While there are many other avenues to get sporting news at the moment we are talking about sportscenter. I have attempted to sift through the slop that ESPN shows on sportscenter and it has become unbearable. Even with the rundown bar they now have on the side, if I find something I want to see it is inevitably sandwiched with more BS about the NBA free agency. The coverage on that runs so long I always seem to miss the 5.3 seconds shown of baseball, or better yet when it was still on, the 10.2 seconds of the stanley cup final they actually covered. Instead I get to see Kobe coming off the bus listening to his $1000 headphones or "Brett Favre sneezed today so is he leaning more towards retirement" for 12 minutes.
Call me a purist and I would say that I am and I am damn proud of it. I like to see detalied highlights when athletes make great plays as well as when they screw up (especially golf)...I want reactions as to why a pitcher threw a 1-2 fastball as opposed to his change-up to get out of a bases loaded jam, or why a coach called a run up the middle when they had been beating the D outside all game. I don't think thats to much to ask...
If ESPN wants to keep reporting the drama lets get a new network they only have 83 now im sure another can be arranged, and call it ESPN SoapNet...they can report all the drama they want on there and I can guarantee I will not be tuning in.
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