The good part - Todd McShat is fired too.
Jeff Van Gundy, Jalen Rose, Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, Suzy Kolber, Todd McShay, Steve Young, Matt Hasselbeck, Joon Lee, Ashley Brewer, Jason Fitz, LaPhonso Ellis, Jordan Cornette, Neil Everett, Rob Ninkovich, Chris Chelios.
Steven A. wasn't touched of course.
Sounds like ESPN hired the Bob's consulting service
Quote from: Hizog on Jun 30, 2023, 03:56 PMSounds like ESPN hired the Bob's consulting service
I bet they think Kendrick Perkins is a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
Probably kept him to prevent Jalen Rose from filing a lawsuit.
I would have fired Chris fucking Berman if he only made $1 a year.
Oh good that will make room for more Monica McNutt
They also laid off David Pollack. >:D
Oh noes...
Quote from: Gambler on Jun 30, 2023, 04:07 PMI bet they think Kendrick Perkins is a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
He said Jokic was only getting MVP votes over Embid because he was white. Naturally, he's a keeper. They still like the race-baiting.
Somehow Beth Mowins has a job.
Every online college football community I've ever come across has detested her voice. That's as polite as I can say that.
Must be a minority thing or she kills it in a girls sport or something.
Here's Kendrick Perkins calling out all the crackers as undeserving, Nash, Dirk, Jokic, JJ Reddick, etc. Stephen A. is present of course.
https://nypost.com/2023/03/02/kendrick-perkins-nikola-jokic-is-winning-mvps-because-hes-white/
Quote from: Corn Pop on Jun 30, 2023, 11:11 PMHere's Kendrick Perkins calling out all the crackers as undeserving, Nash, Dirk, Jokic, JJ Reddick, etc. Stephen A. is present of course.
https://nypost.com/2023/03/02/kendrick-perkins-nikola-jokic-is-winning-mvps-because-hes-white/
Nash, Dirk, Jokic...JJ Reddick?
I haven't watched anything outside of live sports and maybe a few documentaries on ESPN in years.
I only watch ESPN for live sports. Haven't casually watched in decades. A couple of years ago, I turned on the television and it was still on ESPN from the previous night. They were showing the ESPN 40th Anniversary Special. I thought "Oh, wow neat". Among their top moments on ESPN from the past 40 years was first woman basketball player dunks, first openly gay player drafted to NFL, man with no legs wins NCAA wrestling match. I giggled and turned it off. I admit there is a little schadenfreude seeing the entertainment industry crash and burn.
Quote from: Trigger7672 on Jul 01, 2023, 09:24 AMNash, Dirk, Jokic...JJ Reddick?
I haven't watched anything outside of live sports and maybe a few documentaries on ESPN in years.
Me either, except when I'm on the elliptical at the gym, it's forced on me, kind of like CNN at the airport. The Kendrick Perkins racist rant attached in my link was forced on me weeks ago. Man, he hates white people.
ESPN did it to itself, sports center, once a staple, is now simply unwatchable
And they kept Des Howard perhaps the most stupid motherfucker to ever be on a TV in any universe.
Not sure if SEC network employees are technically ESPN employees, but I wouldn't mind seeing Pollack end up at SEC network.
From the time I was in college until now, on Saturday, you turn on ESPN Gameday and don't touch the remote until 11am. This past fall, I found myself turning over to SEC version of gameday more and more.
Quote from: Texzilla on Jul 05, 2023, 08:35 AMAnd they kept Des Howard perhaps the most stupid motherfucker to ever be on a TV in any universe.
Whoa, slow your roll, there are several just at ESPN that would give him a run for his money, let along all of TV. Most of them have sub-Lee Corso Intelligence, after his 50th stroke.
Quote from: DrMongoose on Jul 02, 2023, 11:32 AMESPN did it to itself, sports center, once a staple, is now simply unwatchable
The only way I can watch it is to tape it. That way I can fast forward through all the WNBA, woke narrative, and political BS. I just watch highlights from NCAA FB/BB, NFL, & MLB. I get through an hour sportcenter in 10-15 minutes.
Like Broadway Joe, I've always kind of liked Suzy Kolber.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stephen-smith-speaks-espn-layoffs-143358314.html (https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stephen-smith-speaks-espn-layoffs-143358314.html)
Does the A in Stephen A. Smith stand for asshole?
He complains about the ESPN layoffs and, naturally, makes it about himself and racism.
Please, ESPN, get rid of this so-called "journalist."
