http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/basketball/story/_/id/8228344/2012-olympics-melo-leads-record-setting-team-usa-barrage

Quote :

"The truth is, though, that the Americans responsible for producing the most lopsided outcome in the hoop history of the Summer Games"

guess they didn't hear the announcers talk about this game:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/olympics/games/1948-08-04-KOR-IRQ

8/3/2012 10:45:03 AM

8/7/2012 12:18:25 AM

i don't get it - is it because you think that classic instant is somehow wrong?

[Edited on August 7, 2012 at 12:24 AM. Reason : .]

8/7/2012 12:23:59 AM

Jesus Christ

8/7/2012 12:28:08 AM

yeah i'm having a hard time seeing what's wrong with that too

8/7/2012 12:46:29 AM

ah..."sports is"

i underestimated the sneakiness

[Edited on August 7, 2012 at 12:47 AM. Reason : .]

8/7/2012 12:47:07 AM

i've seen sports used as a singular noun. it's not common, but it's also not necessarily incorrect.

i love how espn is trying to get on the SABR bandwagon (though not doing a very good job) and all the hosts and ex players on baseball tonight do is mock it

[Edited on August 7, 2012 at 1:03 AM. Reason : .]

8/7/2012 12:59:12 AM

I really wish ESPN would talk about Jets camp some, I mean who wouldn't want to hear more about a mediocre NFL team with one of the worst starting QBs and a backup who should be playing fullback?

8/7/2012 8:27:24 AM

Pam Ward was fired. ESPN is forgiven for everything in this thread.

8/7/2012 8:28:10 AM

was she actually fired? I know they removed her from CFB games but thought they were keeping her on for other stuff.

8/7/2012 9:17:17 AM

They're keeping her on to fluff the Monday Countdown Crew during commercial breaks

Come on, man

8/7/2012 9:20:42 AM

Quote :

"In a move first tweeted by si.com's Richard Deitsch, ESPN spokesman Mike Humes says Ward will remain as an announcer on ESPN events including the WNBA, softball and college basketball. Ward last year called mid-afternoon Saturday games on ESPNU."

she is still calling Bball games tho.

8/7/2012 9:24:39 AM

Fifty bucks we get stuck with her or her doppleganger, Beth Mowins, during the either the Big 10 Challenge or another early season OOC game

[Edited on August 7, 2012 at 9:29 AM. Reason : x]

8/7/2012 9:29:04 AM

jesus i'm watching sportscenter for the first time in a long time, and every single story ends with "hear the rest of this story later on sportscenter".

8/7/2012 7:07:07 PM

Espn ranking basketball programs


35 teams have won a Natl champ, 14 have more than 1, yet State is ranked 43.

They also give more pts for "reg season champ" than "conf tourney champ" even though there is no such thing in Conf's like ths ACC, and Reg season champ used to not even get you a NCAA appearance and still doesn't for most Conf's

8/21/2012 12:30:30 PM

Quote :

"Negatives: Lost 13 points due to sanctions and vacated wins; no ACC title of any kind since 1989; missed 10 consecutive NCAA tournaments from 1992 to 2001 (received minus-12 points in those seasons in this study)."

it's not like that wasn't the case

the 90's were beyond god-awful

8/21/2012 12:42:00 PM

Weber state is ahead if UF and State.....

[Edited on August 21, 2012 at 12:52 PM. Reason : a]

8/21/2012 12:51:56 PM

Quote :

"Clemens in for one start, then who knows?"

8/21/2012 4:52:26 PM

Quote :

"Weber state is ahead if UF and State....."

lol

8/21/2012 4:59:00 PM

Nice to see you guys covering Ohio State like they're a title contender even though they're on probation.

8/21/2012 9:36:33 PM

Skippy B. insinuated that Jeter is juicing

8/22/2012 9:25:34 PM

Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens

8/25/2012 10:12:18 PM

8/25/2012 10:17:07 PM

Quote :

"Pam Ward was fired. ESPN is forgiven for everything in this thread."

Relief washes over me in an awesome wave.

8/26/2012 12:14:34 AM

Quote :

"Skippy B. insinuated that Jeter is juicing"

nowhere near as bad as him insinuating that white Redskins fans were clamoring for Cousins over RG3

8/26/2012 2:26:37 AM

So this means I won't be getting rid of Directv in favor of strictly streaming, Apple TV, and an antenna...correct??

http://deadspin.com/5938857/espn-prepping-its-talent-for-a-twitter-*********-after-deciding-to-no-longer-air-must+watch-games-on-espn3

This means I won't be able to watch all big events they use to show streaming....fuckers.

[Edited on August 29, 2012 at 2:22 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2012 2:21:52 PM

Seems like ESPN kind of wants the d from Matt Barkley

8/30/2012 2:07:20 PM

Let me preface this by saying that I hate Skip Bayless and his stupid, stupid schtick, but....

Jeter probably is juicing or taking HGH, or some other similar substance that they can't currently test for.

Dude looks the same as he did when he was 20, he's suddently regained his old form after a couple of down years, and he has suddenly after a brief downturn at age 35 regained the form at the plate that he had at age 30, only now with fewer strikeouts.

