by:
david chase
Back in the day ESPN was but space fodder for folk with cable subscriptions; back once
only the "real" sports fan (me) could sit in front of the tube and bear with the constant rambling of amount and statistics. Oh it was great. Back before they offered a cheap magazine subscription that was nothing much then an extension to their online subscription service they offered through their website. These were the good old days.
No over-sized clowns spraying the screen with secretion as they scream a point that has already been beat to death by every different major sports media outlet. No silly American from Stuart Scott and his lowly attempts at desegregation hip-hop argot and culture with sports commentating. Back in the day Berman's sound effects, wit and sarcastic
humor were actually pretty clever; they were fun, and aroused language amongst the boys who contend ball out front. Now your left with thought
content, the "edge" is gone, the only thing that spews out of these writer's pens, and analysts mouths is sponsor-friendly garbage.
Can anybody take ESPN's content seriously anymore? Sportscenter was a morning ritual. ESPN the Magazine would-be have been a no-brain annual subscription; Peter Gammons and his sports monologues--to a diehard--were just un-passable. Could you imagine how great their magazine's content would-be be without ESPN having to be handcuffed by their endless affiliates, and licensing partners? It would-be be good to sit back and get the real opinions out of these analysts and writers. Honestly, its probably the only thing I miss just about the 80's.
I don’t want dummied down content from their discount magazine and their trashy over-sized recycled paper they call pages. I want opinions on how they actually feel just about a arguing in sports. As a long time ESPN fan it has become demoralising look the network dive head 1st into homeplate only to have their nose busted by the Catchers shin-plates.
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