re: All The Chick Reporters and Anchors on ESPN

Posted by rexorotten

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:25 am to Scientific73

Posted by FCP

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:25 am to Scientific73

We all know many were affirmative action hires. My own Fortune 100 employer gives preference based on minority status. I assume ESPN, et al have similar hiring practices.

In general IDGAF, but that husky-voiced chick ESPN has doing play-by-play football has annoyed me for over a decade now. She was doing one of the bowl games yesterday. I put it on mute, but one of my kids came through and turned up the volume. I ended up just turning it off. Not a gender thing--her voice is just really, really annoying.

Posted by drunkenpunkin

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:27 am to Scientific73

I refer to them as "the whore on the floor."

Posted by High C

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:32 am to CunningLinguist

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Don’t watch Sportscenter. Simple solution. I only watch ESPN for live sports anyways.

I’ve seen this post a thousand times. Followed a few days later by, “Did you see how stupid Stephen A. looked going off on whomever this morning?” from the same poster.

This post was edited on 12/28/22 at 11:37 am

Posted by mattz1122

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:33 am to Scientific73

If your not angry your not paying attention

Posted by USMEagles

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:40 am to Scientific73

Joy Taylor from FS1 has been looking really hot lately.

Posted by Odysseus32

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:43 am to deeprig9

This is true. It's unfortunate because Rachel Nichols was right, but she chose one of the very few exceptions to get angry over. Maria Taylor is one of the best sports anchors out there regardless of gender.

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:44 am to Scientific73

Most are pretty good at their jobs, then again I am not sexist

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Posted by DMagic

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:46 am to Lester Earl

Most sports reporters are superfluous

Posted by 777Tiger

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:46 am to Lester Earl

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Most are pretty good at their jobs

it's not like it's rocket surgery, it's just way overblown, do we really need five talking heads to cover one football game?

Posted by BRgetthenet

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:46 am to Lester Earl

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Lester Earl

A beacon of civility and soy. We are so truly blessed.

Posted by WestCoastAg

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:48 am to deeprig9

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That's the only one I can think of as an exception to OP's observation.

Posted by Jake88

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:49 am to Scientific73

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unwatchable now

It has never been watchable. How can you watch the same highlights repeatedly and listen to blowhards give their opinions on fricking sports? What a waste of time.

Posted by 75503Tiger

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:53 am to Scientific73

So men should not cover ladies softball, iyho? It is possible to cover a sport well, even though one did not play the sport. Is putting attractive women on sports overdone? Possibly yes

Posted by AlonsoWDC

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:53 am to Scientific73

Yeah, majority women anchors is an ESPN feature and only an ESPN feature.

Not like FOX News is any different.

Posted by Packer

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:55 am to Scientific73

Was watching Sportscenter at the gym this morning with Ashley Brewer hosting (

). At the top of the hour, she was off and two dudes came on to host. Stopped watching after that.

Posted by pelicansfan123

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 11:57 am to Scientific73

I don't think it's a gender problem at ESPN. It feels like nowadays, the reporters/anchors/"personalities" just give surface-level, fluff "analysis" and I often just feel bored watching SportsCenter, whereas 10-15 years ago I was much more excited to watch it.

And, yes, it does often feel like there are pre-planned talking points, which does not produce watchable TV.