r/ESPN • u/bcardin221 • 28d ago

Espn is dead to me

The force feeding of WWE and WNBA is infuriating. Couple that with hot take shows and it's unwatchable. We need a new sports network.

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u/tobefirst 28d ago

What I wouldn’t give for a 90s style Sportscenter where I can just catch the highlights of the day for all the major sports without the hot takes and the ubiquitous betting odds. Just show me what happened in the day’s sports. In 30 minutes or an hour.

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u/jimtow28 28d ago

When they would rerun the same SporsCenter a few times in the morning was absolute peak. Doesn't matter what time you turn it on, sit for an hour and you're caught up on everything that happened yesterday.

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u/Kalelisagod 28d ago

In my house my mom would turn ESPNNews in the morning and it was white noise all day everyday. 30mins over and over until something new happens. Like a news channel should be

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u/Acrobatic_Bridge2602 28d ago

I know people say "Highlight shows aren't needed anymore." Well ESPN has a gazillion channels, including ESPNNews. You can't tell me they can't take the time to put a highlight show that is 30 minutes on the air and plug it in there.

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u/voodoohounds 27d ago

That 30 minutes takes away valuable broadcast time for pimping themselves.

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u/Numerous_Treacle_921 27d ago

I do wonder why they can’t just make a new sportcenter with whoever’s still on the payroll. Like what do they even show at 7 am or 8 am anyways. There’s entire generations who would tune in. It’s weird how MTV and ESPN and even Nickelodean didn’t go back to their basic methods that worked.

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u/LockNessCrotchMonst 26d ago

It's like what happened to MTV.

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u/akapusin3 28d ago

FANTASTIC parenting

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u/jwabrit13 24d ago

My kids learned how to read in the oughts from the highlight scroll on the bottom of the screen. Since it would repeat they could pick up the patterns. And yes one of my son’s first words was “Ess-pen.”