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post #31 of 35
2/18/11 at 5:03am
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Originally Posted by Rambo View Post
Honestly, I watch more ESPN News than I do Sports Center. I just want the scores and highlights. I don't need to see a bunch of retired coaches and players spouting off about obvious shit.

That's smart.

I think my new found fascination with soccer stems from not having watched it until a couple years ago. So when I watch say Barca and see Xavi, Messi, et al do absolutely amazing things I watch it in awe blurting out "Holy Shit!". Since I grew up and watched so much of the other sports, it's like I don't see anything new and while I'm still in awe over certain things, it just isn't as captivating.
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post #32 of 35
2/18/11 at 10:09am
Whenever I watch espn I'm stunned at how much it's like Entertainment Tonight, except with athletes instead of actors.
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post #33 of 35
2/18/11 at 10:30am
Championship Week.

Seeing all these small schools - some of which I never heard of - fight like dogs for their conference championship and one spot in the NCAA tournament in tiny gyms across the country... well, sir, sports doesn't get any better than that.
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post #34 of 35
2/18/11 at 11:37am
im sure espn is much bigger than it's ever been with all its channels and websites... espn3.com is a nice resource, i watch nba on the tv channel and sc is good if you catch a string of nfl or nba highlights, much quicker/more compact than nbatv
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post #35 of 35
2/18/11 at 2:37pm
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Originally Posted by Slopho View Post
I ask this because with the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA & Golf networks it doesn't seem that this channel is needed. I don't watch a lot of college sports, but I guess you could make an arguement for ESPN U. I do watch a lot of baseball and while I don't like him personally, Peter Gammons going to MLB network was a huge power shift.

It's the giant, by far the largest audience aggregating sports media company in the world... penetration of the subscriber-only networks is miniscule by comparison.
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