Wtf Espn =X

[Purch]

ESPN.com will launch The Heat Index, a special section devoted specifically to daily, season-long coverage of the Miami Heat and their new superstar core of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, on Monday, October 11. The Heat Index will be housed under the ESPN.com NBA section and will include in-depth editorial coverage (columns and blogs), video, audio, automated modules, social media elements, photo galleries and other multimedia offerings.
Editorial contributors to The Heat Index:


Brian Windhorst – formerly with the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Windhorst is one of the leading authorities on LeBron James. Windhorst has written two books about James and has covered him since middle school. Windhorst has been the Cavs beat writer/blogger for seven years and has won awards from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and the Associated Press. Windhorst will be based in Miami as one of two regular beat writers assigned to the team.
Michael Wallace – Wallace has been the Miami Herald’s Heat beat writer for the previous three seasons and is an experienced sports and news reporter. Wallace, an award-winning writer, will team with Windhorst as regular Heat beat writers covering the team daily throughout the season.
Kevin Arnovitz – in addition to his role as managing editor and contributor to ESPN.com’s TrueHoop Network, Arnovitz will provide digital media content and edit portions of The Heat Index.
Sebastian Martinez-Christensen – Martinez-Christensen will be a regular contributor to The Heat Index. He formerly served as a multi-lingual columnist and contributor for ESPNDeportes.com, a reporter for ESPN Deportes (radio and television) and ESPN Deportes La Revista magazine.

Among the features of the Heat Index:


breaking news surrounding the Miami Heat;
coverage of every Heat game and team practice;
constantly updated aggregation of all ESPN stories regarding the Heat;
Chase for 72 – an automated, daily forecast of how many games the Heat will win including ESPN.com’s John Hollinger projecting the odds of the Heat matching the Chicago Bulls’ record of 72 wins;
Tracking the Big 3 – an automated tracking of how James, Wade and Bosh stack up against the best trios in NBA history;
Heat Tweets – a module that collects tweets from Heat players and fans;
complete video, podcast and story contributions from ESPN reporters Marc Stein, Chris Broussard, Chad Ford, Chris Sheridan, John Hollinger and Ric Bucher;
Heat content from ESPN TV analysts;
Hollinger Stats – automated applications featuring Hollinger’s analytics on the Heat team and players;
Hollinger’s All-Time Power Rankings – a ranking pinning the Heat against the NBA’s all-time great teams;
Triple-Double Tracker – a module tracking James’ progress towards averaging a triple-double for an entire season;
Hoop Schemes – basketball analysis and video breakdowns by TrueHoop’s Arnovitz;
video analysis by Scout Inc.’s David Thorpe;
live chats during each Heat game involving Heat Index contributions;
a Heat Index Facebook page;
photo galleries of Heat players and celebrity fans;
The Scene – Jemele Hill covering the culture, scene and lifestyle angles tied to South Beach as it relates to the Heat and the buzz surrounding the team;
contributions from athletes, including former Heat players, and celebrities who live in South Florida and are regulars at Heat games.





http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/10/espn-com-to-launch-%E2%80%9Cthe-heat-index%E2%80%9D-oct-11/

[TheMACHINE]

lol "the chase for 72"

[DJ Mbenga]

http://tiny.cc/jjrk5

[Ashy Larry]

Chuck Barkley said it best ..... unprecedented ass kissing. First, the LeBron tracker, now the Heat tracker????

[fevertrees]

Truly ridiculous lol

[Ace]

Lol

:elephant

[namlook]

Are we sure the Onion isn't behind this and this tracker nonsense is not just an elaborate prank? Or maybe ESPN's website got hacked? This is so over the top it can't all be real.

[Ashy Larry]

Are we sure the Onion isn't behind this and this tracker nonsense is not just an elaborate prank?


yeah right ..... put it like this: the day he does win a title, you better not watch your television

[xellos88330]

I thought there was a website for that already.

http://www.nba.com/heat/

[lefty]

OMFG

This is ridiculously retarded

[Giuseppe]

OMFG

This is ridiculously retarded

Though at the time LeBron had his evening you & your Spurs minions were pretty hot for it, Lefty.

And you know it too, daddy-O.

[Ashy Larry]

I thought there was a website for that already.

http://www.nba.com/heat/


or http://espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=mia

I thought that was the ESPN website for the Heat

[BlackSwordsMan]

Papa stern no longer has lakers back.
tee, hee

[jb4g]

lol @ Brian Windhorst jumping ship, im sure that ESPN paycheck is fat.

