Tom Brady Drills ESPN for its Spygate Coverage
ESPN, NFL May 14th. 2008, 10:45am
Maybe it’s just us, but we long ago lost interest in the whole Spygate saga. You either think the Patriots cheated or they didn’t, regardless of what “evidence” turned up in Goodell’s office. So why are we, in the offseason, getting this storyline shoved down our throats? We had Mike & Mike on mute all morning, but we can see their topic for discussion at the bottom of the screen. For a solid two hours – maybe more – the only thing they talked about was this ridiculously overblown story. Guess who else is tired of ESPN’s incessant coverage? Tom Brady. That’s what he told a Boston radio station Tuesday. Small White Ball sent us the audio, and it comes about 30 seconds in (after he takes a swipe at the Jets):
That’s the environment right now … I think that’s the way guys make it, they just say the craziest things. That’s what ESPN has become. ESPN is like MTV, except without the highlights.
Interesting assessment, but it’s odd that Brady is only now noticing this trend. It’s been happening since we started this blog in February of 2006. In case you’re curious, the “former players” at ESPN are not mentioned in the interview. But a few of them at the WWL who Brady may have been referring to include: Bob Mike Golic, Emmitt Smith, Mark Schlereth, Ron Jaworski, Cris Carter, Keyshawn Johnson … who are we missing?
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Salisbury… though I wouldn’t say anyone ever “misses” him, TBL.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Brady didn’t seem to mind it when ESPN spent 4 years pole jocking him.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:52 am
No way……I thought the WWL nut hugged the Patriots and Tom Brady!
May 14th, 2008 at 10:54 am
is this new? I’m not aware of this phrase …
May 14th, 2008 at 10:55 am
The real reason Tom Brady wants this to go away?
Matt Walsh knows that Brady got Gisele’s number off an AIDS Walk list.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
TBL – You should try to get access to the Pats locker room. God knows the Boston Herald and ESPN will have zero access next season.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
WHO will not wear the ribbon?
May 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Bob Golic?… was the Saved by the Bell star ever on ESPN?
May 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
+1 CRM
/Gonzo
May 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
That phrase is the gully hot fire!
/TBL
May 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Hmmm side boob for breakfast
May 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
/fixed
May 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Of course I’m against AIDS, I just don’t wear the ribbon.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
If I never hear ESPN talk about anything regarding the NFL again, it will be too soon!
It’s become the overkill network!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:02 am
/made corrector
May 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Fixed
and SBTB the college class was awful, tho
May 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
I am sure he was infuriated by all the “greatest team ever” pieces they did when the Patriots were making their run
May 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
ESPN is like MTV?
Hmmmm, I could go for some Kristin Cavallari as a SportsCenter anchor.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
This is all very amusing. Who the hell watches ESPN anymore unless it’s for live events and Stump the Schwab reruns?
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
/made most correct
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
agreed.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Benji – Bob Golic was on ESPN, wasn’t he part of the whole World’s Strongest Man coverage?
May 14th, 2008 at 11:06 am
What a waste of time. Everyone knew Goodell would say these new tapes had nothing on them just to save some face after slapping the Pats on the wrist before fully investigating. It could have been a tape of the Giants D-Line running a train on Giselle, and the Commish would still say there was nothing.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am
good for Tom…
/im extremely jealous still
May 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
“is this new? I’m not aware of this phrase …”
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pole-jocking
May 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
No way man, SBTB_TCY was still great, not as good as the original (obviously), but still much better than New Class. Bob Golic was brilliant, and once Kelly came back it was just fine, I didn’t miss Lisa or Jessie one bit.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am
love her in that dress
May 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
I thought Cris Carter was terrible his first two years on hbo but I have grown to like his POV.
Remember when FoxSports took a serious run at ESPN years ago? They really had no chance back then because everyone was in love with ESPN and didn’t really know anything but their product.
Fast forward to now and I think if another major network made a run at espn sportscenter with dedicated effort and resources that they could now fare better than Fox did years ago……so many more people are tired of the current message.
****Though everytime I write something like this I take a step back. Did ESPN go overboard with all the Matt Walsh stuff yesterday? Yes. The breakdowns, the opinion segments was a bit much.
