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There goes the only prominent Spurs supporter on ESPN. Now we'll never get any Spurs coverage.
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There goes the only prominent Spurs supporter on ESPN. Now we'll never get any Spurs coverage.
Huge blow to ESPN. Doubt the spurs ever get talked about on ESPN ever again as well.
Oh there's a thread already. My bad.
One of the greatest TV personalities in history.
Crazy, and i heard Mike Tirico is leaving as well to join NBC
ESPN should stick to broadcasting sports. Their commentary is shit, their commentators are shit, and if I wanted to have political shit pushed at me I'd turn on C-Span.
Bayless was one of their few bright spots. I don't know if I can avoid them more than I already do, but I'll sure try.
Spurfans and their persecution complex. Skip was never a Spurs fan. He was an ESPN character.
I love watching his brother's show. It's been a part of my Saturday morning PBS routine for last 5 years.
http://fallytv.com/showinfo/80477/80477-1.jpg
Skip was stupid., but entertaining
Who is gonna watch First Take now? :lol
ESPN = F:lolkced
As well as my nigga Ming Tsai, Big Tit Lidia Bastianich, dat nigga Jacque Pepín and some Cook's cuntreh for lulz
I love Saturday mornings.
I cannot comprehend how human citizens sat and listened to this guy and Stephen A for an hour a day.
It's like attending a session with d people of the sanatorium from the movie Cuckos nest. Basically its like digesting diarreah on a daily basis.
Is he coming to Spurstalk?
I'm already hereQuote:
Originally Posted by cd98
Eh he's probably just having his publicists put this out there as leverage for a better contract.
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Originally Posted by TheDoctor
I knew it!!! :lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by Amuseddaysleeper
Damn. I always assumed he would keep doing this until he was super old. I don't love him, but it was kinda cool to see a "talking head" on ESPN actually support the Spurs for a change...
Will they keep doing First Take? Who will replace him?
We still have Beadle
its always so embarrassing when i see him defend us
glad i dont have to hear that anymore
Exactly, plus he annually waffles on the team and his "support" of them.
He only "roots" for the Spurs to be a contrarian, not because of any true admiration or love of them.
It'll be interesting to see what talking head replaces him on First Take, though.
Not surprised, your posts are as shitty as first take.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amuseddaysleeper
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by hater
Anytime I hearing those two talk is headache inducing. Some of the dumbest takes I can ever hear is from those two.
Now if they could just rid themselves of Stephen A. Smith
Meh, DVR and watch the topics that intereet you. Takes like 15 mins usuallyQuote:
Originally Posted by hater
This is all about Skip moving on and taking more $$ to Fox Sports..
Skip don't need ESPN just like Cohwherd and Simmons
Skip being a Spurs fan wasn't that big a deal to me. First Take will suck now, though.
I only ever switched to the channel to look at Kari Champion or Molly Qerim.Quote:
Originally Posted by SquawkinHawkBigCock
This. I personally hope we never have to hear from Skip again. He took sports journalism to new lows. Hate him as much as Barkley does.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDoctor
I don't care about the sincerity of his Spurs fandom. I just want Spurs coverage on a national level since I don't live in the San Antonio market.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillMc
More of a true Spurs fan (and better to look at) than Beadle.Quote:
Originally Posted by $pursDynasty
who is gonna replace him? one of the plethora of stupid fucking rappers/shitty music artists they always have on?
DJ Khaled, for his insightful takes.Quote:
Originally Posted by noles1983
Oh no. Now we'll have more coverage of Amin Elhassan on ESPN. He's been on all the shows, Sportsnation, The Jump. He'll probably get guest spots on First Take. More spurs haters will shine.
:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by lefty20
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ESPN was prepared to pay him $4M annually? My God, this guy makes more money than several NBA players. :wow
Probably a bad move. His popularity is really tied to First Take. Hopefully they don't keep it going with SAS, but they probably will..
thank god I won't have to hear ''my spurs'' anymore.
I've never seen this before. Marc Cuban skullfucking Skip wow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAkVnlA9CJo&feature=youtu.be&t=101
"They don't love you no mo..." :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by lefty20
The ESPN bloodletting has started just proves reporters are greedy as well
Fuck skip fake fan faggot
Did anyone claim otherwise? I don't remember seeing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gervin44Silas13
Heard it from tha streets! UDONISQuote:
Originally Posted by lefty20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ekdXHy6mg8
Michelle Beaddle is also a SPURS fan
Can't wait for Skip's comments. Instead of celebrating after game 1, he voiced concern about Patty's shooting, feared it might come back to haunt the Spurs. Man was he right.
His new show started today
https://overcast.fm/itunes1150088852...non-undisputed
Cuban came off as an uppity asshole, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDoctor
Fuck Cuban TBH......Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
CEO's and politicians and etc don't tend to be very likable.Quote:
Originally Posted by hemann82
Cuban is full of shit too.......right? He says things with the same conviction as if he actually knew what he was talking about....right? All that being said, he did put Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith in their respective places.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
Troy Aikman's comments about Skip Bayless were dead-on. For those that didn't hear it, Troy said the following:
"To say I'm disappointed in the hiring of Skip Bayless would be an enormous understatement. Clearly, [Fox Sports president of national networks] Jamie Horowitz and I have a difference of opinion when it comes to building a successful organization. I believe success is achieved by acquiring and developing talented, respected and credible individuals, none of which applies to Skip Bayless."
What Troy doesn't understand is that Skip Bayless (probably by dumb-luck) stumbled in to a tried and trusted formula for getting TV viewers. You dumb down the content of your show, add a little staged-controversy and polarize viewers by saying outrageous things. You thus gain a legion of fans & haters. Either way, people tune in to support you or hate. I imagine in Skip's case its mostly hate. -- Have you ever seen his Twitter account? It's hilarious. I'll give him this, he's smart enough not to feed the trolls. He would be eviscerated.
The mother fucker is so annoying its comical. He clutches his cheap-ass pen with a death grip and taps it on the table to emphasize his ridiculous takes. Blind people & podcast listeners who tune-in are no doubt aggravated to no end.
Viewers now have another annoying person to tune in and hate on: Mr. Shannon Sharpe. Although he brings some common sense to the show, the man wasn't blessed with the greatest tools for the job. He has a tongue that is way too big for his mouth and it sometimes causes him to have a lisp. It results in him pronouncing the one syllable name "Skip" as a 3 syllable name - TH-KEE-UP, which he tends to say over and over and over.
How do you hate on Bayless when he glows on the Spurs endlessly and continually going on 7 years on national TV.
The only explanation is if you believe his backing of the Spurs is to cause ire among the viewers who absolutely hate hearing about this team.
But that has two fallacies - 1) Bayless has spoken about his interest in the club since the Gervin years. He can't be working us that deeply. This isn't pro-wrestling.
And 2) most general basketball fans actually like the Spurs, especially since the Heat matchups.
I haven't seen his new show but I believe we will see where his Spurs fandom is if the trend continues on this new channel.
Maybe a little. But he came down on infotainers while pretending he was some utter genius when that's just a load of sh**.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmtcsc
I was being a little sarcastic by using Cuban's "...right" after every declarative statement he said. Nah, dude's completely full of shit and hypocritical. However, it was priceless seeing someone call out the Infotainers for their "gut feelings" and bullshit spewing when it comes to "clutch gene", "heart of hearts" talk and stuff Pop likes to call Psycho- babble.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurtacular
His love of the Spurs is the only redeeming quality he has. But make no mistake, he likes to hedge his bets and give himself outs to his original predictions.Quote:
Originally Posted by spurs1990