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I think I'm finally done watching Sportscenter...

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whiskeydawg

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I've been getting up a little early before work for years to watch Sportscenter and see highlights of games, used to love it during baseball season. But damn if the show hasn't gone to ****. The Braves highlights were 30 seconds long and most of it was about the bat that they caught on the field last night. Team with the best record in baseball gets crap for coverage. The Dodgers sure as hell got plenty of air time and they were playing just a crappy team the Mets

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...ost-valuable-network/309433/?single_page=true

One of the loudest criticisms of ESPN is that its aggressively mainstream approach creates a sycophantic celebrity culture built around the biggest stars and juiciest plots, from the agonies of the L.A. Lakers, to the scandals of Tiger Woods, to the postmodern dramedy of Tim Tebow. But according to Elberse, the company’s superstar culture is the best strategy for a fat-headed world.
“It’s not different from People realizing that there are only five celebrities who really sell [magazines], so why put anyone else on the cover?” she said. “It’s Hollywood making more movies with Marvel characters. It reduced the risk, and it works.” The company’s core strengths stem from a superstar-first approach to sports news. Essentially, ESPN is in the business of building athletes into superheroes, because, like Walt Disney Pictures, it is in the business of building blockbusters.
 
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jakldawg

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ESPN in general, and Sportscenter in particular has been crappy for a long, long time.

What I learned from a year of watching SportsCenter

Here's one of my favorite take-away lessons:
For MLB, the NFL, the NBA, and the NHL's American contingent, the value of a franchise actually had a stronger correlation with SportsCenter mentions than winning percentage did.
 
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civildawg88

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I loathe Sportscenter

All the anchors try to be all hip and cool, it's like a freaking soap opera on that show. Just do highlights of the games and leave the other crap out. I hope the new fox network does this and I will never watch sportscenter again.
 
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ReadyReady

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whiskeydawg said:
The Braves highlights were 30 seconds long and most of it was about the bat that they caught on the field last night. Team with the best record in baseball gets crap for coverage.
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I swapped Sportscenter for MLB's Daily Recaps earlier this year. The early AM episode (until 9 I think) is "SportsCenter LA," which is particularly terrible since Puig came along. Watched this morning on a whim, and like you, saw every one of Puig's ABs only to get one play of game action from the Braves. The only ESPN show I can stomach anymore is Baseball Tonight.

The MLB does pretty exhaustive recaps of every game that are available free online and can be streamed through MLB.TV if you have it. Just Google "MLB Recaps"
 
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Twitter is what got me away from Sportscenter. Already know everything that happened.
 
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DAWG61

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ESPN is brutal if they aren't doing a live game or a movie/30 for 30. Everything else on that network is garbage. And the editor who approved it is GARBAGE. Sorry had a Gundy moment. If you're searching for quality baseball analysis I suggest watching the MLBNetwork during the season. MLB Tonight is an excellent show and they talk about the Braves a lot too.
 
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Irondawg

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it is sad how bad it's gotten. they'll spend 20 min of airtime on the Aaron hernandez case and 10 minutes on highlights of playoff implicating games. I try to watch it sometimes at night but I've gotten to where I don't even both most of the time anymore.
 
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Once I finally started listening to some of the local radio shows a few years ago, I pretty much stopped watching SC or any other televised sports news show altogether. ESPN is under such a ridiculous microscope that their overbearing drive to be politically correct just comes off as boring to me.

I'll turn it on every now and then on a Sat or Sun night to get all the football highlights, but other than that, I'd rather get my sports news from the radio.
 
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KurtRambis4

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As many

have pointed out, Sportscenter has sucked for a long time. I haven't watched it in 15+ years.
 
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Heawww

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Haven't watched that in years. Gameday is the only talking head show I'll watch, and that's only because it's the proper way to begin a full Saturday of watching college football.

Well, and also selection shows. Sometimes I stay up and watch College Football Final.
 
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DerHntr

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Monday morning's show this week was horrendous. They showed no more than 3 clips of Dufner's PGA Championship win and no less than a hundred of Tiger's 40th place finish. They then talked with anyone who was willing about Tiger's drought on majors.

They absolutely can't figure out how to report about what is happening at the time. Instead they create a story out of thin air.
 
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THE Bruce Dickinson

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Gameday has gotten ******, too. I still admit that I watch it because of what you said above: "Gameday is the only talking head show I'll watch, and that's only because it's the proper way to begin a full Saturday of watching college football. ", but it used to be 1 hour of football coverage that hit on all of the key games and then made picks. Now it is 2.5 hours of tug on your heart strings ********. I think my wife likes the show better than I do these days.
 
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Hankp22

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1. Sportcenter is awful. I'd like to see box scores, Royals highlights, and an analysis of the NFC West. Instead, you get the "Perez Hilton" coverage of sport drama. Unfortunately it draws ratings, and that's why they do it.

2. I generally only watch ESPN for their live sporting events. They constantly air live sports during the prime hours of the day, and I value that.

3. I do think the 30/30 series is outstanding and I sometimes enjoy Outside the Lines. Other than that, their daily programming is awful.

4. For actual analysis and sport specific breakdowns, I use the NFL, NBA, PGA, and MLB networks. The coverage is extensive, and the analysis covers more than the major market mainstream teams.

5. ESPN has dominated sport media and done so without a true competitor. I think many people are anti Sportcenter these days, and it will be interesting to see how the sport media market plays out in the next decade.
 
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HammerOfTheDogs

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CNN used to be in the sports business....

They had Saturday and Sunday sports shows that competed with ESPN. They were more serious and sports-related. They would go in-depth.
 
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I agree with all of this

I used to sit and watch sportscenter every morning. I dont remember the last time I sat through an entire spurts enter
 
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WutheringDawg

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If you aren't watching the mlb network and have it in your program listing then I don't believe there is any hope for you.
 
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Same here.

I hate how they put in the extra portion of PTI into SportsCenter. I record the first 30 mins of SC to catch it and half the time still miss PTI extra.

I guess if weren't so lazy i would change my recording to be longer.
 
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bsquared24

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My morning routine changed to MLB network or NFL network in the morning depending on season and feel; honestly can't tell you last time I watched more than 5 minutes of a Sportscenter. I do listen to Mike and Mike on the radio because I like the interviews they get but damn they take a lot of vacation. Was a PTI fan but couldn't take Wilbon anymore so dumped it ... btw is there anyone more annoying than Colin Cowherd?
 
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Heawww

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Agreed. Even I have begun just watching the very beginning and the picks at the very end. Unless an MSU is story in on, like Banks last year.
 
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listening to skip bayless & stephen a smith literally makes me nauseous
 
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DAWG61

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Colin's rant on UVA is GOLD as is Rome's fight with Jim "Chris" Everett and his rant on obese America. But I agree on Rome being annoying.
 
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thf24

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My biggest problem with Sportscenter is that the talking heads try to make it about themselves whenever they can. Most of them are always throwing in attention-seeking comments, letting us know what celebrities or players they claim to talk with on a regular basis, and making sure we know that they know how to use Twitter and keep up with it. I can deal with the pandering to big markets and names because as obnoxious as it is to hardcore sports fans, it's just good business, but the me-me-me stuff from people I didn't turn on ESPN to hear about drives me crazy.
 
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