[lefty]

San Antonio Heat !

[Giuseppe]

San Antonio Heat !

Must be nice to be able to actually say it. The Princess forbade me. She's probably sittin' there right now, watchin' soap operas with one eye & waitin' on me to follow Lefty's lead with the other eye.

Break my rice bowl, will ya!

[Ashy Larry]

does this truly show an east coast bias or just a bias towards LeBron?? I mean the Lakers have won back-to-back titles and the Spurs won 3 of five and never got anything remotely close to this.

[Brazil]

Taj Gibson fantasy value on the raise..

[FkLA]

does this truly show an east coast bias or just a bias towards LeBron?? I mean the Lakers have won back-to-back titles and the Spurs won 3 of five and never got anything remotely close to this.

What are you talking about, the Lakers were the equivalent of this to ESPN before Lebron came along. The decision and this heat index is incredibly stupid on ESPN's part no doubt, but Im still getting a kick out of Laker fans getting worked up over this. Looks like Stern and ESPN have dropped the Lakers and moved on to bigger and better things :depressed

[Giuseppe]

....the Celtics tried that same ploy.

We left 'em where we found 'em.

[Ashy Larry]

What are you talking about, the Lakers were the equivalent of this to ESPN before Lebron came along. The decision and this heat index is incredibly stupid on ESPN's part no doubt, but Im still getting a kick out of Laker fans getting worked up over this. Looks like Stern and ESPN have dropped the Lakers and moved on to bigger and better things :depressed

And why was that? Damn sure wasn't because of that three-peat. Kobe's rape accusation had much to do with that coverage. A rape accusation between a black man and a white woman. You know race is a big deal in the media.

[FkLA]

And why was that? Damn sure wasn't because of that three-peat. Kobe's rape accusation had much to do with that coverage. A rape accusation between a black man and a white woman. You know race is a big deal in the media.

come on now...

espn had the lakers balls so deep down their throat it was sickening, their studios are right across staples for fucks sake. this is like the popular chick in high school being replaced and crying about how much attention the other chick is getting...priceless.

[Ashy Larry]

come on now...

espn had the lakers balls so deep down their throat it was sickening, their studios are right across staples for fucks sake. this is like the popular chick in high school being replaced and crying about how much attention the other chick is getting...priceless.

they just built that studio two years ago. They broadcast from Bristol, CT and trust me, the studio really isn't that impressive.

[Koolaid_Man]

Papa stern no longer has lakers back.
tee, hee


this is not about Stern this is about White Males lashing out at Kobe for fucking that white chic in the ass...ohh well...in about another 3 hrs or so Melissa will be over and Koolaid's tongue ( in this instance) will be giving her asshole the business...Strawberries and White girl Asshole nothing quite like it in the world today...:hat

[Gutter92]

You know race is a big deal in the media.

So LeBron was right ;)

[Ace]

this is not about Stern this is about White Males lashing out at Kobe for fucking that white chic in the ass...ohh well...in about another 3 hrs or so Melissa will be over and Koolaid's tongue ( in this instance) will be giving her asshole the business...Strawberries and White girl Asshole nothing quite like it in the world today...:hat
But deep down you wish you were her so you would get the buttsex you desire oh so much from Kobe.

[Koolaid_Man]

Papa stern no longer has lakers back.
tee, hee


and one minor detail...Lakers still run the league...we can't control BSPN but we control Stern...

Fact Check:



Derek Fisher is THE President of players association so Stern knows he better not fuck up...



Theo Ratliff is the Vice President of the players association...so Stern is doubly fucked by LA



Kobe is Stern's most valuable weapon domestic and international



Phil is the NBA's most revered and influential coach; when Phil speaks refs listen



Ron Ron has Phil's league by the balls with his hair trigger temper. Phil knows that if he pushes too hard Ron will tear this muthaFucker down



If we don't get calls Sasha and Luke can bring pressure to the NBA powers that be by organizing gay pride marches...bad press for the league



The Gasol effect - Pau can affect global European NBA markets in a negative way if Stern's goons doesn't make the right calls



Bynum can rally the handicap and special Olympics crowd



Finally Odom (aka the Candy man) can affect the youth turnout should Stern not blow the whistle.

So you see the Lakers are still in the drivers seat where they shall remain for another 2.5-3 yrs before we detect even the slightest chink in the old Armour...:toast

[Venti Quattro]

Did race play a part in the Heat Index?