How far has ESPN fallen?

[patience0830]

It's as interesting as watching people play poker, bowl, golf, curling....

Why does nobody broadcast sports I'm interested in? Like topless mixed doubles shuffleboard.

Shuffleboard players tend to be older Floridians. Bar of soap in a tube sock comes to mind. You sure about your choice of favorites?

Never seen any pictures of junior league shuffleboard.

 

[patience0830]

I'd watch that. The mixed doubles has potential.

The kid that caught the ball they threw at him then threw it back and was still juggling the clubs was amazing.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Shuffleboard players tend to be older Floridians.

Sure, until you get corporate sponsors and the chance to be on TV. Get a Kardashian to do it once and THEN see the demographic that shows up.

 

[actaeon277]

ESPN slammed for bringing back ?conservative-bashing? Keith Olbermann amid criticism of liberal bias | Fox News
ESPN slammed for bringing back ‘conservative-bashing’ Keith Olbermann amid criticism of liberal bias

ESPN has been under fire recently for what many media watchdogs consider a liberal bias and the network raised eyebrows on Friday by announcing an expanded role for anti-Trump pundit Keith Olbermann.

"ESPN’s decision to hire the conservative-bashing blowhard only reinforces what it’s ever-fleeting viewers already know – the network cares more about advancing leftists causes than it does about sports, or, frankly, its own ratings."
- National Center for Public Policy Research general counsel Justin Danhof

 

[easy]

Guess they haven't fallen far enough.

 

[KMaC]

They are chasing that 18-36 demographic just like the late night talk shows that are leftist havens.

 

[nwihiker]

Only thing I bother to watch on ESPN now besides basketball, baseball, and football games are the 30 for 30 movies. I haven't been able to stand Sportcenter or the few dozen other sports talk shows for years. I'll sooner watch the "sports" they play on the alternate channels on slow weekdays than Steven A Smith get in a heated argument over today's benign NBA drama.

 

[KLB]

They've fallen so far that I chose not to include them in my Dish Network lineup.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

They've fallen so far that I chose not to include them in my Dish Network lineup.

Unfortunately, you're still paying for them. CNN and ESPN, probably among others, have contracts with all the big signal providers that send them a per-subscriber fee regardless whether anyone watches them.

 

[KLB]

Unfortunately, you're still paying for them. CNN and ESPN, probably among others, have contracts with all the big signal providers that send them a per-subscriber fee regardless whether anyone watches them.

I have CNN, as they are in the base package still on Dish. ESPN would be an addon with a sports package, which I thought about for about a second and realized I do not watch them anymore. It is partly because I got tired of them, and partly because I do not follow sports as much as I used to. Spoiled athletes, money hungry teams, poor play, etc etc. I have better things to do with my time these days.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

That's why the per-subscriber thing sucks.

 

[littletommy]

We just got back from lunch at our favorite mexican restaurant, one of the tvs in the bar was tuned to espn, they were showing what I presume was a WNBA game........they can’t sink any further than that, can they?

 

[KLB]

We just got back from lunch at our favorite mexican restaurant, one of the tvs in the bar was tuned to espn, they were showing what I presume was a WNBA game........they can’t sink any further than that, can they?

Yesterday at the bar ESPN and ESPN2 had Girls College softball and lacrosse.

 

[Mr. Habib]

We just got back from lunch at our favorite mexican restaurant, one of the tvs in the bar was tuned to espn, they were showing what I presume was a WNBA game........they can’t sink any further than that, can they?

You must be a fan of Dodge Juggling.

 

[halfmileharry]

They lost me when they went political.

They lost me when Chucky started doing Monday Night Football.

 

[ghuns]

They have apparently fallen all the way to the bottom.

Just as their parent company, Disney, fires Rosanne Barr for tweets that were deemed...

"abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values."

They announce an "expanded" role for good old Keith Olbermann. I guess his tweets must be right in line with their "values"...

Just a few highlights from his Twitter feed.

 

[KMaC]

I hate to dig out an old thread but man ESPN can't put the shovel down. This afternoon they showed Stone Skipping and Cherry Pit Spitting competitions. I'm really curious where the bottom will be for ESPN.

 

[KellyinAvon]

I hate to dig out an old thread but man ESPN can't put the shovel down. This afternoon they showed Stone Skipping and Cherry Pit Spitting competitions. I'm really curious where the bottom will be for ESPN.

SportsCenter used to be the default channel in the background. I couldn’t tell you the last time I put it on that channel. They did this to themselves.

 

[churchmouse]

SportsCenter used to be the default channel in the background. I couldn’t tell you the last time I put it on that channel. They did this to themselves.

Yup. They sure did. Got to damned important to themselves.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

SportsCenter used to be the default channel in the background. I couldn’t tell you the last time I put it on that channel. They did this to themselves.

For me? Just long enough to watch whatever Tennessee Volunteers game they happen to be showing...and not much else.