random rumblings » ESPN http://www.poulios.com/blog there has been an alarming increase in things I know nothing about! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:44:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 ESPN Gets It Right http://www.poulios.com/blog/2010/06/06/espn-gets-it-right/ http://www.poulios.com/blog/2010/06/06/espn-gets-it-right/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:13:01 +0000 K http://www.poulios.com/blog/?p=1283 Continue reading →]]> There have been times in the past where I’ve called out ESPN for the stupid things they do, like showing a bit too much poker and putting the Westminster Dog Show as one of their top stories on ESPN.com.  At one point way back when I also called them out for having too many links to ESPN INsider stories, but not actually saying so as part of the link.  However, with all that said, I have to give them credit where credit is due.  They will be showing each and every game of the World Cup live on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC.  Impressive how they can do this with the World Cup in South Africa, a mere 9 hours ahead of PDT, yet somehow NBC couldn’t figure out how to show the Olympics live on the west coast with all their networks… and the Olympics were ON the west coast.  Yeah, I know, I’m a bitter man.  I can’t possible give credit to ESPN with without taking someone else down, it’s just how it works.  :-)

]]> http://www.poulios.com/blog/2010/06/06/espn-gets-it-right/feed/ 0 I’m wondering if Ian O’Conner at ESPN Ne… http://www.poulios.com/blog/2010/05/28/1225/ http://www.poulios.com/blog/2010/05/28/1225/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 15:57:33 +0000 K http://www.poulios.com/blog/?p=1225 Continue reading →]]> I’m wondering if Ian O’Conner at ESPN New York is going to write a similar, but opposite, article as this one written earlier this month – Mets humiliated by Philly — again – after the Mets humiliated the Phillies during the past 3 games. Way to go Philly, you scored ZERO runs in a three game series. It’s history making. You should be proud. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

That last part was for you TW. Enjoy.

]]> http://www.poulios.com/blog/2010/05/28/1225/feed/ 2 Two months after Newsday.com decided to … http://www.poulios.com/blog/2009/12/27/two-months-after-newsday-com-decided-to/ http://www.poulios.com/blog/2009/12/27/two-months-after-newsday-com-decided-to/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:10:04 +0000 K http://www.poulios.com/blog/2009/12/27/two-months-after-newsday-com-decided-to/ Continue reading →]]> Two months after Newsday.com decided to go to a pay model I’ve finally removed links to their site from the sports news pages. I stopped reading ESPN.com many years ago when all the good articles required me to sign-in / pay, Newsday.com is now in the same boat. I’ve also deactivated the IntenseDebate plugin. The concept behind ID is solid, but it’s a bit buggy for my taste. Also, the amount of spam on my site greatly decreased once it was deactivated.

]]> http://www.poulios.com/blog/2009/12/27/two-months-after-newsday-com-decided-to/feed/ 0 Beer Pong http://www.poulios.com/blog/2009/01/25/beer-pong/ http://www.poulios.com/blog/2009/01/25/beer-pong/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:15:10 +0000 K http://www.poulios.com/blog/?p=546 Continue reading →]]> I was over at Barnes & Noble earlier today catching up on some magazines when I found this article in ESPN The Magazine. It brought back some fond memories from college. Read and enjoy!

Life of Reilly: Introducing the next great American pastime: beer pong

]]> http://www.poulios.com/blog/2009/01/25/beer-pong/feed/ 1 Slow Week http://www.poulios.com/blog/2008/08/28/slow-week/ http://www.poulios.com/blog/2008/08/28/slow-week/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:38:00 +0000 K http://www.poulios.com/blog/?p=386 Continue reading →]]> Things have been going a bit slow this week. I’m looking forward to things picking up this Labor Day weekend and early next week. From what I understand, one of my buddies from Denver will be in the area this weekend, so we’ll probably get together for a few drinks. From a media perspective, there hasn’t been a whole lot that has gotten me riled up. Earlier this week ESPN made public news of a 9 year old boy that was told he can’t pitch anymore because… get this, he’s too good! Check out the article here. One commenter on the site got me to laugh based on how true the comment is:

It’s the antithesis to excellence, promoting mediocrity, everybody gets a feel-good trophy regardless of whether they suck or not.

I just find the whole concept sad. So what if your boy isn’t good enough, we’ll make him look like a superstar by removing the better players. This way, when he grows up, he won’t understand the concept of people being better than him at certain things. And, instead of letting this one kid be great, let’s make sure he doesn’t do things he’s good at. How are kids supposed to figure out what they’re good at and truly enjoy if we trick them into thinking they’re better than they really are? What’s so wrong with not being good at something?

Although not as bad, I’m almost positive I heard Rick Sutcliff comment on TV that he could hear the boo birds at Yankee stadium from the US Open site in Flushing. Does he realize how far it is from the Bronx to Flushing in Queens? Or, does he think anyone geographically challenged would believe him? Or, maybe he was kidding and I’m taking life a little too seriously. Yeah, that’s probably it. As punishment, I’m going to the bar for a few drinks. :-)

]]> http://www.poulios.com/blog/2008/08/28/slow-week/feed/ 1 SI and WDS http://www.poulios.com/blog/2008/02/11/si-and-wds/ http://www.poulios.com/blog/2008/02/11/si-and-wds/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:08:23 +0000 K http://www.poulios.com/blog/?p=151 Continue reading →]]> 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.

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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.

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