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walruswarrior · 05-31-2017, 03:11 PM

ESPN can pay Stephen A. Smith though. What a joke that channel has become. But that NBA deal where they got their heads slapped is fueling their success

Moviefan1203 · 05-31-2017, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fatediesel

The ESPN layoffs continue, as John Clayton is out after 23 years. He'll be best remembered for what may be the finest ESPN commercial.

Sports Center - John Clayton - YouTube

A true classic.

Omegaice · 05-31-2017, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by walruswarrior

ESPN can pay Stephen A. Smith though. What a joke that channel has become. But that NBA deal where they got their heads slapped is fueling their success [emoji23]

That guy is just over the top annoying to me. He acts like an immature child at times.

rickah88 · 05-31-2017, 04:45 PM

At least Steven A., is interesting. Annoying, sure but he keeps people watching.
How in the hell is Michael Smith still employed? That guy can't even talk very well. He must have some good dirt on a corporate bigwig.

Anyone seen a demographic breakdown of everyone fired? I'd be very curious to see which demo got hit the hardest. Off the top of my head it looks like white male might be the leading category. Interesting, if true.

RageATL · 05-31-2017, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fatediesel

The ESPN layoffs continue, as John Clayton is out after 23 years. He'll be best remembered for what may be the finest ESPN commercial.

Sports Center - John Clayton - YouTube

Great commercial but totally OK with the move...couldn't stand the guy.

BizCat · 05-31-2017, 06:16 PM

ESPN has sucked for years.

terp_fan99 · 05-31-2017, 06:40 PM

I stopped watching ESPN when they started reporting on what was going on with Terrell Owens and Brett Favre 24/7. I realized they were trying to create news/drama rather than just report on highlights and scores. Plus why would anyone watch Baseball Tonight (which shows the highlights of just a few teams then has a bunch of guys standing around talking) when you could watch Quick Pitch (which shows the highlights to every game with the same amount of time dedicated to each game).

Bigdog · 05-31-2017, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rickah88

At least Steven A., is interesting. Annoying, sure but he keeps people watching.
How in the hell is Michael Smith still employed? That guy can't even talk very well. He must have some good dirt on a corporate bigwig.

Anyone seen a demographic breakdown of everyone fired? I'd be very curious to see which demo got hit the hardest. Off the top of my head it looks like white male might be the leading category. Interesting, if true.

Not even a question though they probably make up a large majority of the employee pool. I don't care if they hire a person that's purple as long as they bring something to the table. That's been the problem here is only hiring based on gender and race, actual talent and ability to actually do the job is a distant 3rd to this company right now which is a big reason for their troubles imo.

fatediesel · 05-31-2017, 08:13 PM

The NFL is allowing Mike Tirico to be the play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football games on NBC alongside Cris Collinsworth for the upcoming season. Last season NBC intended to use Tirico for TNF games in place of Al Michaels but their contract with the NFL required them to use their top announcing crew and the NFL wouldn't allow them to use Tirico in place of Michaels. Michaels and Collinsworth will continue to call Sunday Night Football games.

ChadFL · 05-31-2017, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fatediesel

The ESPN layoffs continue, as John Clayton is out after 23 years. He'll be best remembered for what may be the finest ESPN commercial.

Sports Center - John Clayton - YouTube

Oh come on... why ESPN? Clayton is one of their best analysts. I get that they need to layoff a lot of people but there has to be plenty of deadwood there before they get to Clayton.

ChadFL · 05-31-2017, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Omegaice

That guy is just over the top annoying to me. He acts like an immature child at times.

Unfortunately that's what Americans largely want these days. They would rather have some nutjob like Stephen A. who yells about random topics to catch headlines and create controversy than a level headed, smart analyst. Jamele Hill is even worse with her columns. Goes without saying I'm not only talking about sports.

Tony208 · 05-31-2017, 08:20 PM

Meanwhile Stephen A Smith and his NBA finals curse is still employed.

Omegaice · 05-31-2017, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ChadFL

Unfortunately that's what Americans largely want these days. They would rather have some nutjob like Stephen A. who yells about random topics to catch headlines and create controversy than a level headed, smart analyst. Goes without saying I'm not only talking about sports.

I'm right there with you Chad. I have no issue listening to a good debate but usually it just turns in to taunting & just general negative vibe.

dcowboy7 · 05-31-2017, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by fatediesel

The NFL is allowing Mike Tirico to be the play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football games on NBC alongside Cris Collinsworth for the upcoming season. Last season NBC intended to use Tirico for TNF games in place of Al Michaels but their contract with the NFL required them to use their top announcing crew and the NFL wouldn't allow them to use Tirico in place of Michaels. Michaels and Collinsworth will continue to call Sunday Night Football games.

