Question for the forum about ESPN?

[18IsTheMan]

When is the last time you watched something on ESPN that wasn’t a live sporting event?

Or when is the last time you routinely watched something on ESPN that wasn’t a live sporting event?

For me, I imagine it would be the last time. I actually watched College Game Day, which would be at least a couple years ago or more. I used to watch that program quite regularly during the season, but slowly fizzled out and became more sporadic and haven’t really watched it at all and in at least a couple years.

A long long time ago I enjoyed Sportscenter and Baseball Tonight but that’s been 20+ years.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

I watched a 30 for 30 last week about the history of the wishbone. I enjoyed it. But I usually watch BSPN for games.

 

[Cackmandu]

I’ll watch some of their cfb stuff! For some reason I watch gameday more with saban and the mcafee, they make it more interesting for me! I used to only watch sec nation! I’ll watch finebaum for the guests, the callers are a little out there for me!

 

[Debo77]

I used to watch Around the Horn and PTI religiously....but that was back in the mid 2000's until about mid 2010's....nothing since

 

[Lurker123]

Honestly can't think of the last time I watched ESPN other than live sports. Maybe channel surfing by gameday while waiting for a game to start, but that would hardly count.

Ill ask another related question. Other than sports, how much live TV do you even watch? I stream almost everything now. I am wondering why I pay for youtubetv outside of college football season.

 

[will110]

Last year's college gameday in Columbia before the LSU game is the last time I watched a live non-sporting event program on ESPN.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Honestly can't think of the last time I watched ESPN other than live sports. Maybe channel surfing by gameday while waiting for a game to start, but that would hardly count.

Ill ask another related question. Other than sports, how much live TV do you even watch? I stream almost everything now. I am wondering why I pay for youtubetv outside of college football season.

Virtually nothing on live tv besides sports. And even that is college football and a little college basketball and March Madness. I also use youtube tv basically for college football. I usually cancel it after the season is over but it slipped my mind this year and I kept kicking the can down the road until I decided I might as just keep it until the season starts. I turned it on Friday night to see if there was anything interesting on, but it was essentially commercials with a little bit of tv show mixed in. Every time I'd find a channel with something worth watching, it'd be about 3-4 minutes and then it'd go to commercial.

 

[will110]

Virtually nothing on live tv besides sports. And even that is college football and a little college basketball and March Madness. I also use youtube tv basically for college football. I usually cancel it after the season is over but it slipped my mind this year and I kept kicking the can down the road until I decided I might as just keep it until the season starts. I turned it on Friday night to see if there was anything interesting on, but it was essentially commercials with a little bit of tv show mixed in. Every time I'd find a channel with something worth watching, it'd be about 3-4 minutes and then it'd go to commercial.

I use Youtube TV to record movies and shows, then I watch and fast forward the ads. I never watch anything live other than sporting events.

 

[Piscis]

I haven't watched any sports talk shows or sports related shows in decades. I don't even watch the halftime shows. If ESPN isn't showing a live game or event I'm interested in I don't watch one second of it.

I'm convinced every hour of time spent watching or listening to sports talk shows costs IQ points.

 

[adcoop]

When I am in my office, I will have the sport shows playing, but it's mainly for background noise while I am working. May look up at it if some "Breaking News" gets talked about. Not much of a live TV watcher period besides sporting events. Live sports is sort of the point for ESPN. All of this other stuff is basically to fill the time slots instead of showing Sports Center 20 times a day.

 

[Piscis]

When I am in my office, I will have the sport shows playing, but it's mainly for background noise while I am working. May look up at it if some "Breaking News" gets talked about. Not much of a live TV watcher period besides sporting events. Live sports is sort of the point for ESPN. All of this other stuff is basically to fill the time slots instead of showing Sports Center 20 times a day.

I liked ESPN in its early days when it filled time with obscure sporting events like D3 college lacrosse and regular season college baseball games. They also used to show a lot of racing.

 

[adcoop]

I liked ESPN in its early days when it filled time with obscure sporting events like D3 college lacrosse and regular season college baseball games. They also used to show a lot of racing.

They actually still show that stuff. Have to pay for ESPN+ to get it though.

 

[Psycock]

Games and GameDay are it for me. Someone please let me know when they cut out the woke preaching and maybe I`ll watch more. Not holding my breath though.

 

[adcoop]

Games and GameDay are it for me. Someone please let me know when they cut out the woke preaching and maybe I`ll watch more. Not holding my breath though.

I think you are a little behind on that. Pat McAfee is sort of WWEish but it is far from Woke preaching. Even tap dancing Stephen A has on his Tap Shoes for MAGA these days. If you are not going to watch the daily shows now, you will never watch it.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I think you are a little behind on that. Pat McAfee is sort of WWEish but it is far from Woke preaching. Even tap dancing Stephen A has on his Tap Shoes for MAGA these days. If you are not going to watch the daily shows now, you will never watch it.