BUT I am a die hard sports fan. Would I rather it be like the old days when we got Worlds Strongest Man competition during the day and you had to wait until a 7pm Sportscenter?……..or would I rather espn put all their stuff on and let me pick and choose? I choose the latter. Anyone who wants to put sports shows on tv can bring it…..I mean really, can their be too much sports programming on tv? No.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
What happened to the “fastest sawing”, “log rolling” competitions that used to be on at 3 a.m.? ESPN just isn’t doing what they’re good at anymore.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
@coop: TCY was ok. just ok. but the new class never happened. you hear me, never happened.
@Dave MN: you’re right. i totally forgot about that. but i figured TBL meant Mike Golic and i was calling him on it cuz i’m a bitch like that.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Been replaced by Poker
May 14th, 2008 at 11:12 am
People on blogs are tired of ESPN, that is a great minority, ESPN can’t be touched.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Spidey, I would argue that there can be too much overblown sports reporting on TV. There is a lot going on in the world of sports daily. I don’t think it’s wrong to expect more than half of sportscenter to be highlights or have something to do with things that happened on the field. The Barry Bonds stuff was overdone, the Spygate stuff was overdone, anything with A-Rod is overdone, these stupid features of the “best ever” brackets or whatever the hell they’re called are overdone. ESPN needs to expand its highlights and push out the extraneous crap, or they can actually try to teach something (like FSN’s Sport Science), but leave the celeb-style coverage to shows like Extra.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Oh no, TBL totally meant Mike Golic. I just knew that I remembered Bob Golic being on the channel in some way…
May 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am
People on blogs are tired of ESPN, that is a great minority, ESPN can’t be touched.
agreed
May 14th, 2008 at 11:18 am
You’re livin a lie benji, I was there man, I was there. There’s blood on your hands NBC (shakes fist in air)
Do you remember the one show that tried to fill the SBTB void, it had some hot blond as a basketball player, it wasn’t terrible, sadly it only lasted like 2 seasons.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:21 am
when i was watching that Costas now thing on the Sports Media, they said ESPN was the most profitable network ever. is this true? does anyone know where to get figures on this?
May 14th, 2008 at 11:22 am
@coop: i remember USA High. Is this what you’re talking about?
May 14th, 2008 at 11:23 am
brady didn’t notice this trend with bspn because he has much better things to do (bridget and gisele) while we are dorks who watch/listen to sports virtually all our waking hours.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:25 am
@benji: I think coop was talking about Hang Time
May 14th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Didn’t Hang Time have Reggie Theus?
May 14th, 2008 at 11:28 am
that’s exactly what sportscenter has become.
virtually any given day, you can predict what is on entertainment tonight or extra by 3 p.m.. (britney, KK, lohan, trump, tomkat, brangelina).
same with sportscenter (yankees, red sox, cowboys, patriots, kobe, LUH-bron, celtics, duke/carolina).
bspn has done more for internet highlights on various league/team sites than any single media entity.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Yeah, I found Hang Time following links in USA High, checking the blonds IMDB she has never really done much else. Yes, it did have Reggie Theus.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Daniella Deutscher
German for the German-er
May 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am
ESPN voted for David Archuletta.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Hang Time was awesome, especially the court they played on that was half the size of a regulation court, and that they always had a come from behind victory every game.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:43 am
for some reason i don’t remember Hang Time. i think i was always out at tournaments for different sports on saturday mornings. look where that got me. now i’m pissed i never got to see this gem called Hang Time.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Better coach for the Deering High Tornadoes – Reggie Theus or his replacement Dick Butkus?
Discuss
May 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Tom Jackson told me that the “New England Patriots HATE ESPN”
May 14th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Wow, Flying, you are right, I now remember Butkus taking over as coach, wow, good times. While Theus was a better teacher of the game, no one could match Butkus’s heart and passion, tough call but I’m going Butkus.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
The best was on Cold Pizza or whatever it is called now where they had Jemele and Skip having a frivolous talking head debate about whether ESPN has too many frivolous talking head debates.