# ESPN **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 29, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694 "2009-07-29T19:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/1 "2009-07-29T19:22:39Z")
Favre, Favre, Cubs, Tebow, Tebow’s virginity, Vick, Vick, New York, Chicago, Boston, LA, Yankees, Manny, Chicago, Kobe, Lebron, Roy Halladay, Small market baseball team give up all good players to big market team, Lebron to New York, Tebow, circumcision, Lebron to LA, Cubs, Lebron plz get out of Cleveland, Favre loves the game and has child-like enthusiasm and indecisiveness is in no way his fault - he deserves the right to hold a team hostage, Pujols, Vick to Patriots, Boston, Boston, Boston, Plaxico Burress, Chicago, New York Giants, Pujols, Twitter, Tweet, Twat, Cubs, New York Jets, Sanchez, Sanchez, even a Dirty Sanchez, Vick, Vick, Tebow visits inmates, Favre, Favre, Favre, Favre, Favre, Favre, LA, Tebow is a virgin, Manny, Mannywood, Morningwood, Pujols, Cardinals, Cubs, Chicago, Rachel Nichols parked outside Favre’s bedroom hoping to catch a glimpse of him, watch Favre practice with shirtless high schoolers ```auto / _____ / // / / // ) ) // ) ) || / | / / / / // ) ) / / // ____//___ / / // / / || / | / / / / (( / / / ____/__ ( // / / || / /||/ / / / \\ / / // // ) ) // / / ||/ / | / / / ) ) / / // ____/ / //____ / / (( ___/ / | / | /__ / /___((___ / / // ) ) // ) ) // ) ) // // / / // / / // ____ // / / // / / // / / // / / // / / ((____/ / ((___/ / // ____ / / ``` OMFG I can’t wait for the season to start. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/2 "2009-07-29T19:28:14Z")
I never liked that Billy Joel song either. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/3 "2009-07-29T19:31:28Z")
Oh, fuck me. I forgot. T.O., Romo, Dallas, Jones, America’s Team, Dallas, T.O., T. O., Dallas, Dallas, Dallas There’s a not insignificant portion of the NFL that was in elementary school the last time Dallas even won a playoff game. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/4 "2009-07-29T19:45:15Z")
You forgot Stephen A. Smith’s 30 minutes of “Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks, Knicks.” It’s like listening to _1984_’s 5 minutes of hate, but longer. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/5 "2009-07-29T19:51:14Z")
You forgot Tiger Woods :|| ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/6 "2009-07-29T19:55:02Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > I never liked that Billy Joel song either. Fav post of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/7 "2009-07-29T21:01:10Z")
Rachel Nichols… mmmmmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/8 "2009-07-29T22:44:55Z")
Why do you sore losers root for crappy teams/players/individuals? d&r ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/9 "2009-07-29T23:52:50Z")
All that, and not enough Erin Andrews coverage. **sigh** ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/10 "2009-07-30T00:35:22Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > All that, and not enough Erin Andrews coverage. > > **sigh** I would have said too MUCH Erin Andrews coverage. :mad: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/11 "2009-07-30T01:18:38Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I would have said too MUCH Erin Andrews coverage. :mad: 😛 Not from ESPN. They initially refused to cover the story. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/12 "2009-07-30T01:30:24Z")
Isn’t Tebow great? [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxWFDgQyZgo) Seriously, I love the guy, and I am looking forward to watching The Virgin Quarterback light up SEC defenses for one more year. But trying to convert people to your religion does not automatically make you the greatest person in the world. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/13 "2009-07-30T02:19:58Z")
Fuck Tebow! It’s too bad his parents didn’t remain virgins. He and the rest of us are the product of evil behavior. That’s why we are all going to Hell. Sex is the work of the Devil. That’s why God wanted seminaries and convents to be chaste. (Too bad all those horny, perverted Devil worshipers make a mockery of those sacred religious institutions, but that’s another story.) Tebow, you and your ilk are going to burn in Hell because your parents gave into the temptations of the Devil and SINNED. (Marriage is no excuse. The only salvation is a life of total sexual chastity. Just ask the Shakers, if you can find any.) BTW, any word out there as to whether Tebow has a sway in his walk? How long before we get the “I have sinned” speech? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/14 "2009-07-30T02:26:05Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > You forgot Stephen A. Smith… Fortunately, Stephen A was recently shown the door by ESPN, about three years after his freshness date passed. In only watch ESPN and SportsCenter during NBA season. I think the last time I watched anything on ESPN was the night the Lakers won YET ANOTHER World Championship. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/15 "2009-07-30T03:00:56Z")
The Cubs don’t get nearly that much coverage. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/16 "2009-07-30T03:18:12Z")
One of our local Nashville honks ruffled some feathers at SEC Media Days by asking Tebow, flat out, if he was saving himself for marriage to which Tebow, obviously, answered in the affirmative. Tempest in a tiny, tiny teapot it is. I’m freaking sick of all of it. That’s why I do listen to Colin Cowherd. What? We don’t have a dedicated ESPN radio outlet in Nashville anymore? That’s fricking great. Now I’ve got nothing but Dan Patrick and Jim Rome, neither of whom is funny for more than 18 seconds at a time. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/17 "2009-07-30T03:23:28Z")
ESPN BLOWS. Or, congratulations! You’ve just aged out of their demographic! I think it’s 14-25 year old nose-picking. ball scratching males. And don’t forget your NASCAR update! (FAVORITE RACER OF THE YEAR - THE ESPY GOES TO DALE EARNHART, Sr. WHO IS STILL DEAD!") Can’t wait for the next time the Yankees or Red Sox play. Haven’t seen them in about 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/18 "2009-07-30T03:27:36Z")
> [@Shot\_Clock](#): > > Fortunately, Stephen A was recently shown the door by ESPN, about three years after his freshness date passed. Didn’t know this, but this is the best news I’ve heard about ESPN since Keith Olbermann quit (or was fired)… When he came back, it was a sad day again. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/19 "2009-07-30T04:06:09Z")
Actually, I did like the Olbermann/Patrick schtick back in the day. But the downside was huge: everybody who came after that tried to act like they were David F\*ckin Letterman or something. So you ended up with a pack of snot-nosed neo-hipsters who made one’s Loathing Meter go into hyperdrive. About the only ones worth a damn are the female anchors and announcers, who generally do a good job despite being distracted by Mike Tirico trying to lure them into a game of grab-ass. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694/20 "2009-07-30T16:47:52Z")
> [@Hung\_Mung](#): > > What? We don’t have a dedicated ESPN radio outlet in Nashville anymore? That’s fricking great. Now I’ve got nothing but Dan Patrick and Jim Rome, neither of whom is funny for more than 18 seconds at a time. I’ll agree with this. I love my ESPN Radio. Seems everytime I tune into the Fox station they’re not talking sports - they’re just trying to bash the local ESPN station. It’s pretty pathetic and petty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn/504694.md?page=2)