Ed Werder, Dana O'Neill and at least a couple hockey reporters are gone from the network. Could be 100 layoffs at ESPN today.
Add John Buccigross to the list
Ed Werder, Dana O'Neill and at least a couple hockey reporters are gone from the network. Could be 100 layoffs at ESPN today.
Add John Buccigross to the list
Last edited by CrimsonCowboy; 04-26-2017 at 10:18 AM.
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Jayson Stark.
ESPN is a ghost.
Brett McMurphy and Danny Kanell among those as well. Unreal.
I suspect Stark will be one of the first to be hired by someone.
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ESPN has been a dump for years now. Aside from live sports they are unwatchable.
Good, ESPN is ****. Watched very little in the last 10 years. Large part of the reason I quit was Skip Bayless. Won't even go back now that he is gone.
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mossy (04-26-2017)
ESPN needs to invest a lot of interest in MLS and other soccer leagues. They need more live sports less talk for 20 minutes about a 1 minute NBA story.
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acesfull86 (04-27-2017), mossy (04-26-2017)
Agree with the above remarks of less talk. Watching Skip Bayless or Steven A is too reminiscent of cable "news". More live sports would be welcome.
Good. ESPN should go bankrupt.
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Moral of the story seems to be if you want to protect your job in this industry, ditch actual reporting and go heavy on the hot takes.
Julio3000 (04-27-2017)
Except no. With little advertising MLS draws 300K viewers on ESPN. While not a stunning number, that's with again, with little advertising.
What you don't realize is that showing something on ESPN builds in a minimum base. With a solid commitment ESPN can greatly grow said base. How many people watch ****ing Poker or Bowling? Now imagine putting that with a real sport.
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NinersSBChamps (04-27-2017)
Fox sports 1 seems to be doing alright. ESPN is really a 24/7 sports cable news network. With the advent of mobile; cable news like newspapers and weekly news magazines are worthless. Why tune in to espn to watch a play or get a score when you can watch it anytime you want on your mobile device.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
Andy Katz also gone. Geez
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Werder, Stark, and Katz were all very surprising. I too fall in the category of those that watch very little ESPN aside from live sports (watching the draft on ESPN as I type this). Can't stand the "embrace debate" type of shows. PTI used to be worth a watch, but that hasn't been something I've tuned into for quite awhile.