Quote from: RPL on Jul 05, 2023, 01:47 PMhttps://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stephensmith-speaks-espn-layoffs-143358314.html (https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stephen-smith-speaks-espn-layoffs-143358314.html)
Does the A in Stephen A. Smith stand for asshole?
He complains about the ESPN layoffs and, naturally, makes it about himself and racism.
Please, ESPN, get rid of this so-called "journalist."
Of course he does. Definitely a drama queen.
Quote"This ain't the end. More is coming. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, I could be next,"
I wish you were.
As much as I dislike the guy, I didn't see much wrong with what he said. It didn't seem like he was saying any of the lay offs had to do with race. I took it that, as a black man, of course he's uncomfortable about his job security when people arpund him start losing their jobs. Kind of like the black kid in a horror movie starting to sweat when killing is about to commence.
Don't really feel sorry for many of these people. It was a sweet gig, sweet gigs don't often last when bean counters need to get involved.
Quote from: HOGSRUNWILD on Jul 05, 2023, 08:49 AMWhoa, slow your roll, there are several just at ESPN that would give him a run for his money, let along all of TV. Most of them have sub-Lee Corso Intelligence, after his 50th stroke.
[/quotQuote from: HOGSRUNWILD on Jul 05, 2023, 08:49 AMWhoa, slow your roll, there are several just at ESPN that would give him a run for his money, let along all of TV. Most of them have sub-Lee Corso Intelligence, after his 50th stroke.
Youre right. i hope fucking ESPN makes Booger McFarland the star of every show, game, sportscenter. All Booger all the time.
Doris Burke is in line to be the new Jeff Van Gundy ::) But seriously she's ok I guess. I wasn't exactly a big fan of listening to Van Gundy but at least he wasn't part of a bunch of clowns talking and dapping up the entire game like it's an MTV celeb all-star game.
Stephen A Smith can choke on a dump truck load of dicks.
ESPN Radio in the morning is instantly better than listening to KJM or whatever it was called.
https://twitter.com/Blackmillions_/status/1684947266967085056?s=20
No wonder ESPN is damn near bankrupt
$18 mill for doing almost nothing?
a hero to the community
Quote from: animal on Jul 29, 2023, 04:14 PMhttps://twitter.com/Blackmillions_/status/1684947266967085056?s=20
No wonder ESPN is damn near bankrupt
Iger is getting ready to dismantle the Disney empire.
Money loser after money loser at the box office with more on the way(Eait till you get a load of what they have done with the live action Snow White). Iger was the one that decided he needed to remake all the classics. If it was an animation one, make it live action. Iger allowed and still allows Kathline Kennedy kill Star Wars. Marvel movies have lost their way of making good movie that ties into an upcoming Marvelverse into just another to be continued pointless exercise. See the last AntMan. He'll sell off some interest or all of ABC and ESPN either as a package or seperate and then try to get Apple to buy the Studio holdings.
Quote from: WaywardMemphian on Jul 30, 2023, 11:58 AMIger is getting ready to dismantle the Disney empire.
Money loser after money loser at the box office with more on the way(Eait till you get a load of what they have done with the live action Snow White). Iger was the one that decided he needed to remake all the classics. If it was an animation one, make it live action. Iger allowed and still allows Kathline Kennedy kill Star Wars. Marvel movies have lost their way of making good movie that ties into an upcoming Marvelverse into just another to be continued pointless exercise. See the last AntMan. He'll sell off some interest or all of ABC and ESPN either as a package or seperate and then try to get Apple to buy the Studio holdings.
Disney is being forced to buy the rest of Hulu from Comcast. It is going to cost them billions.
Apparently there were rumors that he was going to sell to Apple years ago, but Disney was worth too much.
Quote from: WaywardMemphian on Jul 30, 2023, 11:58 AMIger is getting ready to dismantle the Disney empire.
Money loser after money loser at the box office with more on the way(Eait till you get a load of what they have done with the live action Snow White). Iger was the one that decided he needed to remake all the classics. If it was an animation one, make it live action. Iger allowed and still allows Kathline Kennedy kill Star Wars. Marvel movies have lost their way of making good movie that ties into an upcoming Marvelverse into just another to be continued pointless exercise. See the last AntMan. He'll sell off some interest or all of ABC and ESPN either as a package or seperate and then try to get Apple to buy the Studio holdings.
I read an article the other day that described how even the Disney Parks side of business is in trouble as well. The cost of 1 adult admission is nearing 200 bucks with kids only around 20 to 30 dollars cheaper. Pre pandemic ride lines were a 45 minute wait, while today, ride line waits are about 20. The article ended by saying Disney use to be the dream vacation middle class families saved up for, but today, Disney has become the theme park for the wealthy elite and has decided to cater to their beliefs. That has to be one of hell of a money making idea.
