guy. He basically wanted to be Rush 2.0.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2014 01:57

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

So this full-page ad appeared in this morning's Miami Herald.

FlamingLiberal fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Aug 10, 2014

# ¿ Aug 10, 2014 14:49

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Niwrad posted:

Is there a chance the suspension was fake and he was just taking some vacation days? They used to do that all the time in the old shock jock days. Radio show would take a pre-planned vacation for a week and have the station claim they were suspended for a stunt they did.

He already took time off for vacation about a month ago.

I would be surprised if ESPN would let him do that kind of stunt either.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2014 16:55

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Jackie D posted:

Smith is supposed to be leaving ESPN soon I thought. Not a huge fan of Simmons but he had good chemistry with Jalen and I don't know who they'll put in that would be better.

Yeah, but no chance.

I think it was clarified that he was just leaving ESPN Radio for a Sirius XM channel.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2014 02:35

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Robnoxious posted:

We here at FOX are proud to introduce a new member to the FOX Family.

Take it away Sideline Twerkreporter Miley Cyrus!

Don't give them ideas...

# ¿ Sep 5, 2014 04:14

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Yeah the LeBatard radio show is also moving to that brand new ESPN studio on South Beach this week.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2014 20:50

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

If it's like soccer jerseys then yeah.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2014 20:20

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Oh probably. I grew up in Miami and those places were just excuses to gamble legally.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 20:14

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Like running for office against Putin.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2014 21:21

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

One of my favorites from the 'Golden Age' of ESPN anchors in the '90s. Watched him all the time in the morning as a kid before going to school. Sucks he had to go so young.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2015 16:15

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Retail Slave posted:

Like I said upthread, when they announced he was back in the hospital a couple of months ago and wished him well and gave him "I love you's" and were all crying on the air, you could kind of read between the lines. That's probably when that project really kicked into gear.

You can tell the ESPN obit was written awhile ago, since it's LONG and full of testimonials from other ESPN people.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2015 17:47

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Niwrad posted:

I think younger people who grew up with the internet their whole lives don't realize how big SportsCenter was in the 90's. You had to watch it to find out what was going on in sports. Tons of people woke up to the show every morning before school and work.

Yeah it was right before the Internet made the show kind of irrelevant, since over time you could watch those clips online instead. But SportsCenter was huge during that time.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2015 01:18

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I can't link on my phone, but apparently Dan Patrick executed a stone cold takedown on Colin Cowherd because Colin claimed Dan 'lets his producers do all of his work now' on his show this morning.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 21:11

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

wukkar posted:

Bring back Playmakers.

No one would admit in the 'Those Guys Have All The Fun' book about the history of ESPN that the NFL killed that show, but they kind of implied it.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 05:22

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Yeah, it can be done, but if you're going to make a 'hard hitting' show about the dark side of pro football, don't do it on the same network that has a contract with the NFL.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 05:40

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

My personal favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaEvgK6dxQQ

# ¿ Apr 13, 2015 03:59

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

BasicFunk posted:

I guess they think that being buddy buddy with athletes gets them the "inside scoop" and the kind of access they need to do special interviews, 30 for 30 specials, and such.

Or you could pull a Pedro Gomez and be buddy-buddy when it is profitable for you, then proceed to destroy the same guy you buddied up to for years when it no longer matters

# ¿ May 4, 2015 02:41

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

That's a true :master:

# ¿ May 9, 2015 15:20

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

I'm sure those talks will end well....

# ¿ Jul 1, 2015 20:10

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Vertical Lime posted:

A very telling article about how ESPN and Fox are cutting costs due to the still-increasing rights fees to events:

http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/exp..._medium=twitter

I never thought FS1 was going to be able to compete with ESPN to begin with, but this just reinforces that.

Although I do find it ironic that the success of the networks themselves has lead to it becoming even more expensive to pay for live content.

This will only get worse as more people drop cable and regular TV shows become less and less tied down to networks.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2015 18:43

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Based on the articles I've been seeing recently, this is probably less about Olbermann himself and more that he costs too much money for ESPN right now.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2015 23:49

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Vertical Lime posted:

Makes sense, imo:

Richard Deitsch ‏@richarddeitsch 3h3 hours ago
For what's it's worth: From the insiders I've spoken with over the last 24 hrs, Dan Le Batard is the clubhouse leader for Cowherd's spot.

Good, get me some more Miami sports in the drive time

# ¿ Jul 17, 2015 21:38

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 14:43

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

BWV posted:

I'll be upset if they move Lebatard earlier. The format he has going now with Stu and everyone has been really good over the years. 4 hours is much better for those guys so they can go off on their weird tangents and keep things light.
If they're purely thinking in-house I think Bomani would be a better fit for a 2 hour show�although I'm sure that would piss of many of Colin's most loyal/ignorant listeners.

I doubt they would change the format

# ¿ Jul 18, 2015 05:47

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