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I Miss Old School ESPN Programming

Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:30 pm
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
21958 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:30 pm
Member when late night ESPN was full of Sumo Wrestling, Arm Wrestling, CLiff Diving, Judo, Karate, Chess, whatever. It was always some off the wall sporting event (SAILING!).

Now, it's just reruns of Sportcenter.
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15761 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:31 pm to
quote:

Member when late night ESPN was full of Sumo Wrestling, Arm Wrestling, CLiff Diving, Judo, Karate, Chess, whatever. It was always some off the wall sporting event (SAILING!).


No, I don't remember. I was born in the late 80s
Posted by Kankles
Member since Dec 2012
5913 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:32 pm to
I could go for a few episodes of stump the schwab right now
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15082 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:33 pm to
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
21958 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:34 pm to
Lumberjack games and World's Strongest Man were the shite.
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40409 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:34 pm to
Do they still have World's strongest man?
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
44077 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:34 pm to
Australian rules football
Hockey
Drag racing
Funny car/Sprint Car racing
Might of been some roller derby too iirc

Good stuff
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
21958 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:37 pm to
quote:

Do they still have World's strongest man?


I haven't seen it in awhile.

Magnus Ver Magnusson!
Posted by Ancient Astronaut
Member since May 2015
32967 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:37 pm to
Australian rules football
Posted by ChunkyLover54
Member since Apr 2015
6528 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:45 pm to
I miss American Gladiators
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132225 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:55 pm to
quote:

I miss American Gladiators
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
21958 posts
Posted on 11/17/16 at 11:59 pm to


Posted by Othello
the Neptonian Steel Mines
Member since Aug 2013
22925 posts
Posted on 11/18/16 at 12:32 am to
quote:

Lumberjack games and World's Strongest Man were the shite


That was some great 3AM television viewing.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25508 posts
Posted on 11/18/16 at 12:34 am to
Hell, I will even take Cheap Seats from the Sklar brothers at this point.
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
21958 posts
Posted on 11/18/16 at 12:39 am to
Just give me a six pack, a bag of cool ranch doritos and the World's Strongest Man 2am marathon.

For the life of me, I don't think I ever actually saw the trophy presented. That show was always out of order or cutoff at 5am right before the final events.
Posted by Winston Cup
Dallas Cowboys Fan
Member since May 2016
65489 posts
Posted on 11/18/16 at 12:41 am to
Puzianowski the goat
Posted by EastBankTiger
A little west of Hoover Dam
Member since Dec 2003
21316 posts
Posted on 11/18/16 at 1:36 am to
Fox sports 1 will often show Aussie Rules Football and Aussie rugby on late night weekends. Great buzzed viewing.
This post was edited on 11/18/16 at 1:40 am
Posted by jamalsdeck
Member since Jul 2016
2818 posts
Posted on 11/18/16 at 1:40 am to
I don't remember that
Posted by CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
Member since Dec 2014
17228 posts
Posted on 11/18/16 at 1:44 am to
Yeah, I don't know why re runs of Sportcenter has to be shown over and over. I remember when they used to air beach volleyball, indoor soccer, K1 fighting. Really sad how ESPN has deteriorated.
Posted by GeauxTGRZ
PTal
Member since Oct 2005
4768 posts
Posted on 11/18/16 at 3:31 am to
10 years ago or so, me and my friend used to split a case of Miller at the trailer while we watched Tyson knockouts on the deuce late on Friday nights. Hell, might have been Classic. They would only last 20 or 30 secs. We would say 'shite, he's younger than us.' He was laying ppl out at 19!
Good times
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