Quote from: HogOfWar on Jul 30, 2023, 03:05 PMDisney is being forced to buy the rest of Hulu from Comcast. It is going to cost them billions.
Apparently there were rumors that he was going to sell to Apple years ago, but Disney was worth too much.
That's why he has to unload ABC/ESPN.
Aviation the theme parks. Yes, too damn expensive especially with dynamic pricing. Then when new rides are open, there's a good chance you will not get a raide in them. Thus happened with Avatar and Star Wars.even with the steep ticket price. The food has got good awful expensive that makes stadium proces look like bargains. I used to rent DVC points for discounted rates but that got so big that it was nearly as expensive as booking via Disney itself. Entertainment cuts abound at the parks, less and less pixie dust. All of this started under Iger but the blame got placed on that poor fucker that took over for him. Halloween at night became an add in cost, Christmas, ditto. Fast passes sucked bad enough having to try and book certai rides 6 or 3 months out(depending whether you were staying on resort) but then charging for it and even implementing dynamic pricing on that. Parks was seen as a cash cow and Iger was intent on milking as much revenue as possible out of it. Now it is backfiring.
Quote from: WaywardMemphian on Jul 30, 2023, 08:57 PMThat's why he has to unload ABC/ESPN.
Aviation the theme parks. Yes, too damn expensive especially with dynamic pricing. Then when new rides are open, there's a good chance you will not get a raide in them. Thus happened with Avatar and Star Wars.even with the steep ticket price. The food has got good awful expensive that makes stadium proces look like bargains. I used to rent DVC points for discounted rates but that got so big that it was nearly as expensive as booking via Disney itself. Entertainment cuts abound at the parks, less and less pixie dust. All of this started under Iger but the blame got placed on that poor fucker that took over for him. Halloween at night became an add in cost, Christmas, ditto. Fast passes sucked bad enough having to try and book certai rides 6 or 3 months out(depending whether you were staying on resort) but then charging for it and even implementing dynamic pricing on that. Parks was seen as a cash cow and Iger was intent on milking as much revenue as possible out of it. Now it is backfiring.
interesting point you make about Iger.
His hand picked successor is getting the blame but it is interesting that Iger is having trouble righting the ship whose course he charted.
Another example of a company getting too big and trying to be all things.
It all went to shit when Logan Roy died.
Quote from: DrMongoose on Jul 30, 2023, 09:23 PMinteresting point you make about Iger.
His hand picked successor is getting the blame but it is interesting that Iger is having trouble righting the ship whose course he charted.
Another example of a company getting too big and trying to be all things.
Disney, under Iger in the 20teens went on a stock buybacks spending spree investing relatively little into the parks, in fact cut back stuff while increasing costs with pricing schemes like Halloween parties that required additional ticket purchases.
He bought Fox with zero cash, it was all stock swapping but still binging on stock buybacks.
This touches on some of it
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/12/16/why-isnt-walt-disney-paying-cash-for-the-21st-cent.aspx
Here's a Disney Fanboy site that delves further into the cuts made at the parks while the parks were raking in obscene profit at the time. This happened year after year.
https://wdwnt.com/2018/12/wdwnts-top-7-things-happened-disney-parks-2017-3/
Quote from: WaywardMemphian on Jul 31, 2023, 05:53 AMDisney, under Iger in the 20teens went on a stock buybacks spending spree investing relatively little into the parks, in fact cut back stuff while increasing costs with pricing schemes like Halloween parties that required additional ticket purchases.
He bought Fox with zero cash, it was all stock swapping but still binging on stock buybacks.
This touches on some of it
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/12/16/why-isnt-walt-disney-paying-cash-for-the-21st-cent.aspx
Here's a Disney Fanboy site that delves further into the cuts made at the parks while the parks were raking in obscene profit at the time. This happened year after year.
https://wdwnt.com/2018/12/wdwnts-top-7-things-happened-disney-parks-2017-3/
He way overpaid for Fox. Murdoch took the money bought Tubi and is making bank, apparently.
Here is another site that covers a lot of Disney. Also has links to YouTube channels that have good insight to the going-ons at Disney and other studios.
https://thatparkplace.com/
https://twitter.com/FOS/status/1691441141621702656?s=20
Sage Steele is now taking her leave. She was previously suing ESPN/Disney after her criticism of their covid 19 mandates.
Quote from: animal on Aug 16, 2023, 06:19 AMhttps://twitter.com/FOS/status/1691441141621702656?s=20
Sage Steele is now taking her leave. She was previously suing ESPN/Disney after her criticism of their covid 19 mandates.
