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Report: ESPN Will Lay Off 100 More Staffers After the Thanksgiving Holiday



Social Justice Warrioring is an expensive proposition.

Oh, keep your eyes open for the bit about Sports Center:

ESPN will lay off more than 100 staffers after the Thanksgiving holidays, multiple sources tell Sports Illustrated. The layoffs, which were described by a person briefed on the plans, will hit positions across ESPN including front-facing talent on the television side, producers, executives, and digital and technology staffers. The SportsCenter franchise is expected to be hit hard--including on-air people--given the frequency of the show has lessened considerably on main network ESPN.

The network declined comment to SI on Thursday afternoon.

ESPN laid off about 300 people in October 2015 and then another 100 in April of this year, and they still haven't tossed out enough crewmen to keep the sinking ship afloat.

Posted by: Ace at 06:15 PM




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1 Whooo!

Posted by: Ric Flair at November 09, 2017 06:14 PM (bc2Lc)

2 Who is Dan letard? Seriously. I don't know.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:14 PM (MINbv)

3 Yay!

Posted by: He said, boldly at November 09, 2017 06:14 PM (UdKB7)

4 Feeling bold, I am...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:14 PM (MINbv)

5 To boldly go...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:15 PM (MINbv)

6 RACIST! RACIST! RACIST RACIST! RACIST!
That should protect me!

Posted by: Jemele Hill at November 09, 2017 06:15 PM (O5Q3r)

7 Bold!

Posted by: Apple Fritters While Rome Burns at November 09, 2017 06:15 PM (fA1SL)

8 Except for the actual games.....and the Ric Flair doc....most of ther stuff is un-watchable.

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2017 06:15 PM (GiOiK)

9 I can't think of a better group of guys and gals for this to happen to. It's a real shame.

Posted by: freaked at November 09, 2017 06:16 PM (UdKB7)

10 sadly, i'm out of fucks to give about these cretins. die, espn.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (KP5rU)

11 I love seeing these assholes fail. Hope there's a way to prolong the agony.....I'm not saying 'live out your days in a pain-amplifier, ' but, yeah.

Posted by: Apple Fritters While Rome Burns at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (fA1SL)

12 Honk if you like boobs!

Posted by: Meaty beaty big and bold at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (UdKB7)

13 Hahahaha....I love it.

ESPN and the NFL and the NBA can go suck it.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (nUkMr)

14 Happy Thanksgiving! Bwahahahahaha!

Posted by: Dang at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (8b+oT)

15 Winning!!!

Posted by: SteveOReno at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (2sCft)

16 RACIST! RACIST! RACIST RACIST! RACIST!
That should protect me!

Posted by: Stephen A. Smith at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (O5Q3r)

17 Could they please lay off half their talking heads and bring in more video editors to put actual clips of SPORTS on the air? Other than something I specifically tuned in for, I haven't seen sports on ESPN in a year.

Posted by: pookysgirl at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (XKZwp)

18

Go go Goodell!!!

Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at November 09, 2017 06:17 PM (hMwEB)

19 what a bold statement

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 09, 2017 06:18 PM (wmaTe)

20 Hoisted on his own Picard.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2017 06:18 PM (IqV8l)

21 Boobs and Ace have never let me down!

Posted by: SteveOReno at November 09, 2017 06:18 PM (2sCft)

22 Timidity is dangerous, better to enter with boldness.

Posted by: Johnny at November 09, 2017 06:18 PM (kUotE)

23 NO SOUP FOR FOR YOU!

Posted by: Dang at November 09, 2017 06:18 PM (8b+oT)

24
Alternate post title:

ESPN Continues To Layoff Staffers While Their On-Air Talent Is THE PROBLEM

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:19 PM (yXCUX)

25 Called the others

Posted by: SteveOReno at November 09, 2017 06:19 PM (2sCft)

26 Well, having lost work due to the idiocy of others, I can't get too excited...

But OTOH, too many of these script readers have lectured me on any number of topics, so there's limited sympathy.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:19 PM (MINbv)

27 Ha ha!


Fuck you, ESPN.




Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 09, 2017 06:19 PM (8iiMU)

28 buh bye!

Posted by: Total Bastard Airlines at November 09, 2017 06:20 PM (DIosY)

29 Ah, feeling slimmer...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:20 PM (MINbv)

30 Unlike Louis C.K., no one is watching these jack offs!

Posted by: Dang at November 09, 2017 06:20 PM (8b+oT)

31 So long...you SJW morons!

Hey, if any of you hardworking journos need a job, my company makes large diameter gearing for the mining industry and we're looking for entry-level employees. Stop on by and fill out an application!

Posted by: The Lonebadger at November 09, 2017 06:20 PM (I1G9n)

32 Ahhhh, haaaaa, haaa, haaa, snort, snob, haaaa.

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at November 09, 2017 06:21 PM (MCEs2)

33 Let's get Batarded in here

Posted by: wooga at November 09, 2017 06:21 PM (FASvy)

34 can they please also ensure that Bob Costas NEVER appears on another broadcast, radio or television, ever?

Posted by: the Butcher at November 09, 2017 06:21 PM (DIosY)

35 >>> Fuck you, ESPN.

And fuck Disney.

