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Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:54 pm**

Giff wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:57 pm Have you ever even been to a message board before? If so, you’d know there are many times people ask questions that could easily be answered by a quick Google.

Giff validates Quora's business model and the value of one of my favorite sites.

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:40 am**

Dan Le Batard gets maybe props for this:

And Nick Wright too:.

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:26 am**

Thank you to Dan for that.

Posted: **Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:21 pm**

Jemele Hill on Le Batard: ESPN Backs Itself Into a Corner

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2019 12:54 pm**

Tim Tebow being bent over a barrel by the entire internet over his ridiculous assertion that college athletes shouldn't be paid is chicken soup for my heathen soul.

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2019 1:15 pm**

Yes it is. Fuck Tebow.

Posted: **Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:47 am**

So I have generally used the morning drive to listen to podcasts but this morning I just had it on the local ESPN network for Golic and Wingo. Two things:

1) Jason Fitz is awful. He makes a mistake in every read it seems like, and not in a clumsy Stugotz way. Just bad.

2) Trey Wingo talks over everyone. I have mentioned this before I think. But that show would be better if it was just Golic and Golic. And in fact I think Jr. is the best of the three.

Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:04 pm**

Looks like ESPN is finally listening to me!

Golic and Wingo done. I wish Junior and Ogwumike were getting the morning slot as I really like both of them. Not sure what they're even trying with Keyshawn, Jay Williams and Mehenti in the main drive time slot.

And they are definitely pushing LeBatard out before his contract is up.

Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:13 pm**

Oo, meant to bump this.

Watched the E:60 "Hero of Goodall Park" yesterday, just because I caught the trailer and it looked interesting. The hook to the story was crazy, but the production* and true crime style reenactments were a little much. Also, what was sort of supposed to be the crowning, healing event at the end felt a bit awkward not the least of which because ESPN's reporter

[+] spoiler: personally drove a teenager 400 miles to apologize to the sister of a girl who the teenager's grandfather killed in a hit and run 50 years earlier.

*It opened with a woman statnding on a pier, framed by a pair of tall streetlights. The one on the right visibly and audibly flickers on during the voiceover. At the end, the same woman stands at the same pier and the left light visibly and audibly flickers on, then fade to black...

Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:00 pm**

rass wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:13 pmAlso, what was sort of supposed to be the crowning, healing event at the end felt a bit awkward not the least of which because ESPN's reporter

[+] spoiler
personally drove a teenager 400 miles to apologize to the sister of a girl who the teenager's grandfather killed in a hit and run 50 years earlier.

Posted: **Wed Jul 08, 2020 1:11 pm**

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:04 pm Looks like ESPN is finally listening to me!

Golic and Wingo done. I wish Junior and Ogwumike were getting the morning slot as I really like both of them. Not sure what they're even trying with Keyshawn, Jay Williams and Mehenti in the main drive time slot.

And they are definitely pushing LeBatard out before his contract is up.

That's a shame because while I could take or leave Lebatard, I really enjoy the diversity of guests on his show. Mina, Katie, Izzy G, Sarah Spain. All makes for good TV.

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:13 pm**

Posted: **Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:52 pm**

rass wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:13 pm Oo, meant to bump this.

Watched the E:60 "Hero of Goodall Park" yesterday, just because I caught the trailer and it looked interesting. The hook to the story was crazy, but the production* and true crime style reenactments were a little much. Also, what was sort of supposed to be the crowning, healing event at the end felt a bit awkward not the least of which because ESPN's reporter

[+] spoiler
personally drove a teenager 400 miles to apologize to the sister of a girl who the teenager's grandfather killed in a hit and run 50 years earlier.
*It opened with a woman statnding on a pier, framed by a pair of tall streetlights. The one on the right visibly and audibly flickers on during the voiceover. At the end, the same woman stands at the same pier and the left light visibly and audibly flickers on, then fade to black...

Yeah, I watched that earlier this week. Could've been a lot shorter and I agree it was just a bit forced at the end.

[+] spoiler: Nice of the grandkid to do that, but the key players were not involved, including the son of the dude that drunk drove.

Posted: **Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:59 am**

ANyone have a clue what's going on with the Le Batard show? I know Chris Cote was in the layoffs, but are they all taking a week off or what? No new podcast content and nothing on twitter it seems.