You don't think that's a tad bit suspicious, especially with the Yankees history of steroid users in the clubhouse?

[Edited on August 30, 2012 at 2:15 PM. Reason : asdfs]

8/30/2012 2:14:30 PM

i heard they swapped Jeter's urine sample and paid Melky Cabrera to take the fall

8/30/2012 2:19:22 PM

You mean former Yankee Melky Cabrerra?

PED use is still rampant in baseball, thinking a guy who is still putting up the same numbers at age 38 that he did at age 28 might be using something is not some crackpot theory.

If MLB actually kept samples and used new testing on them as it became available you would see a massive increase in the number of positive tests. It's always a race between the drug producers/users and the testers. MLB has such a milquetoast testing policy that it's not surprising there are still relatively few positive tests and suspensions.

8/30/2012 2:26:20 PM

You don't need to run that fucking Heineken "love letter" commercial every five fucking minutes

9/3/2012 10:59:15 PM

I'm going to write what I want you to do to me in a letter

9/3/2012 11:00:27 PM

is that supposed to be a fake amy winehouse or something?

9/3/2012 11:04:00 PM

I thought it was a tranny at first, so maybe...

9/3/2012 11:07:32 PM

i dunno if Amy ever re-did Clairy Browne's song, though it is her style

I do know Heineken likes to blatantly steal shit and make their own videos, like they did with Jaan Pehechaan Ho

when they're not too busy sponsoring dog fights

9/3/2012 11:10:19 PM

You ever notice ESPN.com doesn't allow comments on Rick Reilly columns? What a cunt.

9/5/2012 10:21:54 AM

Also, Simmons articles

9/5/2012 12:08:04 PM

columns, not articles

and I'm fine with columns without a comments section as they tend to represent the absolute worst that the internet has to offer

9/5/2012 12:19:25 PM

There are facebook comments on Grantland, fool.

[Edited on September 5, 2012 at 12:21 PM. Reason : I never participate in comment sections, but it's hilarious that there are none on Reilly columns.]

[Edited on September 5, 2012 at 12:21 PM. Reason : Also hate that every Grantland-linked youtube video has 40 comments of "SIMMONS!!!!"]

9/5/2012 12:20:56 PM

http://deadspin.com/bristolmetrics/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Quote :

"TIME DEVOTED TO INDIVIDUAL SPORTS NFL: 117.5 minutes (35.7%) (last week: 36.5%) MLB: 77.5 (23.5%) (last week: 25.3%) SportsCenter staples (things like the "Top 10," "Encore," "What 2 Watch 4," etc.): 42.25 (12.9%) (last week: 11.9%) College football: 33 (10%) (last week: 5.8%) Other sports: 29.75 (9%) (last week: 7.9%) Little League World Series: 12.75 (3.9%) (last week: 4.7%) NASCAR: 10.5 (3.2%) (last week: 3.7%) Golf: 5.5 (1.7%) (last week: 2.6%) NBA: 0.5 (0.1%) (last week: 1.7%) NHL: 0 (0%) (last week: 0%) College basketball: 0 (0%) (last week: 0.3%) MOST-MENTIONED SPORTS FIGURES Rather than break down the amount of time a specific athlete or figure was covered, we counted how frequently names were mentioned in the transcripts from the week. The 15 most-mentioned sports people for Aug. 24-30: Adrian Gonzalez: 28 Roger Clemens: 24 Josh Beckett: 23 Mark Sanchez: 23 Peyton Manning: 23 Tom Brady: 22 Tim Tebow: 22 Russell Wilson: 21 Mike Wallace: 20 Cam Newton: 16 Ryan Tannehill: 16 Bryce Harper: 15 Stephen Strasburg: 14 Carl Crawford: 14 Robert Griffin III: 13"

Found this interesting (there's more stats in the link)...

9/5/2012 6:04:59 PM

I'm not sure how I would describe the relationship between the top 10 nfl plays of last year and the upcoming season, but I don't think I would use the word "entree".

9/5/2012 7:09:33 PM

I am sorry for anything bad I've ever said about you ESPN

http://youtu.be/USHZZ5bwASU

PLZ TO EMBED

9/6/2012 2:01:15 PM

Holy fuck that is perfect

9/6/2012 2:07:28 PM

that might be the best thing I've ever seen in my life

9/6/2012 2:10:37 PM

hahahaha.

9/6/2012 2:11:02 PM

i thought he was going to put on a darth vader mask, because he looks like the weird bald head

9/6/2012 2:18:02 PM

that would be lame as fuck and ruin the absolute perfection of the commercial

9/6/2012 2:20:03 PM

HEY MA

9/6/2012 2:29:36 PM

hahahahaha watching the kinda hot reporter on sportscenter interview Kevin Ogletree today

she goes "when the adrenaline wore off from last night's game what's your reaction to the sex you were able to have last night".

she meant to say success. After she says it she realizes it and just has this coy smile while she flashes her DSL's.

Hilarious

[Edited on September 6, 2012 at 2:51 PM. Reason : a]

9/6/2012 2:51:30 PM

set em up

9/6/2012 2:54:14 PM