Gonzo Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Still dont understand why they dont just use czabans morning show? Funnily enough - 570 announced that they will air Czaban's yahoo show in the morning now since Mike & Mike went back to 980 Yes - DC has 3 sports stations I'm not sure if that's better or worse than the Twin Cities having two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Still dont understand why they dont just use czabans morning show? Funnily enough - 570 announced that they will air Czaban's yahoo show in the morning now since Mike & Mike went back to 980 Yes - DC has 3 sports stations 2 for the football team, 1 for terps and georgetown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Poor Caps & Wiz. NY has something like 5 depending on who has contracts for which team at any given time. They're all unlistenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Philly has 2. They're both awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Still dont understand why they dont just use czabans morning show? Funnily enough - 570 announced that they will air Czaban's yahoo show in the morning now since Mike & Mike went back to 980 Yes - DC has 3 sports stations I'm not sure if that's better or worse than the Twin Cities having two. Well, it is *two* cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Philly has 2. They're both awful. Do you remember when 1210 was sports talk, with Scott Graham and Big Daddy did afternoon drive vs Eskin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 ESPN posted this image of private jets lining up for the Breeder's Cup. I think I'm going to go vomit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 What's worse is you know all those guys are just stewing in their jets. I COULD'VE FUCKING DRIVEN THERE BY NOW! OR FLOWN COMMERCIAL LIKE AN ANIMAL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Grantland is donezo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Judging from Twitter, I'm wondering if all the staff only found out when that notice went up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Sounds like they were trying to get it out before it leaked and didn't bother to notify the staff. Which is a) super-duper shitty and b) exactly what I'd expect from ESPN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I hope somebody snatches up Matt Hinton real quick. He's the best college football writer in the biz, and I would hate to go the rest of the season without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 *refreshes Bill Simmons twitter so hard his finger goes right through the mouse* Seriously, though, someone wake him up. Guys like Lowe, Barnwell, and Keri are going to be alright, but this is going to be real shitty for a lot of the younger writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Looks like all the sportswriters will be moved onto other platforms. Don't know where that leaves the pop culture side of things, but imagine pretty much all of them were already working on an exit strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 *refreshes Bill Simmons twitter so hard his finger goes right through the mouse* Seriously, though, someone wake him up. He has called it "appalling" To be honest given how the network is nothing but phony debate and one person doing an interview for 10 different talk heads, a site like Grantland seems useless. ESPN operating Grantland would be like the WWE creating an ECW promotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 And yet, they recommitted to the Undefeated and 538. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 @jessespector: Grantland had smart, funny, creative sportswriting, but 150 words and a GIF of Football in the Groin had football in the groin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 And yet, they recommitted to the Undefeated and 538. 538 is logical it's being partly under written by ABC news for the coming election and then during off years they will focus on sports stats which is being more and more popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincey Greene Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I know this is really selfish but I'm really sad that we just got the NFL Podcast back and it's already gone again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Bill Barnwell can come work for the DVDVR Corporation as Rippa's personal football pundit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Well, fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Mixed feelings on Grantland. They had some great sports writing. I think Zach Lowe is the best sportswriter in the world right now. He has an amazing talent in making the stat nerd stuff human for both the reader and the subject. I really hope he gets to keep his word count alive, as well as his excellent podcast. I also really like Goldsberry a lot who dos a great job with graphics to explain basketball patterns. They also spent a lot of time and resources on completely worthless garbage. I mean, if you think reality TV is something to spend time contemplating more power to you. But they had a ton of people writing or talking about human garbage in a not-so entertaining format. And they also had the whole Miss V fiasco. They calmed down a bit with my least favorite long-form writing trend of using first-person pro-nouns in feature stories on other humans. It essentially was a vanity project (the weird dimensions of the outfield wall at Fenway isn't nearly that iconic) to add a high-end appeal to a large media property. The person who started it had a big ego and clashed with a bunch of corporate drones and parted ways. The site wasn't profitable and ended in a very brutal manner. It sucks all the good Grantland did couldn't turn a profit, and talentless goofs like Stephen A. Smith get to retain their world. But Grantland also wasted a lot of its talent on nonsense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 They did say all contracts will be honored. But they didn't say where they would be having the pop culture talent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Bill Barnwell can come work for the DVDVR Corporation as Rippa's personal football pundit. If you all want to foot the bill... Can't Teach Speed is about to motherfucking take off 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I'll chip in fifty cents. A buck if he promises to write something nice about the Lions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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