Posted: **Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:02 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:59 am ANyone have a clue what's going on with the Le Batard show? I know Chris Cote was in the layoffs, but are they all taking a week off or what? No new podcast content and nothing on twitter it seems.

Just based on Katie Nolan's community, they essentially axed every producer in the company for this stuff.

Katie was told their pod was going to 2 days per week last week, then they immediately laid off her producer, her cohost, and the person that hired her.

Must be nice to have a business so successful that you're bulletproof to bad decisions.

Posted: **Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:06 am**

I finally thought to check the Reddit. Looks like Friday was scheduled off because of the layoffs and yesterday was weather-related. If they are back today with Greg Cote it might be a rough start for the show.

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:48 am**

Wow. Dan hired Chris Cote as his personal assistant with a raise and Chris will still be on the show.

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:52 am**

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:48 am Wow. Dan hired Chris Cote as his personal assistant with a raise and Chris will still be on the show.

And a decent portion of the audience apparently lit into the Bristol mothership offices over it as well. Maybe they will stop treating the show like it is a problem at some point. Probably not though.

Posted: **Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:40 pm**

tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:52 am
A_B wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:48 am Wow. Dan hired Chris Cote as his personal assistant with a raise and Chris will still be on the show.
And a decent portion of the audience apparently lit into the Bristol mothership offices over it as well. Maybe they will stop treating the show like it is a problem at some point. Probably not though.

ESPN has wavered on dropping the LeBatard Show in the last year or so.

Posted: **Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:40 pm**

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... -21-season

Gonzaga is good, but the Basketball Power Index thinks Villanova is the best team in college basketball.

The top rating in BPI translates to a 12% chance (through Monday's games) for Villanova to win it all in Indianapolis. Baylor, No. 2 in BPI, is right behind at 11%. Iowa, Virginia, Gonzaga and Texas Tech are the only other teams with a more than 5% chance to win the title.

Why should you care? Teams in the top four in preseason BPI have won the national championship in 10 of the past 12 complete seasons, with both UConn titles being the exceptions. (This includes seasons that were back-tested in the model's creation.)

Come ooonnnnnnn ...

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:00 pm**

Goodbye Le batard...

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:21 pm**

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:00 pm Goodbye Le batard...

And they are filling the spot with more Greenberg. Just...yuck.

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:32 pm**

Does Greeny have pictures of somebody or something? That dude sucks too hard be the one that still has a job.

Posted: **Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:49 am**

Least offensive program. That's it.

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 3:32 pm**

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 4:37 pm**

“That’s over some fencing they set up in the outfield” is my #1 HR call. Legend.

Posted: **Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:35 pm**

ESPN New Services is reporting that ESPN has responded to accusations that ESPN was involved in behind the scenes efforts to destabilize the Big 12

Posted: **Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:10 am**

rass wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 3:32 pm

Nice read over at The Ringer on Mayne's departure four months ago.

Posted: **Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:51 am**

This was a headline on espn.com in the college hoops section.
"New NCAA head official to focus on call accuracy"...as opposed to? Cost savings? Ethics?

Posted: **Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:10 am**

Cost savings, given that most officials hold other jobs?

Posted: **Wed Oct 26, 2022 5:48 pm**

I’m an unapologetic marvel fan but SC covering the Black Panther 2 red carpet and especially discussing the first film’s influence on sports is silly.

Posted: **Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:34 am**

So on Marty & Mcgee tomorrow morning there will be a segment that I helped with. The miner that went viral last year for coming to UK game straight form work (covered in muck) had a piece done about him and I was the company liaison. I'm not on camera, of course, but it was neat to be involved with something like that.

Posted: **Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:07 pm**

that's pretty great, AB.

Posted: **Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:20 pm**

Sounds way cool, AB

Posted: **Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:41 am**

So Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman and Jalen rose are out. Anyone see any more confirmed firings?

Posted: **Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:48 am**

I missed the story from 4 months ago but that is cool.

Posted: **Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:04 pm**

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:41 am So Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman and Jalen rose are out. Anyone see any more confirmed firings?

No problem with any of those names going away.

Posted: **Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:23 pm**

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:41 am So Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman and Jalen rose are out. Anyone see any more confirmed firings?

Suzy Kolber.

And I agree with GoodKarma, especially on JVG.

Posted: **Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:25 pm**

KeyShawn and LaPhonso Ellis.

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