Tabe Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 So basically we're getting video versions of the old 28:58 updates they just to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 48 minutes ago, Tabe said: So basically we're getting video versions of the old 28:58 updates they just to do? Sounds like. Did they actually announce a start date for Greenberg's show. Can't find out anything via Google, if they did. I still enjoy Mike and Mike quite a bit. Kinda sad it's heading for the end. Greenberg essentially hosting a reboot of Cold Pizza doesn't sound all that interesting to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 He went to Northwestern, so he already believes he's better than you, so he'll do fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 16 minutes ago, Horton Hears a Wooo!!! said: Sounds like. Did they actually announce a start date for Greenberg's show. Can't find out anything via Google, if they did. I still enjoy Mike and Mike quite a bit. Kinda sad it's heading for the end. Greenberg essentially hosting a reboot of Cold Pizza doesn't sound all that interesting to me. Deitsch: Quote There is finally a start date—or at least an anticipated one—for the start of the show. The show is scheduled to debut the first or second week of January, tied to either the college football playoff semifinals on Monday, Jan 1. or the college football national title game (which airs Monday, Jan. 8). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 RIP Frank Deford I used to walk from the IU campus everyday downtown to pick up a copy of the National, and we got the "next day" version. And always loved "fake frank deford" and his wispy pencil thin mustache on the old Lebatard radio show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 I know this is the sports section but not only was Deford an incredible journalist in all sports but important in the modern history of pro wrestling. You can argue that he helped legitimize Dave Meltzer by offering him a spot for the National, the short run all sports newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RIPPA Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 I have told this story before but that issue with Derrick Dukes was the only issue I ever bought of The National Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 The Denver Post's Terry Frei had a nuclear take on Takuma Sato's victory in Sunday's Indy 500. ... Mr. Frei is now seeking employment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 My dude spent an entire paragraph in his non-apology for the tweet plugging his book, which is a level of chutzpah I can only dream of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 On 5/29/2017 at 2:10 PM, hammerva said: I know this is the sports section but not only was Deford an incredible journalist in all sports but important in the modern history of pro wrestling. You can argue that he helped legitimize Dave Meltzer by offering him a spot for the National, the short run all sports newspaper. What did Dave cover? I read the National daily, but, 25 years later, remember practically nothing about it. I can;t remember who wrote for it or what they covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 He had a weekly wrestling column. Deford once said Dave was the best writer covering his particular beat in sports. From the Wiki: Quote Deford immediately set out to get what was referred to by Bill Simmons as a "murderer's row" of sportswriters to join The National.Deford said that hiring Atlanta Journal-Constitution sports editor Van McKenzie away from the paper was the "best thing he did" and was the linchpin for getting many of the writers who eventually signed up to write for The National interested. Once McKenzie was hired, he brought his auto racing writer Ed Hinton and investigative reporter and NFL analyst Chris Mortensen with him. Norman Chad, who was writing for the Washington Post at the time, was hired, as was New York Daily News writer Mike Lupica, Rocky Mountain News writer Jay Mariotti, Wrestling Observer Newsletter writer Dave Meltzer, Dallas Morning News writer Ivan Maisel, Boston Globe writer Leigh Montville, and various others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidNatural Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 13 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: The Denver Post's Terry Frei had a nuclear take on Takuma Sato's victory in Sunday's Indy 500. ... Mr. Frei is now seeking employment. This was shocking to me. I've been reading Frei's stuff for years and he always seemed like a class act. I guess you never know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 Sporting News is now saying that John Clayton was also part of the ESPN layoffs. But hey - Good thing they were able to hire Chip Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: Sporting News is now saying that John Clayton was also part of the ESPN layoffs. But hey - Good thing they were able to hire Chip Kelly Because less time for analysis and cogent thought = more time for HAWT TAEKS! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Today was Bomani Jones's last day on Highly Questionable. I'll miss him on there as Highly Questionable was the only show on ESPN that was consistently great. I wonder who they replace him with or if they cancel the show for another NFL recap show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 There's always Stugotz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I'm finding it hard to enjoy the last few months of Mike and Mike after hearing the rumors the end of the show had driven a wedge between them and they basically don't speak to each other off-camera. I'll miss Jones on Highly Questionable but I'm hoping his new show interests me. I still have yet to watch Skip Bayless' new show. I rarely remember Fox Sports One is even a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 For the TO folks, Toronto Mike had Bob mackowycz on his pod and discussed, among other things, what his health issues were that led to his hiatus from tsn radio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Get in. Wreck shit. Leave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 12 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Get in. Wreck shit. Leave I saw a tweet with the Joker hospital scene gif from The Dark Knight right after this thread came up and absolutely lost it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 3 hours ago, RIPPA said: Get in. Wreck shit. Leave Apparently due to sexual harassment claims/lawsuit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 The Fox apple doesn't fall far from the tree I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 ESPN's Vikings writer has announced that he's leaving ESPN at the end of July to become the lead beat writer for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. There was a time when that process generally worked the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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