The world wide leader strikes again
Anyone who listens to the Dan Patrick show understands how ESPN dictates the lives of all under contract.
They deny all ESPN employees from the Dan Patrick radio program. And now they are banned from the Adam Carolla pod cast. Bill Simmons was on the other day and a topic of "jizz" came up and ESPN did not like it and banned from the pod cast.
September 4th, 2009 at 7:31 AM ^
We have reached the point (and it hasn't peaked yet, by any means) where ESPN is bigger than sports.
September 4th, 2009 at 7:54 AM ^
But none of the ESPN competitors have been able to gain a foothold. When broadcast news got too powerful, CNN pops up. When CNN got too powerful, Fox News popped up. I would say that almost in a classic business sense, ESPN is a monopoly.
September 4th, 2009 at 9:07 AM ^
but they sure think they are. I really can't stand ESPN. If they weren't the only real place to go and watch games/highlights I would never tune in to any of their channels.
September 4th, 2009 at 9:17 AM ^
FSN's "Final Edition" is pretty solid. They need to get their network in order and show it more often, I think it has good potential. Much less fluff and stupid crap, lots of highlights and scores.
September 4th, 2009 at 8:56 AM ^
The Adam Carolla podcast is brilliant, and he and Simmons actually make an excellent team. If you can, try and find an older podcast with them where they discuss "Fast and Furious" or any of their movie ideas. No sports information per se, but really I doubt many of you read Simmons for anything other than entertainment, if at all.
September 4th, 2009 at 10:38 AM ^
This is terrible news! The podcasts that Simmons did on Carolla's site were definitely some of the funniest podcasts on the internet. Of course, it's not really surprising considering it is ESPN and I think Simmons even made a joke that he would get fired because of the last podcast.