Nastrodamous
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the only espn show that is tolerable is Dan and Stu, everything else is AWFUL serious sports talk
genuinely curious what your problem with Barstool is? They're putting out great stuff right now, Pardon My Take is a brilliant podcast
Which I don't understand. I would pay money if NBC got NBA back, hockey fans should be happy they're on NBC insteadWow, the bitterness about the NHL not cominnback to their network in full swing.
For myself, I've found myself watching a lot a low-manpower (0-1 man booths, 1 camera) productions on YouTube, often produced by the team or league itself. I have watched all of my alma mater's club lacrosse team's games this season filmed by one of the team member's dads, no announcer, one (often shaky) camera. I've watched maybe three full ESPN/BTN lacrosse games.I never really gave any thought on what the future of sports broadcasting would be like in the new fragmented online media landscape. Is there even any potential for smaller/solo independant outlets to flourish like in other venues of entertainment?
I think Mike & Mike is still considered the "prime" slot.Doesn't LeBetard have their prime radio time slot? Why would he be in danger of being cut anytime soon?
Radio.The radio show or highly questionable? HQ is funny but not really insightful. Don't watch the radio show.
I'm going to play the worlds smallest violin for ESPN
I wish this image had an update more recent than 2009 but you get the idea
It was. It used to be one of Disney's crown jewels. A large chunk of that is that they charge satellite and cable providers a preposterous amount to carry it. So if you have cable or satellite, you are paying over $7 a month for ESPN regardless of whether you watch it or not.
Enter the trend of cord cutters, as satellite and cable providers find themselves losing subscribers. That hurts ESPN badly, way more than most cable networks because they weren't getting as much and weren't as dependent on it.
Then add onto that all the recent blockbuster multi-billion dollar deals with live sports and you have increased costs and reduced revenue.
Mike and Mike is ending soonI think Mike & Mike is still considered the "prime" slot.
Although, Le Batard would never want to work that early, anyway.
Radio.
I don't hate PFT or Big Cat, or Uncle Chaps for that matter. I hate all the other b.s. they put out, especially from the college specific accounts. The main accounts still put out all that sexist garbage they made rheir name with.
I would provide links if I wasn't on mobile right now, but a couple days ago we had the Barstool writer defending the Red Sox pitcher headhunting, and another writer today talking about ESPN failing while Barstool is on the rise as they have another big hire to announce.
I thought someone was just replacing Greenberg?Mike and Mike is ending soon
He's still more valuable, as a personality, than some rando beat reporter. People aren't checking for ESPN for the top plays or cookie cutter news programming. You have to give them something they can't get elsewhere, hence you have "the six" which despite how much I dislike it (strong "how do you do fellow kids" vibes) is rebranding sportscenter around two personalities. The six doesn't work if Chris Batman and Linda Cohn are hosting it. It's not all that unlike the issues the video games press are running into. When people start getting their games impressions and reviews elsewhere, they started scrambling around personalities and expanding more into pop culture topics. Hence you get Sportscenter turning into "Drake Stans: The Show". It's been trending this way since PTI.
It's rumored to be Trey Wingo but I think Greeny is getting a new show as well. I don't really understand the divorce or how they will change up the time slotsI thought someone was just replacing Greenberg?
Yea I ignore that stuff myself, Pres says and does some sketchy shit in the name of content
Will happily watch/read anything put out by the guys you mentioned
Is this fact or rumor? Lebatard is one of my favorites. It would be a shame, not a deal breaker but a shame.
Wisconsin/Big 10 writer Jesse Temple; Gone
Lebrun and Burnside are gone? Do they even have anyone else who covers hockey?
Lebrun and Burnside are gone? Do they even have anyone else who covers hockey?
Getting rid of Lebrun is pure idiocy
Melrose. Thats all I can think of.
Wow, the bitterness about the NHL not cominnback to their network in full swing.
When ESPN News first came on the air, I considered it the peak of ESPN. I had that channel on 24 hours a day, even just as background noise. ESPN has pulled an MTV, and gotten so far away from what they were, they lost their identity.
Does this mean he's done at TSN too?
Does this mean he's done at TSN too?
Fingers crossed for Darren Rovell. Fuck that guy and his #brands
He retired this yearBrent Mussberger when?
And I have a hate/hate relationship with Danny Kannel. He can go.
The a la carte system sounds good on paper, but in reality it just doesn't work for most. HBO/Showtime etc have always been a la carte so it was easy for them, but non-premium cable channels? Good luck.It's not their fault but if these companies don't have the balls to sell their services a la carte like HBO then they can die for all I care. Fuck Comcast, at&t, direct TV, and DISH network for life.
It's funny to see ESPN fuck up so badly in the last decade.
FoxSports gonna have a hayday plucking the talent from this round, and scooping up anyone left that wants out.
Colin made the right move.
Which I don't understand. I would pay money if NBC got NBA back, hockey fans should be happy they're on NBC instead
That or the fact NHL is far less popular than the NFL, NBA, and MLB that it makes no sense to devote a lot of talent to it when the interest isn't really there. NHL is niche by comparison. Just look at the playoff ratings this year. NHL's aren't even in the same ballpark as the NBA so far this round.
I love my Dallas Stars but lets be honest, no one really cares about the NHL (in America) compared to the other big 3.
It's funny to see ESPN fuck up so badly in the last decade.
FoxSports gonna have a hayday plucking the talent from this round, and scooping up anyone left that wants out.
Colin made the right move.
Saying something racist to get fired was definitely the right move. Lol fs1 is a dumpster fire even compared to ESPN's downfall.It's funny to see ESPN fuck up so badly in the last decade.
FoxSports gonna have a hayday plucking the talent from this round, and scooping up anyone left that wants out.
Colin made the right move.