"can exercise her first amendment rights more freely."
I didn't realize the government was infringing on her first amendment rights while she worked for ESPN. Shame on them for doing such a thing.
Kamala was calling her for hair tips and casually dropping "don't say a word" threats in there from time to time.
Quote from: BleedinRed on Aug 16, 2023, 07:50 AM"can exercise her first amendment rights more freely."
I didn't realize the government was infringing on her first amendment rights while she worked for ESPN. Shame on them for doing such a thing.
Pretty sure she wanted to address the trans movement in female sports and the impact it has on girls/women. ESPN/Disney wouldn't have it.
Quote from: Barton Fink on Aug 16, 2023, 08:29 AMPretty sure she wanted to address the trans movement in female sports and the impact it has on girls/women. ESPN/Disney wouldn't have it.
Yep...she's not a liberal, so she's treated different/unfairly at ESPN.
Quote from: Barton Fink on Aug 16, 2023, 08:29 AMPretty sure she wanted to address the trans movement in female sports and the impact it has on girls/women. ESPN/Disney wouldn't have it.
That is not a First Amendment issue.
Being able to give your opinion on a subject and your employer telling/threatening you that you can't?
Quote from: Barton Fink on Aug 16, 2023, 09:51 AMBeing able to give your opinion on a subject and your employer telling/threatening you that you can't?
I believe the first amendment only applies to government limiting those things. I don't know how it applies to media outlets that have their noses as far up a Democrat admin's ass as ESPN does. There's great piles of proof of the government, specifically Democrat administrations, colluding with tech companies to censor people.
Technically, yes it's a government issue but those lines are getting more blurry by the day.
Quote from: BleedinRed on Aug 16, 2023, 07:50 AM"can exercise her first amendment rights more freely."
I didn't realize the government was infringing on her first amendment rights while she worked for ESPN. Shame on them for doing such a thing.
Yeah, most folks' understanding of the Constitution is pretty abysmal.
You have to right to freely express your opinion; you just don't have the freedom of consequences from expressing your opinion.
He'd have a different opinion if she were white. Principled bunch here.
Quote from: hit_that_line on Aug 16, 2023, 11:04 AMHe'd have a different opinion if she were white. Principled bunch here.
What does race have to do with the proper application of the First Amendment?
good grief, she was paid to read sports stories off a teleprompter.
just like athletes and celebrities, who really gives two shits what they think about anything?
ah, the power of being on the tv.
Quote from: DrMongoose on Aug 16, 2023, 03:56 PMah, the power of being on the tv.
But they wouldn't just put any idiot on TV would they?
Would they?
Quote from: DrMongoose on Aug 16, 2023, 03:56 PMgood grief, she was paid to read sports stories off a teleprompter.
just like athletes and celebrities, who really gives two shits what they think about anything?
ah, the power of being on the tv.
I think in her case she is leaving because she didn't want to be some fool reading what's on the teleprompter.
Quote from: egregious on Aug 17, 2023, 04:07 PMBut they wouldn't just put any idiot on TV would they?
Would they?
have you watched ESPN lately?
Quote from: DrMongoose on Aug 17, 2023, 05:54 PMhave you watched ESPN lately?
Yes, I believe being an idiot must be a requirement.
not a layoff, but barry melrose steps down due to parkinson's.
my interest in the nhl is strictly casual, but imo the guy was probably the best hockey talking head there ever was.
He was good. Hate to hear that.
Quote from: egregious on Aug 16, 2023, 09:55 AMI believe the first amendment only applies to government limiting those things. I don't know how it applies to media outlets that have their noses as far up a Democrat admin's ass as ESPN does. There's great piles of proof of the government, specifically Democrat administrations, colluding with tech companies to censor people.
This is true. First amendment only restricts the government's right to regulate speech, not your employer's. In some states (like Arkansas and Texas) you can be fired if you say something your employer doesn't like (assuming you don't have some sort of written contract or collective bargaining agreement, etc).
Barry was the best, bet he would be a blast to share a beverage or 2 with, sad to hear the news.
SVP is the only thing I ever watch (and rarely do I watch that) on ESPN.
I'm not a hockey fan but Barry Melrose is the best at it IMO.
Other than that it's only games that I watch. I relish the days of good ole Sportscenter and Baseball Tonight. While in college, me and my roommate, who was also on the baseball team, would watch Baseball Tonight every damn night. Loved it.
I watch Peyton and Eli on their Monday nights. Nothing else that's not a live game.
I always try to catch PTI and Bad Beats.