About a year and a half ago I wrote a post about ESPN and their attempt to be the sports version of MTV (here). That is, base their channel on sports and then switch to producing TV shows based on sports. Case in point, last year they produced a mini-series called “The Bronx is Burning.” Actually, the show wasn’t half bad, it just should have been on a different channel. This isn’t exactly the reason for this post. Actually, it’s a bit off topic.

What did strike me today was a bit of information on si.com. Check out the Top Stories from SI.com today.  Beagle among favorites at 132nd Westminster?! You’ve got to be kidding me! The dog show is one of the top stories in sports today! I know the period between the Super Bowl and the start of Spring Training is slow, but really, that’s just sad. Don’t get me wrong, I love dogs. If I had a backyard and wasn’t so lazy, I’d probably get a dog of my own. I don’t even mind the show being on TV, as long as it stays with a non-sports channel like USA. But Sports Illustrated, you can do better than that. Don’t worry though, you’re not even close to becoming the next ESPN or MTV.