Newsweek Puts ESPN Under the Microscope
ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings July 14th. 2007, 8:34pm
We’re trying to unwind on the beach this weekend, but when we saw this email, we had to scurry back to the room and whip together a quick post: We made Newsweek! It’s a well-written piece titled “ESPN: Worldwide Cheerleader?” Interesting read.
Now that we’ve thrown out our shoulder (again) for patting ourself on the back, it’s back to the beach to recuperate.
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July 14th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
This site should praise Colin Cowherd everyday. ESPN is filled with a bunch of hypocrites, though.
July 14th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Newsweek. eh. i’ll get excited when you make Time.
July 14th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Time is more NOW than Newsweek.
July 14th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
I saw the article on the MSNBC front page, and yes, it was a very interesting read. Between Van Pelt giving a shout-out to AA and talking to Leitch on Friday, and this article, certain people will no longer be able to ignore the impact of sports bloggers.
July 14th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
I think it’s great that people are calling ESPN on being such a piece of crap. It used to be so great and now that it is so shitty it frustrates real fans of sports.
July 15th, 2007 at 12:11 am
The Big Lead is an accuser. Like Jodie Foster. Or the opposite of Jodie Foster. I don’t know. I was just looking to make a “TBL rapes women on a pinball machine” joke, but I couldn’t get there.
July 15th, 2007 at 1:42 am
but if espn sucks how can credit from them be worth anything?
hypocrite?
July 15th, 2007 at 1:45 am
TBL – congrats – I am very happy for you.
I agree 100 percent with your dogged pursuit of, ehh, dogging ESPN. They need legit competition, because then we all benefit. Absent that competition, they have gotten arrogant and lazy.
The food tastes good when its the only shit you have to eat – I am sure we all remember those college days.
Best Buy stays sharp because there is a Circuit City a 1/2 mile away (well whatever is left of their work force — lol). At the end of the day, the consumer gets a cheaper CD or digital camera, for example.
July 15th, 2007 at 1:55 am
If it wasn’t for ESPN’s incompetence I wouldn’t have a job. Well them and Vince McMahon.
July 15th, 2007 at 2:31 am
You broke the Berman chowing on nose slugs story.
I mean, that’s friggin HAYOOGE!
You’re with me booger.
Berman sets the agenda for the network, and since he’s a huge ass kisser, that’s what the overwhelming philosphy of ESPN becomes…
Jock sniffing rather than reporting scores.
I can just imagine how bad the office politics are in that place.
July 15th, 2007 at 2:32 am
BTW, TBL, love tha site.
July 15th, 2007 at 3:05 am
How do we know TBL does have strings at Newsweek for that mention? Name-dropped before Deadspin? Impressive. Congrats.
But now you know Cowherd will skim the article, see TBL’s name, and have something stupid to say.
July 15th, 2007 at 3:30 am
Guess I’ll have to snag that issue.
July 15th, 2007 at 4:14 am
Nice work on the Newsweek mention. As this sort of story becomes more common, mainstream sports media will have to take the ranks of bloggers seriously.
July 15th, 2007 at 5:18 am
The only competition necessary is a capable show to rival Sportscenter. Every red-blooded American male that gets up in the morning flicks to the four-letter word at least once to see the bottom line or the highlights.
But ESPN has become a problem with the conflict of interest. Before ESPN starting televising Busch NASCAR races, the network couldn’t have cared less about the sport. Now, it has a show dedicated to NASCAR.
July 15th, 2007 at 5:29 am
when espn did not have the contract for nascar the could not have a show for it. fox did not let them, espn was not even allowed to talk to the drivers and when they did show nascar they had to use pictures.
do research.
July 15th, 2007 at 8:15 am
How about the fact that TBL was mentioned before Deadspin!? Someday I hope I’m in a position to trash…errr…namedrop you guys. Anyway, this has got to almost be up there with the PTI shout out. Keep it up fellas. (Even though you refer to yourselves as one single entity… I’ll never judge you)
July 15th, 2007 at 8:16 am
By the way…what does this have to do with California floating away like a raft? How will this affect the Bill Simmons situation?
