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Tedd_Not_Ed posted:In actual sports broadcasting news: Ryan Dempster seems like a good guy and all and he was a good pitcher for the Cubs, but that dude should be followed at all times by a person with a Vaudeville hook.
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Vertical Lime posted:NBC announced today they're extending their Olympic deal through 2032. P.S. gently caress NBC's Olympic coverage.
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http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2014/05/16/ken-carman-to-the-national-media-stop-complaining/ Normally I'd say "Sports Talk Radio sucks", but Ken Carman is quite good on this rant.
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2014/05/16/ken-carman-to-the-national-media-stop-complaining/ drat this is great.
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2014/05/16/ken-carman-to-the-national-media-stop-complaining/ This owns so hard
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Vertical Lime posted:NBC announced today they're extending their Olympic deal through 2032. Eighteen years. Jesus Christ.
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Lou Somogyi of BlueandGoldIllustrated.com says Lou Holtz will retire from ESPN after this coming season.
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Sportscenter is relaunching from its new studio on June 22nd. Some photos of the new space:  Fun facts: - 194,000 square feet - Features: "a video floor, virtual technology, two touchscreens, a 56 LED multi-dimensional monitor wall and the ability to do live and pre-produced segments simultaneously.” - ESPN wants to bring Dan Patrick back to anchor Sportscenter: “It’s a nascent plan, but in discussions with NBC (Patrick’s employer), I did mention it to them because it did seem like it was an appropriate time to have a mention of it. We do not have any agreements. We don’t have anything to announce,” Skipper said. “We don’t know what we’ll do yet .”
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2014/05/16/ken-carman-to-the-national-media-stop-complaining/ Ken Carman is my favorite host. Even more now.
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Quest For Glory II posted:Sportscenter is relaunching from its new studio on June 22nd. Some photos of the new space: Meanwhile they laid a bunch of people off around this time last year despite record profits. http://deadspin.com/source-espn-laying-off-hundreds-509043249
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In what's an inevitable end of an era, the national WGN feed is dropping all sports after this season: http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/get..._medium=twitter
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Vertical Lime posted:In what's an inevitable end of an era, the national WGN feed is dropping all sports after this season: Dang. I still miss seeing the Braves on TBS. Now I can't watch the White Sox either.
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Peanut President posted:Dang. I still miss seeing the Braves on TBS. Now I can't watch the White Sox either.
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Vertical Lime posted:In what's an inevitable end of an era, the national WGN feed is dropping all sports after this season: I've heard rumors about this for a while, and it's a sad day. The Cubs have always been my NL team to follow because of WGN. Looks like I'm buying MLB.tv or something next year. And as a fan of localized media, WGN becoming another syndicated network is sad. A sad day. I actually just saw the article while watching the Cubs on WGN. Cubs at Brewers today, 3-0 Milwaukee so far. 
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Crazy Ted posted:I wonder if TBS and WGN ever realize how many Braves and Cubs fans it made by showing pretty much all of their games way back in the day. When I was a kid, only Minnesota Twins road games were on TV; the Pohlads refused to allow home games on TV unless there was a sellout. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykTGLqXUfJ4 Utah, Louisana, North Dakota and Hawai'i in this clip. Gotta hand it to Ted Turner. For him to have done that back then was pretty revolutionary.
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AceFace905 posted:WGN and Harry Caray are why I will visit Wrigley Field at some point before I drop dead. Shame to hear
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykTGLqXUfJ4 We had them back when I lived in Connecticut too.
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Vertical Lime posted:In what's an inevitable end of an era, the national WGN feed is dropping all sports after this season: RIP White Sox on TV, you wormed your way into my heart by being there a lot
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That kind of sucks but is inevitable. I'll always remember watching Sammy's HR chase at college on the station.
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CBS' new No. 2 NFL team is Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20140609/media-circus-dan-fouts-ian-eagle-cbs-sports-barry-melrose-nhl-tv-fixes-hubie-brown/
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Can I be real here? I'm watching the NBA Finals (mainly so I can have something to talk about with a friendly co-worker tomorrow), and am I incorrect for feeling that Breen/Van Gundy/Jackson are, well, terrible? I feel sometimes it wanders into Sports Talk Radio-level type of in-game discussion, and it gets rather aggravating. Am I incorrect on not really finding them very good?
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FuzzySkinner posted:Can I be real here? Mark Jackson is loving horrible. I thought the other two were really good without him
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I only find Gundy bad when he gets ranty. Breen is annoying with his wishy-washyness. Jackson is just terrible and I hope he gets hired by someone else soon so I never have to hear him again.
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Jackson drags the entire booth down. That may not be a long way if you don't like Breen & Van Gundy but whatever you think about them they are noticeably worse when Jackson is there too.
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ESPN desperately needs to bump Burke up to analyst and let Simmons be a sideline reported who can be regularly posterized by Poppovich.
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R.D. Mangles posted:ESPN desperately needs to bump Burke up to analyst and let Simmons be a sideline reported who can be regularly posterized by Poppovich. Burke is so good, but it'll never happen, sadly.
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Simmons: Coach, crazy game out there. How do you defend LeBron out there when he has The Look? Pop: (Glares at Simmons for 5 seconds) Simmons: Coach, would you say Wade is more like Steve Sanders or Brendan Walsh right now? Pop: (glares at Simmons for 5 seconds) Pop: Get off my plane
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I just find ESPN's coverage of the NBA really bad. Especially with "Inside the NBA" and "NBA on TNT" being quite better at covering the sport. I'm a tad confused as to why I should consider Tim Legler an expert on the NBA for example. It also doesn't feel right to have that type of crew call a game like that. The NBA Finals was seemingly always called by people like Brent Musburger, Dick Stockton, or Marv Alberts. All three of those guys did a fantastic job, and they were generally paired with some great analysts. I do believe ESPN has the type of talent on their own roster right now to have their own version of what I just mentioned, but they really don't seem to utilize it well at all. Mike Tirico (sexual harassment aside) is a fantastic play by play guy. I actually like the MNF pairing he has with Gruden as it gives off a "Musburger/Vermeil" type vibe. (I actually would like to see them both doing college games more often, but that's for another time). I like the suggestion of Doris Burke. If not for Hubie Brown being up there in age I'd have paired him with Tirico, but Burke works quite well. I kind of wonder if SVG would be better off in pregame? I think Jackson should be coaching in the NBA FuzzySkinner fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jun 11, 2014 |
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Legler played in the NBA off and on for a long time as a three point specialist. He won the three point shootout and was runner up for 6th man of the year one year. I guess I don't know what you think qualifies someone to talk about basketball on TV, but he's not just some random dude. Stan Van Gundy is coach/GM for the Pistons now. Mark Jackson should be neither commenting on the NBA nor coaching it.
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Mike Breen is a way better PBP guy at basketball than Mike Tirico.
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Most of what people hate on Breen for is the result of him being saddled with poo poo partners and having to play off of their crap because he's professional about his job.
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Yeah I think Breen is pretty good. I can't think of a better basketball pbp guy at ESPN. Maybe Shulman I guess, but he's their lead college and MLB guy. Van Gundy can be okay sometimes and awful others. I wish they could talk Doug Collins into doing color again, at least for the playoffs. Or Walton because he's at least fun, but I think he's happy just doing random college games.
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FuzzySkinner posted:Can I be real here? I don't know why they don't have Tirico and Brown calling these games. Breen is pretty good and Van Gundy is alright but I think the former work better and, yes, Mark Jackson is awful.
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