ESPN (A bunch of Death-Spiraling maroons)

[AKAK]

On the first day it broke - after the Miami story had been broken for almost half a day - ESPN had some headline article about Tressel making a visit to the Browns camp. LLLLLLoyd was there as well. But the headline was "Tressel shows up at Brown's Camp" or something, and the only point of the article was to have the first sentence of the article label him as "disgraced Former Ohio State Head Coach...blah blah" and to quickly rehash the tat-5 deal.

It truly has been eye opening the last few weeks once it became apparent tOSU troubles were not going to spin into the kind of morass the Miami folks actually have. Granted, the story about TP and his agent claiming things is something legitimately "new", but to have Miami exploding and to see two stories about tOSU - and one not involving a current coach - while the Miami story is ignored is something that should be the subject of someone's Doctoral Thesis on journalistic/ethics. I'm pretty sure that ESPN has been getting some interesting mail and e-mail from your zips codes - but that is part of covering college sports.

Huh huh...

You said Morass

huh huh.

 

[Bucknut24]

 

[Zurp]

Ooops - I posted stupid.
(SMRT)
I moved it to the Miami thread.

 

[BlufftonBuckeye]

Frankly, if I was a Miami fan, I wouldn't even care if they got the death penalty.

/sarcasm

 

[brodybuck21]

ESPN And Traditional Media Have Apparently Swallowed Their Whistles

Written by Ben Koo | 18 August 2011

The Bombshell Yahoo article covering Miami didn't even make ESPN's Top Stories....
If you're a college football fan or even just a fan of good journalism, Charles Robinson's bombshell of an article chronicling nearly a decade of rampant rules violations was potentially one of the best reads and most gripping investigative pieces in quite some time. It's a thing of beauty, and very refreshing considering a lot of the fluff that passes for news these days.
It's not just the story itself, but the depth of the reporting which apparently spanned almost a full year. This isn't Yahoo's first splash on the investigative front as they've delivered on accurately reporting and breaking stories surrounding UCONN, USC, Oregon, and to a lesser degree Ohio State whose own internal investigation seemed to find it's way to Yahoo ahead of major developments.
Yahoo is so proud of their investigative track record, they have a great landing page showcasing their past investigations as well as a more thorough breakdown of the brewing Miami scandal. If you click on that link, you'll find UNIQUE links to 65 current and former Hurricanes and the evidence tied to each one's alleged role in the scandal. There are also links with findings and evidence tying in 7 players who signed to play football elsewhere as well as findings for 10 Miami coaches, managers, and various personnel. You have to wonder what may have been on the table for the 7 players who chose not to go to Miami given they were already tapped....

http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-art...have-apparently-swallowed-their-whistles.html

 

[scarletngray]

BSPiN continues to be exposed for the classless, tasteless, unethical, tabloid journalistic organization that it is. They are a shameless organization with no moral fiber whatsoever. And frankly, they know it and don't even care.

:osu:

 

[Deety]

Is ESPN's relative silence on the Miami situation a sign of their complicity in the alleged nefarious activities? Should the entire staff and their spouses (who allegedly may or may not work for other companies) be forced to resign? Stay tuned as examine the innuendo and consider the implications.

 

[gracelhink]

ESPN And Traditional Media Have Apparently Swallowed Their Whistles

Written by Ben Koo | 18 August 2011





The Bombshell Yahoo article covering Miami didn't even make ESPN's Top Stories....
If you're a college football fan or even just a fan of good journalism, Charles Robinson's bombshell of an article chronicling nearly a decade of rampant rules violations was potentially one of the best reads and most gripping investigative pieces in quite some time. It's a thing of beauty, and very refreshing considering a lot of the fluff that passes for news these days.....

http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-art...have-apparently-swallowed-their-whistles.html

My favorite lines from this article --

Both SI and ESPN pushed all in drilling into Ohio State hoping to strike oil. What did that investigative reporting turn up? The NCAA didn't find much as SI and ESPN for the most part relied on a couple unnamed sources who were unable to connect the story back to the program outside of the one email that the university, not the media had turned up.
SI and ESPN continue to pound away at Ohio State even after an athletic program equivalent to a colonoscopy. Meanwhile Yahoo and independent bloggers are hitting pay-dirt. Yahoo also nailed Oregon, something ESPN continues to largely ignore.

 

[ysubuck]

Does espin even employ journalists anymore? I mean, aren't they all just Ron Burgundy? Just read what's on the prompter or stir things up. Say something sensational.

What news have they ever really broken? The Golden Boy gave it a shot when Lloyd Carr left Michigan and named Les Miles as the shoe in and that blew up in their faces. I can't remember espin ever really breaking any story. They have resources and they just piggy back on what real journalists do. They'll report on what Yahoo or other actual news men give them.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Does espin even employ journalists anymore? I mean, aren't they all just Ron Burgundy? Just read what's on the prompter or stir things up. Say something sensational.

What news have they ever really broken? The Golden Boy gave it a shot when Lloyd Carr left Michigan and named Les Miles as the shoe in and that blew up in their faces. I can't remember espin ever really breaking any story. They have resources and they just piggy back on what real journalists do. They'll report on what Yahoo or other actual news men give them.

Or not, depending on whether the news fits the narrative that they want to feed their viewers.

 

[BuckWrestler141]

Dana White
@nickmontiel4ufc ESPN always hated us and now they hate us more now that we are on FOX. They canceled my int next week for UFC Rio F**k ESPN

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This a tweet from the president of the UFC. I just found it entertaining because it seems awfully similar to the way ESPN has treated Big 10 schools ever since they signed to the Big Ten Network.

Maybe it'd be a good time for the Big Ten and Pac 12 to step up and piggy back this concept all together.

 

[Steve19]

Does espin even employ journalists anymore? I mean, aren't they all just Ron Burgundy? Just read what's on the prompter or stir things up. Say something sensational.

What news have they ever really broken? The Golden Boy gave it a shot when Lloyd Carr left Michigan and named Les Miles as the shoe in and that blew up in their faces. I can't remember espin ever really breaking any story. They have resources and they just piggy back on what real journalists do. They'll report on what Yahoo or other actual news men give them.

Bronzer. You can't take that away from them.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Dana White
@nickmontiel4ufc ESPN always hated us and now they hate us more now that we are on FOX. They canceled my int next week for UFC Rio F**k ESPN

It always seemed like ESPiN hated covering UFC/MMA. They would gush over boxing but hated the newcomer. Good for UFC and I second this: Fuck ESPiN

 

[NFBuck]

ESPN And Traditional Media Have Apparently Swallowed Their Whistles

Written by Ben Koo | 18 August 2011

The Bombshell Yahoo article covering Miami didn't even make ESPN's Top Stories....
If you're a college football fan or even just a fan of good journalism, Charles Robinson's bombshell of an article chronicling nearly a decade of rampant rules violations was potentially one of the best reads and most gripping investigative pieces in quite some time. It's a thing of beauty, and very refreshing considering a lot of the fluff that passes for news these days.
http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-art...have-apparently-swallowed-their-whistles.html

Fantastic article. Great to see so many of the little guys calling out the "big boys" on their hypocrisy and general laziness.

 

[Tlangs]

so there is absolutely nothing on tv....I just made the mistake of watching the Sports Reporters.


They are talking about how college football is broke. John Saunders went down a list of teams with issues and how USC had to give back it's national title and how OSU lost a national title winning coach in Jim Tressel and how they may have to give back their national title.


Yes, a talking head on ESPN said OSU may have to give back it's national title. Does John even know what is going on? This is the first time I have watched a show on ESPN in a few weeks and this is what I hear.