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When did ESPNews die a slow painful death?

Posted on 8/31/16 at 6:28 am
Posted by Les Miles Lunchbox
Member since Jul 2016
90 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 6:28 am
I miss the old format from 2003-2004. It was great just a half hour of no BS. Just highlights from the world of sports. It felt like a true alternative to the bs antics.

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Heck, when ESPNEWS was launched in 1996, it was specifically for sports highlights


I hate that sports highlights have died. I don't care for the boring personalities.

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This post was edited on 8/31/16 at 6:42 am
Posted by UltimateHog
Oregon
Member since Dec 2011
65757 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 6:30 am to
Awhile ago, they went full ESPN to it.
This post was edited on 8/31/16 at 6:32 am
Posted by saintsfan92612
Taiwan
Member since Oct 2008
28830 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 6:35 am to
yep. i loved when it was just 30 minutes of highlights and stats but it has been shite for at least 5 years now
Posted by PairofDucks
Member since Jul 2016
4992 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 6:40 am to
When ESPN started thinking it was doing something bigger than reporting sports scores and highlights.
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88654 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 6:42 am to
It's basically an over run channel, if a game is running late and Sportscenter is preempted, they'll just put it on there
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88654 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 6:46 am to
Bro, why are you continuing to change the title? This is the 3rd time.
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
12712 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 8:23 am to
In fairness to ESPN, sports highlights on tv aren't really necessary since everything is easily accessible online
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75121 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 8:31 am to
Good point. You'll be hard pressed to find any highlights in 7-10 years.

Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88654 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 8:33 am to
Did you read your own article link? Here's the answer
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Why does anyone need a sports highlight show when they can just open their Twitter page and see Vines of all the big plays of the night right on their timeline? Why do we need to wait for SportsCenter to recap the Warriors-Heat game when they can go online to a number of different venues that will stream it for them instantly? With ALL the highlights at our fingertips, the digital universe is our highlight show. And we just don’t control the remote, we control the rundown, the length of the highlight, what we want to watch and when. Why complain SportsCenter isn’t showing enough NHL highlights when you can just subscribe to the NHL YouTube page?
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15761 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 8:53 am to
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Why complain SportsCenter isn’t showing enough NHL highlights when you can just subscribe to the NHL YouTube page?



bc now i have to subscribe to a 1000 different youtube channels, download a bunch of sports news apps, remember to check my vine updates, just to watch some highlights. frick visiting 1 channel for what i want.
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
22387 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 8:57 am to
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frick visiting 1 channel for what i want.



But the cost of visiting that one channel is that you have to sit for an hour and watch a bunch of highlights that you arent after in order to see the 30 sec clip you are interested in.

The current internet age actually requires you to be a mindful participant in your consumption. Anyone who complains is actually admitting they would rather be mindless. Just a baby bird saying "feed me whatever".

Thats find just realize thats what you are saying.
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88654 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 9:01 am to
If you subscribe to a channel on YouTube, you get notifications, same as Vine, Twitter etc.
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
47450 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 9:01 am to
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But the cost of visiting that one channel is that you have to sit for an hour and watch a bunch of highlights that you arent after in order to see the 30 sec clip you are interested in.
No problem for those who want a general overview of MLB, NFL, CFB, etc.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
94825 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 9:10 am to
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I hate that sports highlights have died. I don't care for the boring personalities.
Everyone on here always says this, and they also say the same thing about MTV showing only music videos. The truth is, those stations were dying so they had to change it up. I worked at Viacom, and MTV still has a station that shows only music videos. And guess what, it was our worst rated station in our whole company.....
Posted by razorbackfan4life
Northwest Arkansas
Member since Apr 2011
8489 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 10:59 am to
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
58030 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 11:08 am to
ESPNews (and Sportscenter for that matter) were done for when it finally became easy to stream highlights online.

Remember, it wasn't all that long ago that online video looked like shite and took a month and a day to load.
This post was edited on 8/31/16 at 11:46 am
Posted by LordSaintly
Member since Dec 2005
38826 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 11:10 am to
I literally haven't watched the channel since Highlight Express was cancelled. They should just shut it down.
Posted by Kingpenm3
Xanadu
Member since Aug 2011
8957 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 11:42 am to
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ESPNews


More like TEBOWNews

Posted by LSU GrandDad
houston, texas
Member since Jun 2009
21564 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 11:48 am to
all news is dead. it was boring and only corroborated stories were ran.

"news" is now about deceiving attention getting headlines, spun stories and rumors with some gossip sprinkled in. there is "liberal" news (news that conservatives don't like), neo con news, and news that appeals to the reality show mentality. you know, the mentality that doesn't read as they must be "entertained"
Posted by 504Voodoo
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2012
13530 posts
Posted on 8/31/16 at 1:26 pm to
Because the day and age where you needed a tv channel/show tk get sports highlights and results is long gone. With the birth of the social media era, internet, and smart phones, there are so many ways to receive info on a game moments after it has concluded.
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