Jrag Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 21 hours ago, Gonzo said: Mike Tirico is leaving ESPN for NBC. Monday Night Football loses its one redeeming feature. Gruden is a legend, bro. I will not stand for this pot shot.
RIPPA Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 ESPN has announced that Skip Bayless will be leaving at the end of August when his contract is up
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 26, 2016 Author Posted April 26, 2016 God damn it. Rippa beat me by seconds. Oh well, never can get enough good news. 3
Spritenaut 32 Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 Is he joining the WWE to teach wrestlers how to work heel?
ChesterCopperpot Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 Skip and Troy Aikman together on Fox will be fun 1
odessasteps Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 #AnyGivenWednesday w/ @BillSimmons, a weekly talk show on pop culture & sports debuts on 6/22
CrazyMax46 Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 Bayless is going to Fox Sports apparently. If that wasn't clear.
Vincey Greene Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 Wait, Tirico is the good thing on MNF? I personally hate listening to him because he's the Roethlisberger of announcers. Ahem... Allegedly. 2
RIPPA Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 I thought Tirico was just creepy towards them and not rapey towards them like Ben But it has been a long time since I read that book
hammerva Posted April 26, 2016 Posted April 26, 2016 I didn't think it was possible but Fox Sports 1 is actually turning more douchey than ESPN. I mean they already took Cowherd, they already have Clay Travis (who made an ass of himself again trying to prove his manhood to men), and now the guy everyone ripped off in Bayless
Tabe Posted April 27, 2016 Posted April 27, 2016 5 hours ago, RIPPA said: I thought Tirico was just creepy towards them and not rapey towards them like Ben But it has been a long time since I read that book Yeah, just creepy.
KidNatural Posted April 27, 2016 Posted April 27, 2016 15 hours ago, hammerva said: I didn't think it was possible but Fox Sports 1 is actually turning more douchey than ESPN. I mean they already took Cowherd, they already have Clay Travis (who made an ass of himself again trying to prove his manhood to men), and now the guy everyone ripped off in Bayless Don't forget Jason Whitlock. If Fox lures away Screaming A. Smith and Mike Ditka it'd be perfect. The only bad decisions that ESPN has made in these cuts are Simmons and maybe Olbermann.
Spritenaut 32 Posted April 27, 2016 Posted April 27, 2016 I tend to think Olbermann was a case of execs counting up how many months his show had been on the air and realizing that there was a high probability things were about to go to hell. The longer that show went on, the higher the odds that tomorrow's show would end in a meltdown. I was wondering this morning how much longer PTI will go on. I would imagine Kornheiser and Wilbonn are extremely highly paid, and the show's been on the air for 15 years. I don't watch PTI much anymore. but Kormheiser has always entertained me. He's a very good sportswriter/commentator when he's not bogged down doing over-the-top comedy goofiness. I used to like Skip when he was just a Texas sportswriter. He was a good sportswriter in the early days and his books on the Cowboys were rather good. Combination of ESPN stardom, hair dye, and a bad perm drove him insane. It happens.
Joe Lucia Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 Cowherd and Whitlock will host a PTI knockoff on FS1. I don't even have a joke here. 2
Ryan Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 A walk down memory lane, although the reasons for not reaching potential do vary quite a bit. Like it's Bo Jackson's fault he got hurt. Blaming Ki-Jana Carter's torn ACL lost rookie season can't excuse his entire career. Maybe he just wasn't any good. Plenty of guys tear ACLs, even back then and came back totally fine. http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/15447349/top-25-unfulfilled-potential-reality-falls-spectacularly-short-expectations
Joe Lucia Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 Matt Bush was a stretch at #1 in his draft, so I think putting him on that list at all is ridiculous.
elizium Posted May 4, 2016 Posted May 4, 2016 Aaron Hernandez is a weird pick as well. He fulfilled his potential, he just also killed people. Unless it was his potential in murdering without getting caught.
Gonzo Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Per The Big Lead, Ray Lewis and Cris Carter are leaving ESPN. Charles Woodson, Matt Hasselbeck, and Randy Moss are on their way in. Moss was great on FOX Sports 1's NFL stuff. Wonder if he'll be replacing Carter. . .again.
Burgundy LaRue Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Moss on ESPN? Everybody! One clap! IT'S GONNA BE A FUN RIDE! 1
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Gonzo said: Per The Big Lead, Ray Lewis and Cris Carter are leaving ESPN. Charles Woodson, Matt Hasselbeck, and Randy Moss are on their way in. Moss was great on FOX Sports 1's NFL stuff. Wonder if he'll be replacing Carter. . .again. Now Ray has time to make more videos with idiotic, nonsensical sermons deriding Black Lives Matter and bringing up black-on-black crime. Maybe he can stump for Trump or Hillary and look for more white approval.
Kuetsar Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 10 hours ago, RIPPA said: I think ESPN got the better of that trade. Of course I think it would be nice if we could get BBC announcers for all sports, or at least send most of our dipshits to a BBC bootcamp. Then again, I might be biased as I have been playing a ton of FIFA 14 on my PS4. . . .
Ryan Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 On 5/9/2016 at 4:16 PM, Elsalvajeloco said: Now Ray has time to make more videos with idiotic, nonsensical sermons deriding Black Lives Matter and bringing up black-on-black crime. Maybe he can stump for Trump or Hillary and look for more white approval. He'll probably just turn out to have a bunch of bodies buried in his backyard or something.
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 1 hour ago, Ryan said: He'll probably just turn out to have a bunch of bodies buried in his backyard or something. We can only hope. I like how Ray Lewis of all people is giving "black people need to do better/clean up their own backyard" speeches when black people supported him when he was facing a double murder rap. Plus, he has a bunch of kids out of wedlock. One of the children he does claim (with his namesake no less) is out here taking pussy. Where is the video on that, Ray? Huh? Do they lives matter?
piranesi Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 So did anyone else see Simmons' promo on HBO last night? Did anyone not want to volunteer to spend the rest of your natural life punching it in the face? 2
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