supremebve Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 6 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: I saw an interesting theory on Barkley's constant downgrading of LeBron: he's scared that if people start to accept LeBron as the greatest, then Chuck will no longer have played during the era of the greatest of all-time, and it would hurt his legacy. Which is insane, Sir Charles was fucking great and nothing will change that. But it feels plausible that he is that insecure. I think Charles Barkley really holds on to the fact that he played in the greatest era. He is always trying to say that the current players couldn't play in his era, and completely disregards that the current NBA has multiple 7 foot tall perimeter players. He was playing in the post at 6'5", what the fuck would he do against someone like Kevin Durant? Sure, they had more big guys, but how many of them could guard Giannis? They had to play man-to-man, half those guys wouldn't be able to stay on the court, because they couldn't move their feet well enough to guard Karl Anthony Towns or Joel Embiid out to the 3-point line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I mean, Barkley's height didn't hold him back much when he was playing in a rather center-dominant era. It'd likely matter less now given how many teams can and do play small. Now his terrible three point shooting, that would be a much more significant factor. Of course then you get into the whole "players from a different era would prepare differently for different rules and environment" thing that only ever results in headaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 he'd probably eat a lot more cake and retire earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 FS1 has cancelled Fox Sports Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I'm waiting for them to cancel the whole network and replace it with reruns of old Football games and nothing else. Just random ones 24 hours a day. It...would probably do better ratings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I have never watched anything on Fox Sports 1 not related to the UFC. As far as I'm concerned it is the UFC Network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 7 minutes ago, supremebve said: I have never watched anything on Fox Sports 1 not related to the UFC. As far as I'm concerned it is the UFC Network. That only may last for 2 more years. After that, it will be lower level college football games, the Bedlam game, Big East basketball, and Jason Whitlock quoting The Wire for no apparent reason other than to let people know he saw The Wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: FS1 has cancelled Fox Sports Live Is that Jay and Dan's show? It's time for them to come home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, elizium said: Is that Jay and Dan's show? It's time for them to come home. Yes, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 FS1/2/Fox also have the Champions League and the next couple world cups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Mike Francesa is leaving WFAN at the end of his contract in 2018. If you didn't think the content in that slot could get any worse, WFAN says, "hold my beer": Chris Christie is on WFAN’s radar as the next Mike Francesa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Apparently, francesa has said he will have a new gig not long after leaving the fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Good, he can go suck there too. Odd's it's on Russo's XM channel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I had heard speculation it might be a pod/subscription thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 22 minutes ago, odessasteps said: FS1/2/Fox also have the Champions League and the next couple world cups. Well shit...ESPN may as well call it quits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iron Yuppie Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Fox Sports is a such a sewer. Jamie Horowitz is basically Vince Russo: He was a cog in a machine at ESPN that functioned just fine before and after him, then when unleashed unfettered at the desperate No. 2, has completely shown his ass. Skip Bayless' First Take 2.0 is a failure. Spray Tan and Fat Man In A Tiny Hat's Hot Take Hour never cracks the Top 150 for cable ratings (the cutoff for which is typically 40,000 viewers). Clay Travis sounds like he's a campaigning to become Grand Dragon of the Klan whenever he has a platform. It's a shame FS1 has Big East basketball and Pac 12 basketball/football, because I'd be able to ignore it completely otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Turner/Univision win Champions League rights. http://worldsoccertalk.com/2017/02/24/turner-sports-univision-acquire-uefa-champions-league-tv-rights-usa/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dokdoyle Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 It was announced during NHL Trade Deadline coverage that TSN has acquired Jay and Dan. They will start in September and will host the Midnight Eastern edition that will also Loop in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Why do people listen to Mike Francesca? He's a know it all blowhard whose constantly wrong. On top of that he's the single worst inerviewer I've ever heard. He acts as if his guests are interviewing him. Is it just some sort of joke that everyone is in on except Francesca himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, sabremike said: Why do people listen to Mike Francesca? He's a know it all blowhard whose constantly wrong. On top of that he's the single worst inerviewer I've ever heard. He acts as if his guests are interviewing him. Is it just some sort of joke that everyone is in on except Francesca himself? Dan LeBatard said something like this a couple weeks ago. He basically said he started doing his radio show because, "If this is the best sports radio show, I can do something better than that." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Martin Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Is this the lost Sinbad Genie film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 12 hours ago, Ryan said: Is this the lost Sinbad Genie film? No idea if you're making a joke or not, but, in any case, it's the opening sequence to last night's 6PM edition of SportsCenter (now called "The 6", apparently). They recreated the opening credits of A Different World using some of the original actors. First time I've caught Hill and Smith since they started doing SportsCenter. The opening bit was really clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltzing Pot Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Man, whenever I see Mike Lombardi is going to be a Bill Simmons guest, I shake my head. He's not egregiously terrible, but he's kinda the worst combination of a blowhard and also kinda boring. Strangely, the Simmons guests I like the most are just the random dudes he went to school with. (JackO, Joe House, and even his dad.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Mike Francesa previews the Florida State-Maryland match up in the tournament. Florida State and Maryland are not playing each other. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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