Posted by: fluffy at November 09, 2017 06:21 PM (cHbmY)

36 This is horrible news!

Posted by: No One Ever at November 09, 2017 06:22 PM (tbOMB)

37 Neener neener neener!

Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2017 06:22 PM (NWiLs)

38 Happy holidays!

Posted by: Caliban at November 09, 2017 06:22 PM (QE8X6)

39 Whheeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Posted by: Disney's stock price at November 09, 2017 06:22 PM (XQvuQ)

40 Fffuck youuu mother ffuckerrs!

Posted by: Zombie Walt Disney at November 09, 2017 06:22 PM (8b+oT)

41
I might have to try a Hot Dog next time I'm at Costco.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:22 PM (yXCUX)

42 If they were smart, they would resign early. There are only so many glory holes you know.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 09, 2017 06:23 PM (mcI77)

43 Welcome to Capitalism you SJW commie bastards.

Posted by: Archer at November 09, 2017 06:23 PM (gbWkA)

44 It's a good start. Own goal, for sure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 09, 2017 06:23 PM (hyuyC)

45 OT whatever happened to BCochrane?

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at November 09, 2017 06:23 PM (kdvLs)

46 Memo to ESPN: shitcan Softball Girl.

Please.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:23 PM (gLfJd)

47 ESPN is simply doomed due to its financial model. Of course pushing the stick over and giving it full throttle is speeding things up.

Posted by: WOPR (now with chainsaw bayonets) at November 09, 2017 06:24 PM (WVeiZ)

48 You know who ESPN really needs? MeAgain.

Posted by: Corona at November 09, 2017 06:24 PM (OqTGG)

49 "Broadcasting live from out studio at the unemployment office ..."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:24 PM (gLfJd)

50 Merry Christmas, pricks. Keep cutting that cord everybody. Maybe CNN will be next.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 09, 2017 06:24 PM (KP5rU)

51 If you are a white, heterosexual male at ESPN, I would plan on losing my job.

Posted by: WOPR (now with chainsaw bayonets) at November 09, 2017 06:24 PM (WVeiZ)

52 ESPN - the last one in the Human Centipede of SJW-ism.

Posted by: Apple Fritters While Rome Burns at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (fA1SL)

53 ESPNs appeal is becoming more selective.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (IqV8l)

54 >> Softball Girl.

Never seen her. What does she look like?

Jake from State Farm level?

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (8O3HH)

55 'I might have to try a Hot Dog next time I'm at Costco.'

If they are Nathan's like at Sams those are good. Take a friend. Tell them that you are going to lunch at "The Club".

Posted by: Meaty beaty big and bold at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (UdKB7)

56 There's only one guy who can save ESPN: bring back Keith Olbermann! /bwahaha

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (gLfJd)

57 But wasn't ABC bidding on Fox Sports?

Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (yqvys)

58 You know who ESPN really needs? MeAgain.
Posted by: Corona at November 09, 2017 06:24 PM (OqTGG)

From your post to God's ear. Please make it so...

Posted by: SteveOReno at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (2sCft)

59 I hear Smoothies are in demand.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (p+B3w)

60 Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad

He is building a house, working and performing on stage at his daughters dance studio. For reals.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (hyuyC)

61 I hope that bitch Jemele Hill gets the axe, but she has shiny Black Female Armor.

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (GsAUU)

62 Dying a slow painful death. Good.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (CNHr1)

63 Watch me fuck this chicken. TO DEATH!

Posted by: Louis CK at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (8b+oT)

64 Zeke Elliot had his suspension upheld today. That is going to really piss off Jerry Jones and he is already trying to get rid of Goodell.

I can't believe they let this thing go on this long. It could have been ended in one day if Goodell and the owners had shown some balls.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (/tuJf)

65 Sad to see that Gay Talese is being a toadie for Spacey - his longform article about Joe DiMaggio is probably the greatest story ever written about sports.

Also wait, he's still alive? Shit, I thought he used to pal around with Grantland Rice and Damon Runyon.

Posted by: broseidon, semi-official komodo dragon shifter at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (uuwor)

66 54 >> Softball Girl.

Never seen her. What does she look like?

Jake from State Farm level?
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (8O3HH)


She's OK, but she pontificates about MLB as though she played the game. I'm hoping to get a gig on TV pontificating about giving birth.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (gLfJd)

67

Here's what I think happened:

Boucher sees Sen Paul mowing his grass. So he stops and yells something "Hey Rand You %^&&&%%!"

Sen Paul looks up and probably says "F You" back to Boucher and gives him the finger.

Boucher pulls a Bobby Bouche and gets incensed, runs over and slams his body into Sen Paul from behind forcing Paul's ribs to get crushed on the handle of the lawn mower.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (yXCUX)

68 Spectrum has upped the number of mailings I get every week now. Their $29 a month is getting a little old now. I cut the cable a few years ago, and they must think I miss them....Not..

Posted by: Colin at November 09, 2017 06:27 PM (czodr)

69 "Disney wouldn't acquire Fox's broadcast network, Fox News, local broadcast stations or sports programming, the person said."

Nope

Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:27 PM (yqvys)

70 BTW, Clay Travis is a great troller.

He has clearly studied at the Shaolin Temple of trollery under The Donald.

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:27 PM (GsAUU)

71 Is it wrong to wish they have a few very disgruntled employees that own firearms?

Posted by: Under Fire at November 09, 2017 06:27 PM (mcI77)

72 55 'I might have to try a Hot Dog next time I'm at Costco.'

If they are Nathan's like at Sams those are good. Take a friend. Tell them that you are going to lunch at "The Club".
Posted by: Meaty beaty big and bold at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (UdKB7)

I like Costco Hot Dogs. I usually go for the polish sausage.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:27 PM (nBr1j)

73 61 I hope that bitch Jemele Hill gets the axe, but she has shiny Black Female Armor.
Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (GsAUU)



She won't be going anywhere. And she will be on even more. They will double down on their SJW branding.

Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at November 09, 2017 06:27 PM (z/Ubi)

74 Vlad, BC was here the other day.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:28 PM (CNHr1)

75 ESPN laid off about 300 people in October 2015 and then another 100 in April of this year, and they still haven't tossed out enough crewmen to keep the sinking ship afloat.

The Titanic will sail on, though.

Posted by: Cam Newton at November 09, 2017 06:28 PM (GsAUU)

76 I avoid ESPN in all ways
( but know Ezekiel Elliott is getting his 6 game suspension starting this week)

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2017 06:28 PM (aC6Sd)

77 ESPN will lay off more than 100 staffers after the Thanksgiving holidays, multiple sources tell Sports Illustrated.
...........

To which Sports Illustrated responded: "Maybe they should try a bunch of jet hot babes running around a beach with nothing on but body paint."

Posted by: wth at November 09, 2017 06:28 PM (HgMAr)

78 Boucher sees Sen Paul mowing his grass. So he stops and yells something "Hey Rand You %^&&&%%!"

Sen Paul looks up and probably says "F You" back to Boucher and gives him the finger.

Boucher pulls a Bobby Bouche and gets incensed, runs over and slams his body into Sen Paul from behind forcing Paul's ribs to get crushed on the handle of the lawn mower.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (yXCUX)



How would you hear someone over the noise of a lawn mower?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:28 PM (gLfJd)

79 >>>Boucher pulls a Bobby Bouche and gets incensed, runs over and slams his body into Sen Paul from behind forcing Paul's ribs to get crushed on the handle of the lawn mower.

Ironically Adam Sandler at 5-9 and 187 looks like Schwarzenegger next to Paul and Boucher.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus at November 09, 2017 06:29 PM (p+B3w)

80
I just googled it: It seems Costco served Hebrew National for a long time, but now they serve their own Kirkland brand dogs.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:29 PM (yXCUX)

81 ESPN layoffs.

Finally, some good news I can be gleeful about.

Posted by: professor chaos is glum gumdrop gorilla at November 09, 2017 06:29 PM (hLB6Q)

82 The lesson should be that trying to get an SJW audience is a losing proposition, since--and this is important--SJWs never spend money.

Sports fans, on the other hand, do. Or at least did.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 09, 2017 06:29 PM (l9m7l)

83 The Titanic will sail on, though.
Posted by: Cam Newton at November 09, 2017 06:28 PM (GsAUU)



And it's making good time, too!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:29 PM (gLfJd)

84 Any bets on whether Linda Cohn makes it?

Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:29 PM (yqvys)

85 ESPN, when doubling down on stupid and shooting both feet off just isn't enough.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 09, 2017 06:29 PM (fk6MT)

86 66 54 >> Softball Girl.

Never seen her. What does she look like?

Jake from State Farm level?
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 06:25 PM (8O3HH)

She's OK, but she pontificates about MLB as though she played the game. I'm hoping to get a gig on TV pontificating about giving birth.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (gLfJd)



Is it the same girl that they also have do college football games? Look I'm not saying that women can't or shouldn't do the job. In fact I say go for it. But can we get someone that doesn't sound like they've got a head cold?

Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (z/Ubi)

87 Awesome. And fuck THOSE guys in particular.

Posted by: Abiss at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (L6Zpd)

88 Well, its not right but I feel a great deal of satisfaction watching bad businesses pay for bad business decisions. Even if they were smart about it, though, they'd be suffering now. Their big bet was on the NFL and people are using cable TV a lot less for their sports choices. Or rather, if they do, they're using the league's official channel rather than ESPN.

They need to pare back and focus on other sports more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (39g3+)

89 ESPN is not renewing Monday Night Football, I love how Clay Travis calls them Blockbuster Video, because they rent content, they have very little content of their own, so they must bid to get the NFL, NBA, College Football and Soccer

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (dKiJG)

90 ESPN laid off about 300 people in October 2015 and then another 100 in April of this year, and they still haven't tossed out enough crewmen to keep the sinking ship afloat.


Maybe if they'd concentrate on Sports they would at least stop the bleeding.Nah, that's not going to happen

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (z79tQ)

91 I found it fascinating to hear that Jerry Jones, who is a fairly savvy businessman despite recent kneeling-related events, has bought a stake in an esports team (Complexity Dota 2). He's probably betting that as normal sports decline for various reasons, esports will popularize, and he's probably right.

Posted by: Viridian at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (EKzZK)

92 Come back here and fight! 'Tis only a flesh wound!

Posted by: Boots at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (EBwPV)

93 >>> Here's what I think happened:

Bouchard blindside tackles Paul, knocking the wind out him, thus incapacitating him. He follows up with multiple kicks to the ribs.

Posted by: fluffy at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (cHbmY)

94 ESPN needs to hire Sally Kohn to do social commentary. That would help.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (nBr1j)

95 8 Except for the actual games.....and the Ric Flair doc....most of ther stuff is un-watchable.
Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2017 06:15 PM (GiOiK)

--Yeah, I can't quit ESPN altogether, because to be fair their college football coverage is solid, but I could live without almost everything else.

Posted by: Cam Newton at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (GsAUU)

96 'I might have to try a Hot Dog next time I'm at Costco"

Yes, they're good...


Q for those w/cable: does broadcast ESPN have the same weird mix of sports as their all NBA website?

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:31 PM (MINbv)

97 The SportsCenter franchise is expected to be hit hard

===


This is due to higher than expected gains in our digital, online presence, and various other factors unrelated to our shitty programming, innane commentary and plain old on-air idiocy.


