Damn, Kenny Mayne is gone from ESPN.....

Covered horse racing?  Maybe he gave Medina Spirit the shot.

ESPN is more interested in paying idiots like Stephen A. Smith to shout and generally act like a moron.

Back in the day, I was a fan of Kenny.  Pretty funny guy.  Then I tired of his schtick. Then I tired of ESPN altogether.  

Unless it’s a live sporting event, I don’t watch the channel.  And even the live events are sometimes tough to watch. Way too much unwarranted “glitz”.

And I saw news today that Chris Berman was extended.

Boy, did ESPN screw that one up. Berman is unwatchable. Kenny was one of the few guys that I could stomach the few times I turned on ESPN. It’s a shadow of its former self. To think where it was when I was in college, and how far it’s fallen.

I cannot stand Stephen A Smith. I have the ESPN app on my phone for the scoreboard, and there’s always some new video with his big open mouth on the front page. He’s a giant carbuncle. He shits all over Wisconsin pro sports teams every chance he gets, that is when he’s not busy fellating Tom Brady or LeBron James.  

Never liked Kenny... but I do like Stephen A.

Best ever for me was Stuart Scott.

@lambeausouth posted:

And I saw news today that Chris Berman was extended.

Boy, did ESPN screw that one up. Berman is unwatchable. Kenny was one of the few guys that I could stomach the few times I turned on ESPN. It’s a shadow of its former self. To think where it was when I was in college, and how far it’s fallen.

I cannot stand Stephen A Smith. I have the ESPN app on my phone for the scoreboard, and there’s always some new video with his big open mouth on the front page. He’s a giant carbuncle. He shits all over Wisconsin pro sports teams every chance he gets, that is when he’s not busy fellating Tom Brady or LeBron James.  

I always have gotten the impression that Screamin' A wants to be the modern day Howard Cossell.   And what they extended Berman? I liked him back in the day when he did highlights with Tom Jackson but anymore he is just unwatchable.  His schtick was funny back in 1995 but not so much anymore.

I am with many of you on ESPN I just don't turn it on anymore besides a college football game and if a MLB game interests me (which is rare on ESPN).  I will say though I still really like college gameday for football.  They do a great job with that show.

For me there are a few reasons that I just don't turn on ESPN anymore.  Nothing against the NBA but I think ESPN kind of went south when they went all NBA all the time.   I get that they spent a boatload of money on it but it is all they talk about constantly.

Chris Berman is more of an emeritus type guy there now. He got annoying, but he's been there 42 years. I'm glad they keep him around as long as he's not a featured guy.

Dan Patrick and Keith Olberman were my favorites as SportsCenter anchors. They had the right mix of knowledge and the ability to not take sports as life or death.

I always have liked Bob Ley and his "Outside the Lines" features, and the 30 for 30 series were some of the best documentaries on any subject I've ever seen. The "Once Brothers" one about Petrovic, Divac, and Kukoc was really good and the one on Lenny Bias was informative. I loved the NFL matchup show with Jaworski that was on years ago.

I guess that's the problem with entertainment today in general. The soundbite culture favors people like Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless, Max Kellerman, Michael Irvin, etc. making stupid predictions or comments to generate outrage and clicks instead of presenting content that's informative or helps you understand the game better.

I like Stephen A because he constantly rips on the Cowboys and has pretty good NBA insight.  He’s also a Rodgers fan.

Not good ol' Kenny Wayne Shepherd? Everything is Broken!

I'm confused. Why aren't people here telling Kenny Mayne he should take a big pay cut to keep ESPN as strong as possible and completely ignore any bad decisions management has made regarding developing and retaining talent?