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Category Archives: ESPN
LAT: ESPN’s Sergio Dipp posts a heartfelt video after his awkward debut as a ‘Monday Night Football’ sideline reporter
The announcers for last night’s Chargers-Broncos game were the worst I’ve experienced. I came home after a hard day. I just wanted to watch some football and relax but these guys were awful. It sounded like ESPN was using a … Continue reading
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ESPN: “Baseball — It’s a White Man’s Game by Design”
Steve Sailer writes: …the Moneyball revolution has led to the hiring for front office jobs of a lot more guys who look like Jonah Hill than guys who look like Howard Bryant. But Mr. Bryant’s anger at all the Jonah … Continue reading
ESPN Chokes On Poz
Comment: ESPN is so pozzed that it’s quickly becoming unwatchable for average cracker-men. Sometimes I’ll hit the gym at lunch time and pass by the TVs. Today as a random sample: ESPN: SportsCenter w/ Cari Champion (black, female) ESPN 2: … Continue reading
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VOX: The NFL is 67% black. Diversity hasn’t helped white players and coaches understand racism.
Left-wing Jew David Leonard writes: Proximity to African Americans doesn’t guarantee understanding, empathy, or even respectful deference — even in a space like the NFL, where white athletes are outnumbered by black ones. This conversation has been a reminder that … Continue reading
ESPN Supports Black Lives Matter
ESPN hates white America. Kaepernick's stunt is NOT about free speech. By supporting him, @espn is complicit in regurgitating BLM propaganda. https://t.co/uAtRZwwGPR — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) September 13, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter is trash. https://t.co/YjzexIZ62r — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) September … Continue reading
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I Wish I Knew Where ESPN Stood On The Colin Kaepernick Controversy
Steve Sailer writes: The irony of course is that nationalism is the only reason anybody cares about women’s soccer as a spectator sport. Every four years, Americans go nuts in a frenzy of feminist patriotic chauvinism over the American women’s … Continue reading
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WP: ‘ESPN president is guiding the sports behemoth through a shifting landscape’
Washington Post: “John Skipper has led ESPN since 2012 and his fingerprints are all over the network, one of the most successful media properties in the world. But as subscriptions fall, the business model upon which ESPN was built may … Continue reading
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ESPN: THE WORLDWIDE LEADER IN BULLS**T
Blog: Each year, ESPN holds something called the ESPYs. Apparently, the event is a sort Academy Awards for sports. The idea seems ridiculous. Part of what makes sports wonderful is that it’s not show business. According to Larry O’Connor at … Continue reading
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Mission Impossible: African-Americans & analytics
Shorter Michael Wilbon: Blacks aren’t good at math. Prefer feels. ESPN has dropped its middlebrow Grantland approach and gone instead with the black Undefeated site. From ESPN: The mission was to find black folks who spend anytime talking about advanced … Continue reading