Baseball and basketball are fine the way it is but without it there would be Aussie Rules Football, soccer, and even more pool on tv. Not enough hockey? Sorry nobody but Canadians care about that sport.
The only problem I have with ESPN is the 4 hour repeat of Sportcenter in the morning and all of the Hot Seat type segments. Stuart Scott tries too hard to be "down wit the homies" if you ever seen the Ray Romano SNL skit then you know what I mean.