ESPN sucks balls, example #642
Anyone see Top 10 plays of the week last night? Barry Bonds first HR of the season was #5?!?!?!?!
Now, my hatred for Bonds is well known in this circle, but honestly this isn’t a Barry Bonds rant per se. The guy is going to break the most hallowed record in all of sports (aided by PED or not) and it certainly deserves some attention. But this?
With the opening week of baseball (note: other games besides ones involving the Steriod/HGH One), the NCAA championship, the Masters, NCAA Hockey championship, the end of the regular season of the NHL (with all those battles for playoff seedings), and the Kobe Show…..er, the NBA…. and Bonds’s insignificant HR not only makes the list, but the freakin’ top 5????
Even more amazing - the play preceeding it at #6 features a collegiate goalie literally standing on his neck to make a game saving kick save? Granted, MLB is WAAAY more popular than NCAA Hockey, but if both plays are going to make the list, how the hell does the Bonds highlight beat that?
Ugh. Home Run #756 cannot come soon enough…
April 9th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I saw that save. It was the North Dakota goalie against Boston College. How the hell was that *not* number one? What was number one?
Now I don’t have fifty tvs in the house tuned to every sporting event all weekend long, but based on what I’ve gleened from over the weekend, the only highlight *possibly* more impressive was the guy at the Masters that pitched like 50 feet past the cup, then watched as the ball rolled back and took a left turn into the cup. If I didn’t see it at the Masters, I’d insist it was somehow staged. Absolutely amazing.
As for SportsCenter, I’ll watch (volume off) while I’m at the gym (since its on TV, and the alternative is usually Regis & Kelly) - but otherwise, don’t tune in that often anymore. I’m not sure its really a conscious decision… although I admit that the sportscasters go over the top sometimes (sic) and its gotten old, and that Ultimate Highlight is incredibly annoying to me. Then add the pandering to Bonds, Kobe, Jeter, et al… and close with the inane “insights” of guys like Steve Phillips. I dunno… I find that I usually can seek out better things to do with my time… like watching grass grow. But as I said, if I’m wasting my time at the gym… I might as well additionally waste that time by watching SportsCenter.
And since you were wondering, the CD in question at the gym is “Dire Straits: Alchemy”. Yes, I realize an IPod would provide far more variety… but that would require me to learn how to use one, and you know me and technology… like oil and water.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Isnt’t the market right for another all sports network? Or at least for a network to try a highlight show again? Maybe Fox could learn from their mistakes last time?
Ugh…
April 10th, 2007 at 9:21 am
Remember when CNN had Fred Hickman & Nick Something-or-other? They weren’t too bad. I think Hickman works for ESPN now, if I’m not mistaken. I guess he figured that if he couldn’t beat ‘em, he should join ‘em.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Cliffy, you listen to Dire Straits on purpose?