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Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Ishin posted:

I was more than willing to give FS1 a shot, until they got to a Regis Philbin hosted talk show where they just brought up relegating the bottom three MLB teams and promoting the top three AAA.

That would be awesome though.

Yes, I know logistically it makes no sense and is impossible. I don't care.

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Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Gus Johnson is the anti-Joe Buck and should call everything (except boxing he's really bad at that)

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Parlett316 posted:

You guys love feeding the machine.

I was always willing to make an exception for PTI when Wilbon+Kornheiser are actually on. Their subs are dreadful though, I get enough Bob Ryan on Around the Horn thanks

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Seems like they're hoping people forget about It over the weekend

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Vertical Lime posted:

Also look up Dino Costa (former nighttime host on that channel), he wasn't too bright either.

So ESPN just said tune in tomorrow to hear Stephen A's response to the backlash, of course they'll do it that way

But his tweets were two days ago!

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Smith is supposed to be leaving ESPN soon I thought. Not a huge fan of Simmons but he had good chemistry with Jalen and I don't know who they'll put in that would be better.

sportsgenius86 posted:

praying this gets Zach Lowe on TV.

Yeah, but no chance.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Kalli posted:

He was. The next segment has him with his jacket zipped up halfway.

He also has tweeted roughly 1000 times to the idiots that if he wanted to offend them with a t-shirt he had much better options.

I don't know that man has the time to tweet as much as he does but good on him I guess

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


zakharov posted:

First Take did massive ratings with Bayless and Smith. Your Twitter feed is not the world.

for reals massive or mid-day work week massive

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


howe_sam posted:

Jerry Buss too. Maybe others, but I don't follow nba ownership all that closely.

Abe Pollin

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


So It Goes posted:

Is there even a reason why Bill Simmons wanted to do a tv show? Is it something HBO wanted him to do?



I liked the grantland basketball show but he doesn't have Lowe, Jalen or any of the other people that made grantland good to put on it

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


This is way too much but on the other hand my friends+family league is the only real reason I follow the NFL anymore

MourningView posted:

There are very few things I'd like to watch less but I'm betting it does pretty solid numbers for them

Doesn't it say in the article that their other fantasy centric programming doesn't do very well? People only care about their own league, I find it hard to believe they're going to tune into a celebrity draft.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Kornheiser at least brought a degree of self-awareness that none of the other shows had or have

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.



This makes me very happy

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Sling had Coming Soon listed for CSN at least as far back as August so we subscribed but now that NHL and NBA seasons have started its been removed lol

Also NBAtv would be nice

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Dutchy posted:

Thom Brennaman is secretly the worst Fox announcer

Not much of a secret

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Bird in a Blender posted:

I always figured that ESPN, FS1, and NBCSports were all part of the same sports package on cable. Is there a way for someone to add NBCSN, but drop ESPN and FS1? Or is this a byproduct of NBCSN working there way onto more main cable packages and being less of an add on thing?

On sling I have NBCSN and FS1 but not ESPN but that's probably a fringe case

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Grittybeard posted:

And no one is asking for him to go to prison, it's also fine to not like super homer announcers.

I would be in favor of quite a few announcers going to prison forever, starting with Reggie miller

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


MourningView posted:

Seriously ratings for almost everything are down, at some point it stops really being news

I think it's only going to be a story when rights are up again (that bubble is going to burst sooner rather than later) but I think the 4 majors are locked in for a while

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.



good for whitlock seeing that the cosby void needed to be filled

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Sage would have done it

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


he copy-pasted a file name instead of uploading it. He's bad at computers, you see.

BWV posted:

it's a particularly celebrated expression from our greatest living avant-garde performance artist.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Niwrad posted:

She had to know in some capacity what would happen. The two rules they seem to have are you can't trash fellow employees or the NFL.

Predictable horseshit is still horseshit

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

If literally no one watched ESPN tomorrow, they would still get paid from cable fees regardless

not for long

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Good.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Mukaikubo posted:

Well, deadspin's article may be right, but it is also (like most articles on that family of sites) about how you're a terrible human being if you consume any media other than deadspin et al. It's just their increasingly desperate schtick.

no it isnt

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


El Gallinero Gros posted:

Average QB's dont typically win the MVP

What does that have to do with Donovan McNabb

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


I completely forgot McNair and Manning were co-mvps, we've all learned a lot today

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Also for future reference, saying Rush Limbaugh is right about anything is not a good way to frame an opinion or arguments.

Yeah

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


DJExile posted:

Cowherd gets work the same way Skip Bayless does. He knows how to toe that line of hot takery that's more crazy than flat out offensive. It gets callers, comments, and plenty of the CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT HE SAID articles.

He's gone over that line more than a few times

Also are we sure anyone is watching him?

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Yeah I always thought StarCraft was the easiest of any of these games to follow for someone that doesn't play but even then...

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


harperdc posted:

Doesn’t Daniel Snyder also own the/a regional sports channel in the DMV area already? I know part of the complaint about him/his team is that the local media he owns provides pillowy soft coverage of the Washington Racial Slurs.

He used to own the main sports radio channel in town, but iirc he sold that off a couple years ago, and 980 has been eclipsed in this market anyway.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


I can't relate with not being able to get invested in basketball or hockey while being able to for 3rd tier football, but I wish you luck

For the record I expect Vince to get bored of this after 6 months, and losing 87 million dollars

Jackie D fucked around with this message at 00:44 on May 7, 2019

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Henchman of Santa posted:

Hopefully Sony will offer these options since they will no longer be competitors!

I was just thinking it would be nice to use my sling account on the PS4...

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


a neat cape posted:

SAS is the most popular person at the network

Bring back Quite Frankly

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Dexo posted:

Instead of that idiot SAS watch Bomani's show

https://twitter.com/bomani_jones/status/1617874271547846657

He really is the best dude doing this poo poo

Bomani is awesome but his show doesn't click with me for whatever reason

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Wrong thread

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Sports media kayfabe

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


The play in and IST are a matter of taste but labor peace is pretty unequivocally good

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Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Doesn't ESPN just get a stake in a sports book? Notjing matters anymore but the league having an actual investment in a gambling op seems, well

Lockback posted:

This seems like a really bad idea

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