Almost ESPN-free

I can remember ESPNC showing vintage NFL Films video yearbook around 7 a.m. every morning. One Thanksgiving weekend they had something they called "Thanks For the Memories" -- this was the year after Elway retired and after Reggie White retired for the first time -- and they were a bundle of NFL Films yearbooks and other related programming. They had a Barry Sanders marathon called "The Lion King." All terrific stuff. By a few years later it had well descended into shows hosted by those two unfunny twins and roller derby footage.

 

That's sort of like wondering why any foodie would go out of their way to not eat at McDonald's.

 

i rarely watch anything but the live broadcasts on ESPN. I'll watch some of the 11 a.m. football games before i come to work, but that's about it. Not a whole lot else out there appeals to be except for maybe PTI and Outside the Lines.
it's just kind of a boondoggle -- ESPN is the king of force-feeding topics on the general public as if they are important -- T.O., Favre, etc.
I'd rather read a book than watch mindless hours of sports anyway. But that's just me. if 99 percent of the country wants to see all 8 million red sox-Yankees games every season, more power to them. Me, i'll stick to the baseball package on direct TV.

 

They have Roller Derby? Shit, I need to check that out!

 

If they would edit the games down to 30 or 60 minutes like the NFL Network does, I think they would do a lot better.

Shit, or only show the fourth quarter of the classic games.

 

24 hour sports programming is like the bomb. You think you want it, but then, "what hath God wrought?"

 

I'm pretty sure "stupider" is not a word, so thanks for clumping yourself in that 85%.

 

The Merriam-Webster, American Heritage and Random House dictionaries are also in the 85 percent. So is Aldous Huxley.

 

Do you say "gotten" all the time, too?

 

I received a PM the other day telling me that "Crappy beer #1 Hot Seat" and "Crappy beer #2 cold hard facts" have been discontinued. Perhaps some of my info is outdated.

Fine, when I do run across a current ESPN item, I'll update.

Its their experts carrying water for agents.
This morning, on Mike and Mike (Steve Czaban was in commercial), Chris Mortensen said that its up to the 49ers to sign Mike Crabtree. Then get ready for this: He asked, is Crabtree holding out really any different than Sam Bradford staying in school an extra year for draft position?

Not a peep from Frick and Frack. Amazing.

 

Yes, and this is different from Murray Chass shilling for the baseball union how?
Agents talk. Teams don't. Agents have to audition for their clients. Teams don't. Which is why lots of writers in lots of cities do exactly what you're accusing Mort of doing.