Posted by: ESPN at November 09, 2017 06:31 PM (QC/4S)

98 80
I just googled it: It seems Costco served Hebrew National for a long time, but now they serve their own Kirkland brand dogs.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:29 PM (yXCUX)

There's a good chance they're still Hebrew National. They contract out the Kirkland stuff to known brands. Supposedly their Kirkland vodka is/was Grey Goose.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 09, 2017 06:31 PM (4ErVI)

99 I feel sorry for the sane ones ...

Posted by: Adriane the Mass Hysteria Critic ... at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (AoK0a)

100 Watch me fuck this chicken. TO DEATH!

Posted by: Louis CK at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (8b+oT)
...........

Wanking that little thing in front of me is not what I consider fucking, but I may just laugh to death.

Posted by: the chicken at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (HgMAr)

101 ESPN should make all of their big name talent, mostly starring in day time talking head shows, pony up and host SportsCenter from time to time.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (I/iGu)

102 None of the people being fired at ESPN are the execs or the top "personalities" which really is probably the bulk of the problem. I mean what is probably making things worse for the channel: the key grip and the camerman, or Joe Jackass pontificating on how bad white people are on camera? Or the idiots that hired him and chose what to spend money on?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (39g3+)

103 BTW, Clay Travis is a great troller.



He has clearly studied at the Shaolin Temple of trollery under The Donald.

He's the guy that freaked out CNN girl by saying "boobs".

Posted by: tu3031 at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (O5Q3r)

104
If they were smart, they would resign early. There are only so many glory holes you know.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 09, 2017 06:23 PM (mcI77)


Just what is the protocol for glory holes? Is it LIFO - last in, first out -- or FIFO -- first in, first out?

Posted by: Former ESPN Sportscaster at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (ajiE5)

105 93. Hmmmm......wonder if Paul has vid surveillance on his property? It's common enough, these days.

Posted by: Apple Fritters While Rome Burns at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (fA1SL)

106 Completely other but the idiots are chanting and screaming pointlessly in front of the Salem or Capitol right now. Chanting that Allende chant A NATION UNITEDO thing in the Bandera roja. Please hope for a cloud burst or at leasthma really bad traffic.

Useless

Posted by: Kindltot at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (keobP)

107 Is it the same girl that they also have do college
football games? Look I'm not saying that women can't or shouldn't do
the job. In fact I say go for it. But can we get someone that doesn't
sound like they've got a head cold?

Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (z/Ubi)
I know who you are talking about and I was wondering if she is one of those unfortunate people with year round allergies.

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (a0IVu)

108 Several years ago, I worked at a tv station. They got rid of a lot of their technical staff and automated everything they could. And that is continuing from what I hear.

Also... they want cheap labor, so they will take new college graduates and pay them nothing to replace someone with experience. The average age for a producer is probably 26 or so. Executive producers are a bit older; the only people in their 40's+ are the ones that produce the "investigative reports." Everyone else is young.

This seems like it's more on-air related; however... on air personalities cost $$$.

Overall... not surprising.


Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (aT+Bx)

109 My schadenboner is getting tired of winning.

Posted by: a lurker at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (xcsDN)

110 As I mentioned the other day, my husband got three broken ribs back in his youth. Him and his buddies got into it with a rival "gang". He literally got kicked across the street. Whatever this guy did, it involved more than just a body slam. IMHO

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (CNHr1)

111 Somewhere, probably on a plane delivering supplies to Puerto Rico...Curt Schilling is smiling

Posted by: Cu'Chulainn--A clique of 1...now with less meme at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (vmsda)

112 100 Watch me fuck this chicken. TO DEATH!

Posted by: Louis CK at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (8b+oT)
...........

Wanking that little thing in front of me is not what I consider fucking, but I may just laugh to death.
Posted by: the chicken at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (HgMAr)

Somebody please tell me who Louis CK is. My life feels somehow empty without that knowledge.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (nBr1j)

113 Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (z/Ubi)

I draw a distinction between a play-by-play announcer and a color commentator (commentator of color?). The former can be anybody who has a good voice, and studies up a bit on whatever game we're talking about.

The latter, however, IMO must be someone who played the game at that level, to offer player-type insights.

Which is why Softball Girl pisses me off. OK, she played softball in college, and was doubtless a good softball player. But that's NOT MLB, and softball is a different game than baseball in so many ways.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (gLfJd)

114 41
I might have to try a Hot Dog next time I'm at Costco.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:22 PM (yXCUX)

--Are they still $1.50 with a soda?

Best deal out there for fast food.

Posted by: Cam Newton at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (GsAUU)

115 HEADLINE: Area Man Makes Shelves Out of Reclaimed Barrel

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (I/iGu)

116 Could ESPN fire Roger Goodell?

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (nBr1j)

117
--Are they still $1.50 with a soda?


According to googles, yes.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (yXCUX)

118 It is possible to suffer a side fall and break ribs; no need to be kicked

Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (QC/4S)

119 hope that bitch Jemele Hill gets the axe, but she has shiny Black Female Armor.
Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (GsAUU)

Don't count on it, The CEo of Disney only follows like 6 people on Twitter and she is one of them

She went crying to him when she got called out for the Trump rant. So she wasn't fired but suspended.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (dKiJG)

120 I might have to try a Hot Dog next time I'm at Costco.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:22 PM (yXCUX)

Do it. Best thing is, even if you hate it, you'll only be out two bits or so.

FIL used to work next to a Costco and would make the sample ladies serve him lunch.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 06:35 PM (tbOMB)

121 "He's probably betting that as normal sports decline for various reasons, esports will popularize, and he's probably right."

ESPN has been interviewing esports people too, it's probably cheap.

Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:35 PM (yqvys)

122 I guess they'll be squatting in Kaepernick's front yard for Christmas.

Posted by: Croms Dirty Underpants at November 09, 2017 06:35 PM (BRpqW)

123 106. Great...... you'd think these people would get tired of demonstrating - time & again - that they are (at best) stooges for Latin American-style communism. Sad.

Posted by: Apple Fritters While Rome Burns at November 09, 2017 06:35 PM (fA1SL)

124 106 Completely other but the idiots are chanting and screaming pointlessly in front of the Salem or Capitol right now. Chanting that Allende chant A NATION UNITEDO thing in the Bandera roja. Please hope for a cloud burst or at leasthma really bad traffic.

Useless
Posted by: Kindltot at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (keobP)


Someone needs to strike up a Pinochet chant next to them.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:36 PM (gLfJd)

125
I high-tail it outta Costco as soon as I pay, with nary a glance at the food counter. Then I have to dodge, bob, and weave my way around all the shlubs sitting at the foodcourt blocking my exit.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:36 PM (yXCUX)

126 And now something completely different: Melania in China.

http://tinyurl.com/ybjbubh4

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 06:36 PM (aT+Bx)

127 Ha... There was a Jeff Beck reference. A great, great album from uh like 40 years ago ?


























/.

Posted by: tragedy of the commons at November 09, 2017 06:36 PM (onGHE)

128 It is high, it is far, it is GONE!

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 09, 2017 06:36 PM (0YSzp)

129 Somebody please tell me who Louis CK is. My life feels somehow empty without that knowledge.
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (nBr1j)

Coined eat a bag of dicks. Wanked it in front of some chicks.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 06:36 PM (tbOMB)

130 She went crying to him when she got called out for the Trump rant. So she wasn't fired but suspended.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (dKiJG)


Hanging is kind of a stiff sentence for a Twitter rant, isn't it?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:37 PM (gLfJd)

131 There's a good chance they're still Hebrew National"

I was told by a vendor for another company that the Costco (kirkland) brand was made by the same supplier...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:37 PM (MINbv)

132 There's been talk of Jemele being promoted sideways to Good Morning America on ABC or some such nonsense.

There's also almost zero change ESPN will renew their Monday Night Football contract in a few years. Clay Travis is convinced Jon Gruden will soon leave MNF to coach Tennessee college football as a graceful way to avoid being laid off due to the size of his current contract.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 09, 2017 06:37 PM (I/iGu)

133
FIL used to work next to a Costco and would make the sample ladies serve him lunch.

Yeah, the sample ladies remind me of what my old "lunch ladies" from school would be doing today if they were still alive.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:37 PM (yXCUX)

134 Hmm the barrel beckons my friend Tragedy of the C.

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 09, 2017 06:38 PM (0YSzp)

135 OMG- Right in the dick with a 100 yard running start.

Posted by: President Richard Punch at November 09, 2017 06:38 PM (7+qdf)

136 Bouchard blindside tackles Paul, knocking the wind out him, thus incapacitating him. He follows up with multiple kicks to the ribs.
Posted by: fluffy at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (cHbmY)



That's my guess, too.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:38 PM (gLfJd)

137 They will double down on their SJW branding.
Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at November 09, 2017 06:27 PM (z/Ubi)

--Hmm, I think I read something about SJWs and doubling down. . . .

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:38 PM (GsAUU)

138 Greeting Card inscription to ESPN -

Happy Holidays, a**holes.

Just think, y'all could've avoided every bit of this shit if you had only kept your prog political opinions to yourselves.


I'm so happy your bullshit radical, left-wing, anti-Americanism is finally hitting you where it hurts. You don't have enough sense to understand that we the people don't want to hear about politics while we're watching sports. Especially your stupid Prog politics that thinks I'm deplorable for actually wanting America to be great again after years of you idiots tearing it down.

Happy Holidays, a**holes. May you prosper in the new year in your new positions at the fry stations at a local McDonalds where you belong.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 09, 2017 06:38 PM (tRaq7)

139 126
And now something completely different: Melania in China.

http://tinyurl.com/ybjbubh4


Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 06:36 PM (aT+Bx)
I absolutely love that dress. Simply perfect for the occassion.

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 06:38 PM (a0IVu)

140 The best cheap hot dog I ever had was from 7-11. Chili, cheese, and jalepenos on top to ensure maximum intestinal damage. I could eat that kind of crap when I was in my 20s. 50 cents.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 09, 2017 06:39 PM (39g3+)

141 108 Several years ago, I worked at a tv station. They got rid of a lot of their technical staff and automated everything they could. And that is continuing from what I hear.

Also... they want cheap labor, so they will take new college graduates and pay them nothing to replace someone with experience. The average age for a producer is probably 26 or so. Executive producers are a bit older; the only people in their 40's+ are the ones that produce the "investigative reports." Everyone else is young.

This seems like it's more on-air related; however... on air personalities cost $$$.

Overall... not surprising.


Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (aT+Bx)

You're describing our local stations to a T. It's so pathetic. The audio cuts out all the time, sudden camera shifts, etc.

Most of the stories sound like they just looked something up online and hit print. Lots of health news that's always hectoring about what you're eating, drinking, etc.

I've told everyone I know that the local politicians could be down at city hall stealing everything that isn't nailed down and we'd never know about it.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 09, 2017 06:39 PM (4ErVI)

142 I cut the Cable Cord; and they asked why.
when I told them, 'ESPN & NFL" they didn't want to hear it.
she just kept asking questions until she got to one with which I didn't totally disagree and said, "I'll just put that down!"

Posted by: Hobbiehawk at November 09, 2017 06:39 PM (Qot/z)

143 118 It is possible to suffer a side fall and break ribs; no need to be kicked
Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (QC/4S)



SIX of them??

