Comments on: Adande Responds and Confirms: He Spoke to SI, but Chose ESPN

By: stinky pete

stinky pete — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:42:28 +0000

Is anyone really surprised by this? Sports Illustrated is a tired, middle-aged relic from “the old days” (pre-Internet). Overall readership (books, newspapers, magazines) is plummeting in America. More young people (the important readers for magazines and their advertisers) want to get their news from the internet and television. They don’t want to read.
JA Adande will be a great addition to ESPN.com

I am a fan of Around the Horn. It’s a great show. PTI is the show that needs to be silenced.

If you are a writer, which company has more opportunities to get published? It’s no contest…ESPN all the way.

By: JBrown

JBrown — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:07:06 +0000

Wow, this Adande dude is pretty full of himself. Around the Horn is so pathetic that I can’t watch. It’s four writers begging for attention to get points like they’re trained seals or something. Unwatchable. Get over yourself! Your not curing cancer; your writing some column somewhere.

By: wct

wct — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:28:42 +0000

I am shocked that JA turned down the chance to work at the same company that employs Jenn Sterger and Peter King.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:38:23 +0000

TBL — I’m shocked you’re unfamiliar with Adande’s LA Times work. I was a big fan of his blog at the Times, in which he detailed his work traveling all over the nation, or the world, especially when he went to the World Cup in Germany and the Winter Olympics in Italy.

He really, truly isn’t the “Couch Guy” you paint him out to be. He’s a hard-worker — one who gets a lot of mileage out of his Slingbox.

By: spidergirl24

spidergirl24 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:28:19 +0000

E-are you related to JA?

By: TheBigLead

TheBigLead — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:49:50 +0000

Evan – What do you mean ‘called him out?’

By: tenjay

tenjay — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:32:55 +0000

i think in the interview tbl linked to with wilbon a week or so ago mentioned that si tried to get him about the time that peter king went.

By: E

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:32:39 +0000

TBL, why don’t u show some balls and identify yourself. Stop calling out good ppl such as JA and then hiding behind this blog. So cowardly

Weak

By: bigbear

bigbear — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:20:10 +0000

How could JA turn down the opportunity to work on a staff with that Hall of Fame megalomanic Dr. Z? That’s one doctor who needs a doctor. A rotting crotchface if ever there was one……..

By: alex

alex — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:48:46 +0000

Too bad Wilbon has really become a yodeller, just like TK. Sure, he writes more, but it seems every column is predictable and his near-automatic defense of the NBA is really sad.