No question is ESPN is still solidly woke. It was just few weeks ago when a WNBA announcer had to apologize for using the words "America" and "great" in the same sentence.

 

[adcoop]

No question is ESPN is still solidly woke. It was just few weeks ago when a WNBA announcer had to apologize for using the words "America" and "great" in the same sentence.

Don't know what you are referring to, but that is because MAGA and what is called "Woke" are equally annoying. Causes networks to be paralyzed and feel that they have to apologize for everything. I would say cancel culture is what is driving ESPN and a lot of these networks as opposed to any political agenda. Stephen A was just on first take babbling about you can make a case for Caitlin Clark having a case for Civil Rights Violations against the WNBA. Based on what? ....because she hurt herself making a pass?

 

[Lurker123]

No question is ESPN is still solidly woke. It was just few weeks ago when a WNBA announcer had to apologize for using the words "America" and "great" in the same sentence.

Saw that too. Embarrassing.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Don't know what you are referring to, but that is because MAGA and what is called "Woke" are equally annoying. Causes networks to be paralyzed and feel that they have to apologize for everything. I would say cancel culture is what is driving ESPN and a lot of these networks as opposed to any political agenda. Stephen A was just on first take babbling about you can make a case for Caitlin Clark having a case for Civil Rights Violations against the WNBA. Based on what? ....because she hurt herself making a pass?

I must have missed all those apologies from networks to conservatives.

 

[Thunderstick]

I used to watch Around the Horn and PTI religiously....but that was back in the mid 2000's until about mid 2010's....nothing since

I still record and watch "PTI" everyday though I fast-forward through the hockey and skip almost all of the baseball discussions. I love the Tony & Wilbon human relationship (is there a "30 for 30" in there?).

I wish Antonio Giuseppe Paolo Reali would return to PTI now that "Around the Horn" has been cancelled.

 

[Thunderstick]

They actually still show that stuff. Have to pay for ESPN+ to get it though.

I thought I was paying not to get that stuff.

 

[adcoop]

I must have missed all those apologies from networks to conservatives.

You think the firing of Michael Smith was because liberals wanted it? Think the firing of Jemele Hill was because liberals wanted it? No. Cancel culture goes both ways and its not good either way. You see this with Sara Ponder and Sage Steele getting let go as well. People have to stop acting so persecuted and just live. For the most part, the libs or Maga are not out to get you. However, both sides do cause issues for Media personalities because they can't be honest. As soon as they are being honest, one of those groups is out to cancel them.

 

[Nm7710]

Causes networks to be paralyzed and feel that they have to apologize for everything. I would say cancel culture is what is driving ESPN and a lot of these networks as opposed to any political agenda. Stephen A was just on first take babbling about you can make a case for Caitlin Clark having a case for Civil Rights Violations against the WNBA. Based on what? ....because she hurt herself making a pass?

Everything in that statement, LOL

 

[TheRoo]

You think the firing of Michael Smith was because liberals wanted it? Think the firing of Jemele Hill was because liberals wanted it? No. Cancel culture goes both ways and its not good either way. You see this with Sara Ponder and Sage Steele getting let go as well. People have to stop acting so persecuted and just live. For the most part, the libs or Maga are not out to get you. However, both sides do cause issues for Media personalities because they can't be honest. As soon as they are being honest, one of those groups is out to cancel them.

Hill was fired when ESPN was still fully cloaked in woke. Her ratings were terrible. She was making millions to broadcast her raging racism to the world. It was sad because she wasn't always like that. Hill didn't seem to understand that all ethnic groups were slaves at some point and that primarily American Whites fought a bloody war to end slavery. If she was actually concerned about slavery, she should have taken her millions from ESPN and set up shop on Africa's Barbary Coast where it is alive and well today. But she wouldn't be able to make money off of that endeavor.

 

[Forkcock]

I watch our games on ESPN, as well as golf. I do not watch anything else. They're way too woke.

 

[Cybercock]

You think the firing of Michael Smith was because liberals wanted it? Think the firing of Jemele Hill was because liberals wanted it? No. Cancel culture goes both ways and its not good either way. You see this with Sara Ponder and Sage Steele getting let go as well. People have to stop acting so persecuted and just live. For the most part, the libs or Maga are not out to get you. However, both sides do cause issues for Media personalities because they can't be honest. As soon as they are being honest, one of those groups is out to cancel them.

Here's a thought. Its a sports network. Talk about sports and leave it at that.

 

[Spinal Tap]

I bailed on S-pun daily programming years ago. It was before "woke" so that wasn't the reason.

Still watch CFB, but I'm limiting myself to watching our games and a select few during the season this year.

This year I'll be searching through ESPN+ football for non-P4 games just to see if I can regain some sense of involvement I've lost over the last few years.