Dolfan in NYC Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Shannon Sharpe has agreed to a buyout and will leave FS1 after the NBA Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Cross posting from baseball section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 No surprise: Telling the judge that "Hey, we screwed up when we bought the company, we want to pay less because we misjudged the business" was never going to fly. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37776665/diamond-sports-group-ordered-fully-pay-twins-guardians-diamondbacks-rangers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 One of the guys behind the Tuanon twitter account (an account dedicated to defending Tua from the shit he gets from the TV talking heads) was killed in a car crash earlier this week. The family opened up a GoFundMe, which the Dolphins' QB donated $10,000 to. Well, Mike Florio and Chris Simms have a show together and when Florio brought up the GFM (for visibility)... Simms made the dude's death all about himself and says Tua was "bringing money to someone for being negative" and "what this says about society." Simms really is just human garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 A loose definition of great here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 6/8/2023 at 4:39 PM, odessasteps said: A loose definition of great here. Yeah, I wouldn't go that far. That said, Neil is really, really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 20 people lost their jobs (which the story says if 4% of the workforce). Another 100 are getting reassigned (basically either to more regional coverage as opposed to team specific or they will get general assignments) The NFL and EPL drive the most interest to the site and will see the fewest changes. MLB and NHL were specifically mentioned as not getting as much attention so the changes will affect them most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) For anyone that lived near the Pittsburgh area, local legend Stan Savran passed away yesterday. Did play by play and/or post game/pre game shows for the Steelers for a good decade after the days of Jack Fleming. Worked with the Pitt Panthers from at least the Tony Dorsett days and many decades after that. A stable on WTAE TV. Between Myron Cope I am not sure if there is a bigger guy in Pittsburgh sports media. Edited June 13, 2023 by hammerva 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, hammerva said: For anyone that lived near the Pittsburgh area, local legend Stan Savran passed away yesterday. Did play by play and/or post game/pre game shows for the Steelers for a good decade after the days of Jack Fleming. Worked with the Pitt Panthers from at least the Tony Dorsett days and many decades after that. A stable on WTAE TV. Between Myron Cope I am not sure if there is a bigger guy in Pittsburgh sports media. Savran never did regular play by play for the Steelers, just pre-season games when WTAE-TV had them, but he hosted pre and post game shows for all the Pittsburgh teams over the years. He was a great sports talk host be it radio or tv, hence him being on air from 1976 until 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 From the article - Tiki Barber is the leading candidate to replace him (Tiki would just move from mid-days to the afternoon show) Also - Mike Francesa is not a candidate to return But anyway - remember kids that severing time in Federal Prison is good for your career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Hey, Afternoon WFAN might be listenable now. I don't see giving a gambling addict whose addiction led him to prison a 7 figure deal is a good thing, but hey, not my money. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Tiki as the replacement is happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 I will be the only one who cares about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 They announced the other changes to wfan. People I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Quote NEWS: ESPN scrapping Keyshawn Johnson, Jay Williams and Max Kellerman morning show as layoffs loom, The Post has learned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 4 hours ago, RIPPA said: I will be the only one who cares about this They should have renamed the football team that, Washington Monuments is much better than the commanders. . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogwelder Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 On 6/21/2023 at 10:24 AM, RIPPA said: I will be the only one who cares about this Wonder if any of this is tied to yesterday's announcement that Qatar's buying a 5% stake of Monument Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) While LeBatard show has fallen really bad because of the number of people who are occasionally off, this week has been pretty hilarious watching former Marlins GM David Sampson getting verbally raped by almost everyone from Dan to Michael Ryan to Michael Schur to even Brockmire. Even Dan readily admits that one of his biggest issues is that Sampson is on the show frequently and most people hate him https://awfulannouncing.com/meadowlark/michael-schur-david-samson-argument-dan-le-batard.html Edited June 29, 2023 by hammerva 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Although no fan of Smson, I had to eventually give up on Posnanski's pod with Schur because of how insufferable Schur was on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, hammerva said: While LeBatard show has fallen really bad because of the number of people who are occasionally off, this week has been pretty hilarious watching former Marlins GM David Sampson getting verbally raped by almost everyone from Dan to Michael Ryan to Michael Schur to even Brockmire. Even Dan readily admits that one of his biggest issues is that Sampson is on the show frequently and most people hate him https://awfulannouncing.com/meadowlark/michael-schur-david-samson-argument-dan-le-batard.html Samson is 100% the guy telling the emperor his new clothes are amazing. He's a less funny Waylon Smithers. He's what every bootlicker wishes to be. Fuck that guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I've been sick of JVG's shit for years, so I'm good with this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Now if they can get rid of Mark Jackson. To me he was the real headache in that trio. To me there was nothing worse than a blowout NBA game with those three as it was basically Mark Jackson and Van Gundy just making shit up to kill time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Looks like Jalen Rose is gone, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 A lot of bloodletting today in Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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