# Ya know those ESPN SportsCenter commercials?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-those-espn-sportscenter-commercials/124265>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-those-espn-sportscenter-commercials/124265 "2002-08-16T23:59:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-those-espn-sportscenter-commercials/124265/1 "2002-08-16T23:59:06Z")

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Since the 25,000[sup]th[/sup] SportsCenter show is approaching for ESPN on the 25[sup]th[/sup] of this month, they have posted a bunch of their funny commercials [here](http://espn.go.com/thisissportscenter/sc25k/s/index.html#) for your easy viewing. I had not seen all of them, but damn, if you are even the kind of person who barely tolerates sports, these are good.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-those-espn-sportscenter-commercials/124265/2 "2002-08-17T00:47:58Z")

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Sweet! I’m watching all of them as soon as I’m done here. Their Y2K test commercial was genius.

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-those-espn-sportscenter-commercials/124265/3 "2002-08-17T00:54:24Z")

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I saw one last night in which Mark McGwire gives Dan Patrick the ball from Big Mac’s 62nd home run. Dan is visibly moved: “This… this is _priceless_. This is something to keep my _whole life_…”

Cut to two days later, as Dan, presumably baseballless, pulls up to work in his shiny, red Lamborghini Countach.

Hilarious!

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-those-espn-sportscenter-commercials/124265/4 "2002-08-17T01:14:24Z")

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&\*@( piece of !$%&. You can choose between Windows Media Player and RealPlayer - both of them tell me that they need to download a “plugin” to play these files. Then they take me to a page where I can DL and install the latest version of these wonderful programs! Translation: if you want to see these files, you’ll have to get the latest, most bug-ridden chunk of bloatware that will attempt to take over your system. Then, after spending an hour wresting control of your computer back from these quasi-viral “applications,” you just might be able to see them.

Pant, pant. Sorry. This is just one of my pet peeves. I refuse to give them the satisfaction. I’ll wait for the show.

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ya-know-those-espn-sportscenter-commercials/124265/5 "2002-08-17T01:38:45Z")

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I hear ya, **Smeghead**. I have so much trouble with streaming media apps that I usually don’t bother. On this one, I’d click RealVideo and it would, for some reason, open up two _slightly different_ player windows, which would both play the file a few seconds apart. Yes, with overlapping sound. Once I realized what was going on though, I’d shut one down as soon as it opened.

But RealMedia can be a RealPainintheass, for sure.