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:39 PM (gLfJd)

144 91 I found it fascinating to hear that Jerry Jones, who is a fairly savvy businessman despite recent kneeling-related events, has bought a stake in an esports team (Complexity Dota 2). He's probably betting that as normal sports decline for various reasons, esports will popularize, and he's probably right.
Posted by: Viridian at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (EKzZK)

My Nephew went to some event and it was Huge, 20 Thousand people watching these guys compete for big money.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2017 06:39 PM (dKiJG)

145
It'd be hilarious if Hebrew National sold out and now belongs to the Saudis or someone like that.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:39 PM (yXCUX)

146 Ahem, Kirkland hot dogs are NOT Hebrew National Hot Dogs. JJ Back me up on this ~ you're from NYC too aren't you? We NYrs love our Hebrew nationals Jew and gentile alike.

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 09, 2017 06:40 PM (0YSzp)

147 Ha Ha

Posted by: Nelson Muntz at November 09, 2017 06:40 PM (dab45)

148 Most of the stories sound like they just looked something up online and hit print"

You've just described all local media over the past decade

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:40 PM (MINbv)

149 I suspect Jemele is boinking an exec.

Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at November 09, 2017 06:40 PM (hMwEB)

150 Vienna Beef, yo.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 09, 2017 06:40 PM (I/iGu)

151 ESPN is very unlikely to retain any MLB or NFL contracts. Neither league needs ESPN and why pay to be shown on an increasingly ignored channel?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 09, 2017 06:40 PM (39g3+)

152 137 They will double down on their SJW branding.
Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at November 09, 2017 06:27 PM (z/Ubi)

--Hmm, I think I read something about SJWs and doubling down. . . .
Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:38 PM (GsAUU)



Scene at ESPN HQ: "Our problem is that we just haven't gone far enough left!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:40 PM (gLfJd)

153 ESPN need to limit coverage to SJW sports. Maybe they could sign a contract with Antifa to cover them assaulting decent human beings.
Sky shrieking is another possibility.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (nBr1j)

154 Report: ESPN Will Lay Off 100 More Staffers After the Thanksgiving Holiday

Sounds like a tough time for all kinds of turkeys.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (gLfJd)

155 When I eat at the Costco food court I take off my pants and jacket.

Posted by: Louis C.K. at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (bc2Lc)

156 >>SIX of them??

I bet he fell on something. He also had cuts and bruises on his face.

Maybe he landed on the mower.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (/tuJf)

157 153 ESPN need to limit coverage to SJW sports. Maybe they could sign a contract with Antifa to cover them assaulting decent human beings.
Sky shrieking is another possibility.
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (nBr1j)



They could cover the Pro Hackysack League.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (gLfJd)

158 Okay, well maybe Rand Paul is made of glass then.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (CNHr1)

159 Louis CK is a stand up comedian, or was, and he has a show on some network somewhere. Or had.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (l9m7l)

160 141
Most of the stories sound like they just looked something up online and hit print. Lots of health news that's always hectoring about what you're eating, drinking, etc.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 09, 2017 06:39 PM (4ErVI)


And which is probably wrong.

Posted by: rickl at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (sdi6R)

161 Could not happen to a nicer batch of assholes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (rb1zT)

162 And now something completely different: Melania in China.
http://tinyurl.com/ybjbubh4
Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 06:36 PM (aT+Bx)

Now that is a first lady. Such class and so easy on the eyes.

Posted by: Bosk at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (fjMEv)

163 yeah gone

Posted by: tragedy of the commons at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (onGHE)

164 I hadn't heard that Jack Straw.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (CNHr1)

165 Hebrew National Hot Dogs."

They're ConAgra out of Michigan, IIRC...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (MINbv)

166 Boucher pulls a Bobby Bouche and gets incensed, runs over and slams his body into Sen Paul from behind forcing Paul's ribs to get crushed on the handle of the lawn mower.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (yXCUX)


You're assuming it was a walk behind mower. Could have been a riding mower.

Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (Enq6K)

167 I don't think esports will ever be widely popular, it requires too much detailed knowledge about what is going on to have mass appeal.

Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (yqvys)

168 ESPN will lay off more than 100 staffers after the Thanksgiving holidays,

Is Black Friday now considered a holiday, or are there other holidays included with thanksgiving that I am unaware of?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 09, 2017 06:43 PM (BoMuO)

169 Will the layoffs reach ESPN 8, "The Ocho"?

"I don't know Cotton ~ you usually have to pay double for that kind of action!"

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 09, 2017 06:43 PM (0YSzp)

170 Agree-local news here in Boston used to be really good, with a long-time experienced local reporters that did a lot of investigative reporting--and being Boston, there was always a ton of stuff to investgate. Now? News is mostly random non-local eporters talking about who tweeted what, what is going viral, the occaisional fire or accident. The hacks are running the asylum and no one except Howie Carr calls them on it. The reporting is taken straight off the internet, for the most part, and is barely local. Not good.

Posted by: Goldilocks at November 09, 2017 06:43 PM (zz1sH)

171 ESPN need to limit coverage to SJW sports. Maybe they could sign a contract with Antifa to cover them assaulting decent human beings.
Sky shrieking is another possibility.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (nBr1j)


They could cover the Pro Hackysack League.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (gLfJd)

They've aired some kind of ....frisbee...game...srsly.

Posted by: BignJames at November 09, 2017 06:43 PM (GiOiK)

172
Rand Paul doesn't strike me as someone who would ride a mower.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:44 PM (yXCUX)

173 Merry Christmas, snowflakes. But hey, all the burger shacks around here could use a few more part-time workers!

Posted by: exdem13 at November 09, 2017 06:44 PM (wZznc)

174 And now something completely different: Melania in China.
..........

Oh my. Certainly is different from 8 years of boob belts and picnic table covers.