July 15th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Great stuff, TBL.
Perhaps this will offset the Stuart Scott thrashing he’d tried to give ya’ll on the DC Sports Blog.
He’ll lemme know either way.
July 15th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Jordi- c’mon now; don’t you know that ‘Herd is “all about research”(his words, not mine)? OK, all seriousness aside, I doubt if he even knows that Newsweek exists…
July 15th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
california island? what the hell are they talking about?
July 15th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
I’ll have to pick that up..
July 15th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Just wait until Dan Patrick’s rumored MikeTirico-ish incident becomes public.
July 15th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Looks like Phil Chokelson gagged again at 18 on Sunday.
On the brighter side, Chokelson will soon have a fatal heart attack, leaving his wife to play with his money.
July 16th, 2007 at 1:29 am
“do research.”
I just did the research and I have no idea what you are talking about.
July 16th, 2007 at 1:29 am
“do research.”
I just did the research and I have no idea what you are talking about.
July 16th, 2007 at 2:15 am
Congrats, TBL. Stay FABULOUS!
July 16th, 2007 at 3:35 am
I keep looking at the cover and thinking that Bill Hicks was correct in prediciting Arizona Bay. Good news for me… I bought property 15 years ago. I’m gonnna be Rich!
July 16th, 2007 at 3:58 am
congrats tbl, took one down. the next on the list has to be deadspin, or at least call out some of their commentators. when deadspin came out i wanted to comment, but was not good enough to keep up with the originals who are legends. now, i would rather comment on cstb. all the newbies talk about their personal life and forget what they are commenting about. you can only read so much about them drinking, how they are so good, and how everyone copies them. i think they even accused someone of stealing the word “the” from them.
the only one who talks about sports is leitch and like the first two commenting on the story, then it goes back to i am so funny. all the new ones do is try to up one each other with what they think is funny one liners. some to call out becky, urkine so weak (something like that), illegal immigrant, and beleive me you can find them easily.
deadspin used to be the first and only stop, but then it started to be more about how great the commentators want to be and how they are so funny and original. everyone steals their ideas, i hope you know that. they all want to be with leather, ksk men, and unslient majority. but they are from all of them.
now tbl and awful announcing come first for me becasue their commentator actually talk sports and not i am so funny look at me.
maybe i am just jealous of deadspin commentators, but i want the oringal deadspin back. please leitch time to do some house cleaning and keep the good one and the kick out the posers. beacuse their comments belong on cstb.
the reason i ask tbl to do this is because they are the most fair and staying true to their roots, SPORTS and SPORTS RELATED STUFF.
thank you tbl, please stay true.
July 16th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
So, will this actually spark a little change or what? We’ve been bitching about this for over a year now yet ESPN still doesn’t seem to get it yet and the pinnacle of this miscommunication is “Who’s NOw?” This could only be the start of a top to bottom dismantling of the 4 Letter to shed a little dead weight. At least that is my hope. Congrats on the Newsweek drop. Thats pretty sick. Shrutebag couldnt hope to get his name mentioned there.
July 16th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
When ESPN rolls out segments such as WHo’s Now and their Make-A-Wish themed spot where children with disabilities visit pro players, it is usually used to boost ratings when they HAVE competition. Since the don’t HAVE competition,there is no need to roll out these hun-drum segments. ESPN should know by now that their viewers just want the (sports) news. no cookie cutter Entertainment Tonight or E! Enteretainment news type gossip shows. I dont want the top story every night to be Barry Vs Steroids, A-Rod’s tabloid adventrues, and Sheffields racial stories. I want to see Barry’s, A-Rods and Gary’s effort on the field. I dont want to see that Formula One’s Racecar fight AFTER the race. i just want to see the highlights of that race. and Yes, hockey has lost it’s cache. it no longer has “Cache up the Ying Yang.” but shame on ESPN for dropping it off the face of the earth. let’s face it, this all started when Disney/ABC bought the channel. Make Sense ?