Why does Espn have to...
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They were entertaining and I really like Mark May. But Holtz is in early stages of dementia and needed to ride off into the sunset. He started to become an embarrassment with his discussion points.
Highlights are EVERYWHERE now. Everywhere. ESPN used to own them and they no longer do. ESPN owns live sports and need to fill up their remaining air time and have chosen loud debating, facts optional. It's pretty easy.....don't watch ESPN unless it is a live sporting event.
Oh I completely agree and that's what I do. My comment was targeted at ESPNEWS. I watch MLB network, NFL Network and the College Highlight show (when I remember it) for sports highlights these days. I just wish there was a NCAA network similar to MLB or NFL. I liked the Fox Sports network when it first launched but now they seem focused on racing.
I now watch only Mike & Mike and games I want to see on ESPN. It's hard to believe that ESPN has sunk to the level of the Jemele Hill and Micheal Smith show. That opinion has nothing to do with her latest tweets....it was putrid from day one.
Do they only talk baseball on that show? I watch NFL Live, Sportsnation, Around the Horn and my favorite, Pardon the Interruption almost every day.
Yeah mostly. I think Kevin Millar is one of the funniest people around. The show just works,
I posted on the previous Jemele Hill thread from last week my personal belief that ESPN has made an apparent decision to align largely with the urban/black/overwhelmingly-left wing viewer......illustrated by the fact they've gone so over-the-top with all things NBA over the past several years. In turn, suburban/white/overwhelmingly-right wing viewers are responding by bailing on the network.
Strictly speaking, what Hill (or her running mate, whose names escapes me) or Steven A Smith or (for that matter) Curt Schilling say politically is meaningless to me, because (like others) I use ESPN virtually excluslvely for live college football/basketball and the NFL. How their talking heads feel about issues of the day aren't at all part of my own conciousness.
But I believe allowing their personalities to take (or preach) personal political positions is a dangerous game for a network supposedly about sports. In a growing world of Colin Kapernicks and Richard Shermans, it's clear sports and politics continue to move closer and closer toward one another. But I myself feel ESPN is better advised to resist the urge to skirt that line, and focus more on their real reason for existence.
Strictly speaking, what Hill (or her running mate, whose names escapes me) or Steven A Smith or (for that matter) Curt Schilling say politically is meaningless to me, because (like others) I use ESPN virtually excluslvely for live college football/basketball and the NFL. How their talking heads feel about issues of the day aren't at all part of my own conciousness.
But I believe allowing their personalities to take (or preach) personal political positions is a dangerous game for a network supposedly about sports. In a growing world of Colin Kapernicks and Richard Shermans, it's clear sports and politics continue to move closer and closer toward one another. But I myself feel ESPN is better advised to resist the urge to skirt that line, and focus more on their real reason for existence.
I'd also add that I think this a chicken and egg situation. Without ESPN showcasing it, these athletes wouldn't have the platform or megaphone and ultimately the encouragement. It's lazy imo, on both. ESPN for exploiting race which is the easiest thing to do by the way, and the Athletes doing it simply for publicity.
I actually liked May. Some friends of mine know him and say he is just a down to earth good guy.
Me too. I even like Holtz antics. Met him at the Waterfront after a game one evening. He thought I worked for the hotel and gave me $5 for a soda from their little snack area. I should have kept it, but I was honest and directed him to the staff.
I liked May, hated that I liked him, liked that I wanted to hate him, but......I like that I like to want to hate him....uh
I like him. I guess
I like him. I guess