Posted by: wth at November 09, 2017 06:44 PM (HgMAr)

175 Even better about all this is the ONLY division of Disney that is up this past quarter is Disney Parks and Resorts. EVERY group in Disney including theatrical is flat or making less money than the same time last year.

Now, I LOVE the Disney parks - I go A LOT. I pay a premium for the opportunity, but I also get a pretty high-quality experience (most of the time) for it.

I would not be surprised to see sell/dump ESPN AND ABC in the next two years and go "all in" with their streaming service. AKA "the future." And (of course) raise prices at all the Disney parks.

Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at November 09, 2017 06:44 PM (LDV7V)

176 is it mean that i kinda of hope my cousin's fat, obnoxious, hypocrite SJW daughter gets the sack?

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 06:44 PM (nyQyG)

177 Boucher pulls a Bobby Bouche and gets incensed, runs over and slams his body into Sen Paul from behind forcing Paul's ribs to get crushed on the handle of the lawn mower.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (yXCUX)
You're assuming it was a walk behind mower. Could have been a riding mower.
Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (Enq6K)

Yup.....Boucher told Rand that mamma says lawn mower oil is good for frizzy hair and Rand told Boucher momma was WRONG!

All hell broke loose after that.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 09, 2017 06:44 PM (nUkMr)

178 146 Ahem, Kirkland hot dogs are NOT Hebrew National Hot Dogs. JJ Back me up on this ~ you're from NYC too aren't you? We NYrs love our Hebrew nationals Jew and gentile alike.
Posted by: Publius Redux at November 09, 2017 06:40 PM (0YSzp)

Whether they are HN or not, they are on par in quality, comparable in taste.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM (tbOMB)

179 156 >>SIX of them??

I bet he fell on something. He also had cuts and bruises on his face.

Maybe he landed on the mower.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (/tuJf)



Yeah, maybe, but think about it. To break SIX ribs in ONE fall he'd have had to have an impact transverse to his ribcage, right? That would distribute the impact over half of chest. Falling off a high ladder onto something transverse to the ribcage might do that, but on ground level? I doubt it. Very much.

Much more likely: a series of kicks or heel stomps.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM (gLfJd)

180
Somebody please tell me who Louis CK is. My life feels somehow empty without that knowledge.
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (nBr1j)

--I know who he is, but why is he getting mentioned so much today?

Did he once again lap Patton Oswalt in assholery?

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM (GsAUU)

181
See the Daily Mail. Trump's bodyguard testified about the Pee-pee Dossier stuff. During the Miss Universe thing in Moscow, the Russians offered to send 5 whores up to Trump.

They were turned down flat. Trump said only 5 was an insult.

No seriously, Donny Two Scoops ain't dumb. So that apparently was the genesis of the pee-pee party. Trump turning them down.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM (8O3HH)

182

But the positions of the top brass at ESPN are safe, right?

Posted by: otho at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM (qGuLD)

183 Come for the social justice browbeating, stay for the Chapter 7!

Posted by: ESPNwxyz at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM (Tyii7)

184 153
Sky shrieking is another possibility.
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:41 PM (nBr1j)


Oh, that reminds me. I have to go watch the video. That thread came up while I was at work.

Posted by: rickl at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM (sdi6R)

185 118 It is possible to suffer a side fall and break ribs; no need to be kicked
Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 06:34 PM (QC/4S)


SIX of them??
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:39 PM (gLfJd)

there are 12 ribs on each side

Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (QC/4S)

186 31 So long...you SJW morons!

Hey, if any of you hardworking journos need a job, my company makes large diameter gearing for the mining industry and we're looking for entry-level employees. Stop on by and fill out an application!
Posted by: The Lonebadger at November 09, 2017 06:20 PM (I1G9n)

please video tape their interviews as it will be epic fail

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (nyQyG)

187 They could cover the Pro Hackysack League.

Bring back Australian Rules Football!

Posted by: tu3031 at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (O5Q3r)

188 "They've aired some kind of ....frisbee...game...srsly."

The funny thing is that is how ESPN started as far as I know, showing weird games and obscure stuff.

And I like playing Ultimate, but I would not watch it without knowing the players personally, and then only to heckle.

Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (yqvys)

189 I broke my ribs in a one flip car accident . Still don't know how.

Posted by: Alabaster Jones at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (2DOZq)

190 Good.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (60v4h)

191 Five whores could barely wet the bed.

Posted by: Jefe El Donaldo at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (HgMAr)

192 Now that is a first lady. Such class and so easy on the eyes.

Posted by: Bosk at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (fjMEv)

Watching the YouTube videos of Trumps visit, I can't quite put Hillary doing that, with the first man trailing her around, or Chelsea acting as a sort of first lady.

Posted by: Colin at November 09, 2017 06:47 PM (czodr)

193 Unfortunately for the laced-off ESPNers McDonalds hiring is down due to them replacing minimum wage workers with robots.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:47 PM (nBr1j)

194 A little mood music for these guys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0QhaBW73Sk

Posted by: exdem13 at November 09, 2017 06:47 PM (wZznc)

195 Boucher pulls a Bobby Bouche and gets incensed, runs over and slams his body into Sen Paul from behind forcing Paul's ribs to get crushed on the handle of the lawn mower.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (yXCUX)



Yeah, but the handle of a lawn mower runs parallel to the ribs. So you might break one, maybe two, that way, at most.

