February 08, 2006
I actually like Tony Kornheiser
Kornheiser to Join 'Monday Night Football'
But this seems like a really bad idea. Maybe it would work if Theismann wasn't there.
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January 09, 2006
Late nights with SAS
QUITE FRANKLY WITH STEPHEN A. SMITH MOVING TO NEW LATE-NIGHT TIME SLOT
ALL CAPS in the original.
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October 21, 2005
I live in Alabama
Newsday.com: Georgia man pleads guilty to threatening ESPN announcers
Sure, he thought they were spying on him. Sometimes I think Stu Scott can see me through the screen. Stop looking at me, Stu!
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September 30, 2005
The Shapiro Legacy
He won't be missed. But whomever replaces him will probably be just as bad.
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September 27, 2005
The Woodman
Deadspin:
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Woody Paige
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September 17, 2005
The road from LA
ESPN going live with L.A. base - Yahoo! News
I'm sure that this won't be pointlessly pimped on SportsCenter at all.
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September 07, 2005
That much?
The Cornell Daily Sun - The Fall of the ESPN Empire
I recorded a normal hour-long SportsCenter and watched it, stopwatch and notepad in hand. I took record of how many of the 60 minutes were spent actually showing highlights. I defined highlights as any game footage, any top plays, any actual sports — no talking, no analyzing, just the visuals. This excludes time well spent on post-game interviews and relevant statistics, and the necessary evil that is the commercial — so I accept that the entire hour will not be used for highlights and highlights alone. But when the credits began rolling, and I added up the blocks of time I had marked as “highlights” I realized my beef was more than legitimate: 37 percent of the show (22 minutes) was used up on commercials, a hefty 48 percent (29 minutes) was budgeted for news and side segments — half of which are garbage — and a measly 15 percent (nine minutes) was appropriated towards actual game footage.
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One down, 64 to go
ChicagoSports.com - ESPN fires no-show Alberts
Apparently, he called in Saturday, said he wasn't coming to work, saying that he was unhappy with his role. I guess he wanted Herbstreit's role or something. Anyway, no more Trev.
Alex found this one.
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August 29, 2005
Just one more year...
Cold, Hard Football Facts.com:
The Troika Tracker
For those of you, like me, who can't believe Theismann lost to Woody Paige.
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August 22, 2005
Even Yahoo knows
Plug in "Skip Bayless", as one person did to reach here and:
Click for a better view.
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August 18, 2005
Thank you, Danny!
ESPN.com - GEN - Programming exec Shapiro to leave ESPN
Mark Shapiro, ESPN executive vice president of programming and production, will leave Oct. 1 to become CEO of Red Zone, LLC, a private investment company focused on entertainment properties, founded by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder.
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August 16, 2005
They're very proud
HomeNYC "Quite Frankly" Makes Stephen A. Smith Shine in Spots for ESPN 2
Doesn't everyone just love the "Quite Frankly" promos? Especially the dance?
I would really like an animated GIF of the dance, if anyone can find one. (We're planning the Foul Four right now, and we're pretty sure he's going to be there.)
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August 11, 2005
Could our long national nightmare be over?
Variety.com - Inside Move: ESPN on the verge of no Shapiro
I will take back everything bad I ever said or thought about Daniel Snyder if he hires Mark Shapiro away from ESPN.
It was unclear late Wednesday exactly what role Shapiro may play in the Snyder empire. In addition to owning the Redskins, the billionaire has a 9% stake in Six Flags, which controls 31 amusement parks.
Maybe he can replace that dancing old guy in the commercials. Though I suggest "Redskins Tackling Dummy" would look good on a business card.
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August 03, 2005
This is gonna suck
Disney's ESPN2 to debut sports-Hollywood show - Yahoo! News
The new half-hour show, "ESPN Hollywood," is set to debut Aug. 15, with first-week segments spotlighting the likes of basketball icon Shaquille O'Neal, sibling tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams and NFL star quarterback Tom Brady.But the focus of each piece will be on their off-field -- or off-court -- performance as celebrities, such as Shaq spinning records as a nightclub DJ or Brady posing for a photo shoot in GQ magazine.
Yeah, anything to avoid showing actual sporting events. We're rapidly reaching the stage where the World Series of Poker is one of the more athletic events on the network.
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August 01, 2005
Put on all the makeup you want
ESPN's New Master of the Offensive Foul - New York Times
He's still going to look like Stephen A. Smith. And I still can't believe they gave him his own show. (Registration required, use BugMeNot as desired, yada yada.)
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July 26, 2005
This would have moved him up
ESPN Signs Michaels for 'Monday Night Football' - New York Times
"Shapiro would not discuss whether ESPN was retaining Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire as the analysts."
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