Though tirico did do 3 games last yr like when they had 2 in 1 wk.

BizCat · 06-01-2017, 01:54 PM

Jets trade former 1st round pick S Calvin Pryor to Browns

fatediesel · 06-01-2017, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BizCat

Jets trade former 1st round pick S Calvin Pryor to Browns

They were fortunate they could get rid of him in a trade. They were going to release him after they drafted Jamal Adams and his 2017 salary is guaranteed so if they had released him they would have had to pay him almost $1.6 million (less any money he received if he signed elsewhere).

imsounoriginal · 06-01-2017, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony208

Meanwhile Stephen A Smith and his NBA finals curse is still employed.

How else would we know who's gonna win?

RageATL · 06-01-2017, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by fatediesel

They were fortunate they could get rid of him in a trade. They were going to release him after they drafted Jamal Adams and his 2017 salary is guaranteed so if they had released him they would have had to pay him almost $1.6 million (less any money he received if he signed elsewhere).

Glad they got something for Pryor since his days were numbered, but Davis, while good and adds LB depth, is 33.

TitansFan4Life · 06-02-2017, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by rickah88

At least Steven A., is interesting. Annoying, sure but he keeps people watching.
How in the hell is Michael Smith still employed? That guy can't even talk very well. He must have some good dirt on a corporate bigwig.

Anyone seen a demographic breakdown of everyone fired? I'd be very curious to see which demo got hit the hardest. Off the top of my head it looks like white male might be the leading category. Interesting, if true.

ESPN doesn't even know their audience.

It would not surprise me in the slightest if Shaun King (race baiter, not the former QB who got fat) became a regular because ESPN loves losers like him.

Tony208 · 06-02-2017, 07:06 PM

ESPN keeps going down the drain. There's only going to be more layoffs cause they overpaid for NBA and NFL deals.

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05-31-2017, 03:11 PM	#81921
walruswarrior Blu-ray Prince Member since:Sep 2008 Blu-ray collection:1549 DVD collection:40 Trading Score:234	ESPN can pay Stephen A. Smith though. What a joke that channel has become. But that NBA deal where they got their heads slapped is fueling their success

05-31-2017, 04:45 PM	#81924
rickah88 Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:Columbia, MD 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:93	At least Steven A., is interesting. Annoying, sure but he keeps people watching. How in the hell is Michael Smith still employed? That guy can't even talk very well. He must have some good dirt on a corporate bigwig. Anyone seen a demographic breakdown of everyone fired? I'd be very curious to see which demo got hit the hardest. Off the top of my head it looks like white male might be the leading category. Interesting, if true.

05-31-2017, 06:16 PM	#81926
BizCat Blu-ray Prince Member since:Mar 2016 Location:oHIo 4K collection:914 Blu-ray collection:3132 DVD collection:90 Trading Score:159	ESPN has sucked for years.

05-31-2017, 06:40 PM	#81927
terp_fan99 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Montana 4K collection:20 Blu-ray collection:533 DVD collection:205 MA collection:2 Digital collection:823 Trading Score:62	I stopped watching ESPN when they started reporting on what was going on with Terrell Owens and Brett Favre 24/7. I realized they were trying to create news/drama rather than just report on highlights and scores. Plus why would anyone watch Baseball Tonight (which shows the highlights of just a few teams then has a bunch of guys standing around talking) when you could watch Quick Pitch (which shows the highlights to every game with the same amount of time dedicated to each game).

05-31-2017, 08:13 PM	#81929
fatediesel Blu-ray Count Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Iowa Blu-ray collection:410 Trading Score:47	The NFL is allowing Mike Tirico to be the play-by-play announcer for Thursday Night Football games on NBC alongside Cris Collinsworth for the upcoming season. Last season NBC intended to use Tirico for TNF games in place of Al Michaels but their contract with the NFL required them to use their top announcing crew and the NFL wouldn't allow them to use Tirico in place of Michaels. Michaels and Collinsworth will continue to call Sunday Night Football games.

05-31-2017, 08:20 PM	#81932
Tony208 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:NYC 4K collection:419 Blu-ray collection:663 Trading Score:609	Meanwhile Stephen A Smith and his NBA finals curse is still employed.

06-01-2017, 01:54 PM	#81935
BizCat Blu-ray Prince Member since:Mar 2016 Location:oHIo 4K collection:914 Blu-ray collection:3132 DVD collection:90 Trading Score:159	Jets trade former 1st round pick S Calvin Pryor to Browns

06-02-2017, 07:06 PM	#81940
Tony208 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:NYC 4K collection:419 Blu-ray collection:663 Trading Score:609	ESPN keeps going down the drain. There's only going to be more layoffs cause they overpaid for NBA and NFL deals.

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