CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 They do the same thing up here. Every Giants game for the past while has been, "Barry did this, Barry did that, Barry didn't hit a HR...ohbythewaytheGiantswon11-3." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maztinho 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 True... but, ESPN actually tries to make these paintball games look like there's actual strategy and seriousness involved in them. I liked how one team got eliminated because they had a modified gun, and they where talking to the organizer, and he was like, "Yeah guys do that all the time, we crack down on it for Nationals." So basically the teams in the regionals get finger-banged by an illegal gun? Also one guy tried to wipe off the paint to hide it from the ref, and screwed over his team. Coolest odd thing on ESPN 2 is the Viking Japanese obsticle courses. I love those things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2006 Charlie Steiner's XM Radio show is the worst. Two hours of interviews with beat writers, and 75% of the time the topic is Barry Bonds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 I don't mind Barry Melrose, I wish he could move to OLN and announce some games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 Melrose is awful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 He has a sweet mullet though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 One of the Dream Job guys, not the most recent one. He puts himself over too much. Has the most recent guy, David Holmes, been on at all. Don't get ESPNews. I only care b/c were both Kent State alumni but I do think he did a great job on Dream Job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mole 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 Where is the guy from the first DJ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted May 18, 2006 One of the Dream Job guys, not the most recent one. He puts himself over too much. Has the most recent guy, David Holmes, been on at all. Don't get ESPNews. I only care b/c were both Kent State alumni but I do think he did a great job on Dream Job. He's on occasionally. He's pretty good. I was glad he won that year, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 Melrose is awful. In what way? Just because you don't like the guy, doesn't mean he is a terrible analyst. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted May 18, 2006 Melrose tends to say a whole lot of nothing with the usual cliches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2006 Melrose tends to say a whole lot of nothing with the usual cliches. He also tends to be the only person on ESPN that talks about hockey and he does a great job. I also heard him announce the NCAA college hockey national championship, he did a good job with that as well. The fact that he picked the Hurricanes to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals doesn't hurt either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted May 18, 2006 ESPN doesn't give a damn about hockey, and I think Melrose is their only hockey guy left. Good for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 ESPN tends to almost ignore a sporting event not televised on ESPN or ABC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted May 19, 2006 If you were a Sportscenter anchor, what would your catch phrase be? I think mine would be "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it," but that might already be Linda Cohn's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 I don't get why everyone praises ESPNews. It's the same thing as SC, the hosts do try to get stupid catchphrases over. (Cindy Brunson - on EVERY home run call - "Player XYZ....with just a little crush") It's half an hour of talk about Bonds, LeBron, Kobe, Reggie Bush, and Kerry Wood, and they repeat it all day long. The most annoying thing I find about ESPN is when they put Bonds' stats in the little BREAKING NEWZ! box. The other day it said "Barry Bonds: Not In Lineup (Rest)" ALL DAY LONG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 Boy, you sure hate Kerry Wood. I watch ESPN News everyday and they made little or no mention of him until yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 ESPN leads me to believe that the only players the Cubs have are Kerry Wood and Mark Prior and neither have pitched since god knows when. Edit > It's not that I hate Wood, or Prior, but the hype machine around these two is rediculous. Wood had a great rookie year. That was in 1998. He's never won 15, he's always hurt. Why, EIGHT years later is this still going on? He was a phenom at that time, a fire-baller in his young 20's. So was Jaret Wright. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted May 19, 2006 I gotta concur with Jack, here... Every year, sometime early in the season, ESPN makes Wood and Prior sound like the best pitching twosome in the league. But, they always get injured. Poor Cubbies. Segue into 1242134th story about how the Cubbies haven't won in 200 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maztinho 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 If you were a Sportscenter anchor, what would your catch phrase be? I think mine would be "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it," but that might already be Linda Cohn's. HOLY SWEET UNHOLY LORD SATAN THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 If you were a Sportscenter anchor, what would your catch phrase be? I think mine would be "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it," but that might already be Linda Cohn's. HOLY SWEET UNHOLY LORD SATAN THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Be like Tony "Stat boy" Reali by stealing one-liners from commercials "Not as good, not as good, take it back mon" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 I understand the NFL is the most popular sport, but could they keep NFL Live to maybe once a week? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted May 19, 2006 I'd never use catch phrases. They're pointless. But, I'd never get a ESPN job, anyway. All their female anchors are BUTT ugly. Except for that black one on ESPNEWS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 If you were a Sportscenter anchor, what would your catch phrase be? I think mine would be "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it," but that might already be Linda Cohn's. Sweet Sassy Malassy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 ESPN tends to almost ignore a sporting event not televised on ESPN or ABC. ESPN would never talk about hockey when it was on. ATH and PTI would just talk about how no one watches hockey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2006 If you were a Sportscenter anchor, what would your catch phrase be? I think mine would be "I like it, I love it, I want some more of it," but that might already be Linda Cohn's. Sweet Sassy Malassy! He gets happy go jackie on it like a donkey eating a waffle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2006 I'd never use catch phrases. They're pointless. But, I'd never get a ESPN job, anyway. All their female anchors are BUTT ugly. Except for that black one on ESPNEWS. I would just like to point out that Leena thinks a black chick looks good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted May 21, 2006 All their female anchors are BUTT ugly. Except for that black one on ESPNEWS. I think Rachel Nicols looks real good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted May 21, 2006 Rachel Nichols isn't an anchor, though. The field reporters, or whatever, are usually cute. Except for a few fat ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
