Posts tagged with 'ESPN'

    • Sports News, or Sports Drama?

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, OCTOBER 16 2007 09:42 AM | PERMALINK

      There has been a pathetic change in the sports media today, one that stands very counter to the traditional notion of sports reporting. Sports reporting used to be about scores and highlights, stats and outcomes, and other measurable aspects of sports. Nowadays, flipping on Sportscenter one is more likely to be inundated with a sappy, feel-good story or yet another obsessive piece on Terrel Owen's latest dramatics. Just like the sordid world news model the "regular" 24-hour news channels now follow,...

    • Carolla Crashes and Burns

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 20 2007 04:35 PM | PERMALINK

      Adam Carolla guest hosted “Jim Rome is Burning” on ESPN last week, and it was a sports debacle of massive proportions. I’m talking Bill Buckner / Leon Lett levels of failure. Instead of Jim Rome’s usual controlled, hate fueled diatribes with his trademark rapid delivery, viewers had to sit though Carolla’s halting “I’m-trying-to-read-this-off-a-card-yet-failing” awfulness.

      If you thought his delivery was bad, the topics for his rants were even worse. Carolla started off with a clichéd screed...