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Merril Hoge: Get a Life and get off Vince Young’s Back
I recently wrote a blog that said that sports analysis has overtaken news analysis in terms of objectivity and professionalism. Not so for ESPN’s Merril Hoge. He continues his hatred of Tennessee...
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What do you think about Vince Young now, Merril Hoge and ESPN?
So Vince Young is now 7-1 this year as a starting QB for the Tennessee Titans. He replaced Kerry Collins, who was 0-6 as a starter. Vince Young’s career record as a starter is 25-12. Oh, by the way,...
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ESPN’s Coverage of the Australian Open
I have to give kudos to ESPN for its coverage of the Australian Open. Chris Fowler, Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert, Pam Shriver, Darren Cahill, and Cliff Drysdale all do an excellent job. Even Tom...
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ESPN’s NFL draft coverage: have more Kiper and less Gruden
I’m not sure why ESPN had Jon Gruden hog so much coverage last night in the NFL draft. We hear enough of Gruden monday nights — this was supposed to be Mel Kiper Jr.’s day. ESPN blew it. They...
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ESPN’s World Cup coverage has been great. Now they need to do the same for MLS.
ESPN’s coverage of the World Cup has been excellent. Chris Fowler, Mike Tirico, and Bob Ley have done a great job of hosting pre-match, halftime, and post-match shows. Color commentators Alexi Lalas,...
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Wilbon: Stop campaigning for LeBron to go to Chicago – nobody cares that...
Tomorrow night at 9 on ESPN Michael Wilbon will be part of LeBron James’ hour-long special on where James will play. It’s a conflict of interest because Wilbon has campaigned for LeBron to go to...
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Has Michael Wilbon jumped the shark?
Is Michael Wilbon going the way of Keith Olbermann? With his fame he has become progressively more arrogant on the air. Today on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, he told Tony Kornheiser, “How...
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ESPN’s NFL Blitz is a disgraceful excuse for a highlight show
Until a few years ago, NFL Primetime, an hour-long Sunday night highlight show of NFL action hosted by Chris Berman and Tom Jackson, was one of the greatest shows in TV history. Not sports history, TV...
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ESPN’s NFL Blitz: a very poor, subpar effort
Today’s NFL Blitz on ESPN – they showed one highlight – that’s right, one highlight – from the Redskins – Rams game. Pathetic. What used to be the greatest highlight show of all time has completely...
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ESPN’s feature of NBA players at Great Wall of China forgot Washington...
I had to mention that ESPN’s piece on NBA players visiting the Great Wall of China failed to mention that the Washington Bullets were the first team to do so back in 1979, which was very significant at...
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