The Sportswriters on TV vs. The Sports Reporters

[wicked]

For the purposes of this thread, we're talking old-school Sports Reporters. I tried watching this morning, and ugh.

I loved both shows, but I know each had its defenders.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

SROT.

Forever.

 

[21]

SROT.

Forever.

Not even close. Apples and orangutans.

 

[Bubbler]

Good Lord. This ought to be the biggest blowout in history. Sports Writers on TV was awesome.

Cigar smoke, old men talking ****. Ben Bentley was great, because he didn't take no mess. Great stuff.

But it was kind of a Midwest thing. I'm not even sure if it was broadcast widely nationwide. Was it?

 

[93Devil]

On one show it was obvious that the guys actually liked each other. That made a huge difference.

 

[93Devil]

It was on in AZ. I think WGN carried it.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Good Lord. This ought to be the biggest blowout in history. Sports Writers on TV was awesome.

Cigar smoke, old men talking ****. Ben Bentley was great, because he didn't take no mess. Great stuff.

But it was kind of a Midwest thing. I'm not even sure if it was broadcast widely nationwide. Was it?

We got it in NY.

And it was pure awesomeness.

 

[Starman]

When Rick Telander filled the role of the young, "hip" guy.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Put the 4 SWOT guys around that table today (even though all of them are not still with us), and it remains a 100 times better show than TSR could ever hope to be.

 

[Justin Biebler]

This thread should be immediately shut down. Loved me some SWOT, have no use for the clowns they trot out on TSR.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Sports Reporters never recovered from when Michael Kay started to show up regularly.

 

[BrianGriffin]

I think the predecessor of Fox Sports, Home Sports Entertainment if I recall correctly, carried it in the deep south.

Not sure if Fox kept it once it became part of the Fox Sports Network.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Sportswriters on TV was the pinnacle of the medium. Sports Reporters never came close, even at its best.

 

[BTExpress]

People have fond memories of SWOT for the same reasons they have fond memories of the 6-page SI swimsuit issue in 1977.

That's all there was. When you're starving, pretty much anything tastes like Baked Alaska.

 

[jr/shotglass]

BT, I honestly believe it was that good. I don't think this is a case of remembering the past in too positive a light.

 

[Stitch]

People have fond memories of SWOT for the same reasons they have fond memories of the 6-page SI swimsuit issue in 1977.

That's all there was. When you're starving, pretty much anything tastes like Baked Alaska.

True. The production values were horrible. But it was something besides SportsCenter and I'm glad the crappy cable company we had in the '80s and early '90s carried Sportschannel.

 

[jr/shotglass]

The production values, though, don't override the fact that these guys were entertaining and smart.

 

[93Devil]

And if you look the empty spot at the table, it seemed like they would offer you smoke and shake your hand.

The Sports Reporters? Can you imagine Lupica's reaction if you sat at his table?

 

[wicked]

I guess my affinity for both comes from my love of **** Schapp. I'm sure TSR wasn't his best work, but the atmosphere surrounding those shows reminded me of a college classroom. TSOW was more of a bar feel -- and that's not bad, just different.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

The Two Bills -- Jauss and Gleason, a great Cubs/White Sox battle, in and of itself -- were national treasures. Rick and Ben weren't/aren't too shabby, either.