To break six in one impact the impact would have to be perpendicular to the ribs, right?

So that pretty much rules out an accident from a one time impact.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:47 PM (gLfJd)

196 @151: "ESPN is very unlikely to retain any MLB or NFL contracts. Neither league needs ESPN and why pay to be shown on an increasingly ignored channel?"

I could be wrong, but I'd heard that the Monday Night Football contract gives ESPN unlimited rights to all NFL game clips, replays, etc., across all of their shows and distribution channels. That's a big deal, so going forward, it's not as simple as either ESPN or the NFL simply dropping the other. They'll end up negotiating something regardless.

But, yeah, more broadly, it seems like all of the major sports leagues will end up doing more of their own broadcasting on their namesake channels and streaming services.

Ten years ago, it seems impossible for leagues to lure the neccesary on-air talent and production peeps, so their shows didn't end up looking like local cable access stuff, with only one or two hours of original programming.

Nowadays, not so much.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 09, 2017 06:47 PM (I/iGu)

197 I don't think esports will ever be widely popular, it requires too much detailed knowledge about what is going on to have mass appeal.
Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (yqvys)

Good point, but our society is becoming increasingly fractured and silo-ed. Every interest is becoming a niche interest, and there is money to be made with a select group as we become more and more balkanized. That is why the destruction of the few things we used to have in common as Americans is so under attack, i.e. standing for the national anthem and respecting the flag. The left wants to destroy anything that might get us to lay down our difference and come together as a nation. They, with ESPN's assistance, are succeeding.

Posted by: SteveOReno at November 09, 2017 06:48 PM (2sCft)

198
McDonalds hired sex robots?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:48 PM (yXCUX)

199
If McDonald's had sex robots, would their menu change?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:48 PM (yXCUX)

200 187 They could cover the Pro Hackysack League.

Bring back Australian Rules Football!
Posted by: tu3031 at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (O5Q3r)



Nah. Lingerie Football, followed by the Puppy Bowl!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:48 PM (gLfJd)

201 192 Now that is a first lady. Such class and so easy on the eyes.

Posted by: Bosk at November 09, 2017 06:42 PM (fjMEv)

Watching the YouTube videos of Trumps visit, I can't quite put Hillary doing that, with the first man trailing her around, or Chelsea acting as a sort of first lady.
Posted by: Colin at November 09, 2017 06:47 PM (czodr)

Did she give the Chinese first lady a big-ol' hug?

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:48 PM (nBr1j)

202 Merry Christmas, snowflakes. But hey, all the burger shacks around here could use a few more part-time workers!

Posted by: exdem13 at November 09, 2017 06:44 PM (wZznc)
..............

Starbucks can get pretty busy this time of year, too.

Posted by: Jefe El Donaldo at November 09, 2017 06:49 PM (HgMAr)

203 I'm guessing they're firing people who know how to do stuff like operate cameras and boards or who actually played the games they're commenting on.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Getting the Banned Back Together at November 09, 2017 06:49 PM (GQSqS)

204 Well, since Linda Cohen had the audacity to tell the truth sbout how ESPN's politics was costing them viewers, I am sure she gets axed first.

Posted by: Mallamutt at November 09, 2017 06:49 PM (/HC6x)

205 Rand Paul got tackled and broke six ribs? It could happen.

Posted by: Tony Romo at November 09, 2017 06:49 PM (gC2IV)

206 >>I hadn't heard that Jack Straw.

Yea, I read it in one of the reports. They didn't sound to bad, cuts and scrapes, but something caused all this damage and I don't think it was just the tackle.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 06:49 PM (/tuJf)

207
Would the "McFlurry" mean something different?

Would the "Big Mac" mean, you know, something else?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:49 PM (yXCUX)

208 --I know who he is, but why is he getting mentioned so much today?


Did he once again lap Patton Oswalt in assholery?


Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM


He whipped it out. There may have been some jacking it involved too. *shrug*

Posted by: otho at November 09, 2017 06:49 PM (qGuLD)

209 Does anyone know a way that I can cancel my cable twice? It was so satisfying the first time.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at November 09, 2017 06:50 PM (7+qdf)

210 I don't get the Disney to but 20th century deal.

It's for the non money making parts of the company.

It looks like aquisition for the sake of aquisiton.

Posted by: Kreplach at November 09, 2017 06:50 PM (Wtll+)

211 If McDonald's had sex robots, would their menu change?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:48 PM (yXCUX)
............

Um, hold the secret sauce please.

Posted by: wth at November 09, 2017 06:50 PM (HgMAr)

212 66---She's OK, but she pontificates about MLB as though she played the game. I'm hoping to get a gig on TV pontificating about giving birth.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:26 PM (gLfJd)
----------------------------------
Well, she did play as a little kid before switching to fast-pitch.
And there are a lot of good (or famous) sport-casters who weren't players --- Vin Scully, Jack Buck, Howard Cosell, etc. IOW, she could be a sports-talker.

The problem with Mendoza is that the original set-up was the non-player talker, an offensive ex-player, and an ex-pitcher, with the last two actually having been pros. With Mendoza, they now have 2 talkers and one player.
If they insist on keeping her, get rid of the other talker and bring in an ex-pitcher.

As for me, I find all the blather annoying to begin with and especially annoying with a higher pitched voice.
I don't know why but it just grates on my ears.



Posted by: Margarita,voyaging to the edge of crisp at November 09, 2017 06:50 PM (0jtPF)

213 We at ESPNwxyz take our white male shaming very seriously.

Posted by: ESPNwxyz at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (Tyii7)

214 there are 12 ribs on each side
Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (QC/4S)


Sure. But what's your point? Breaking six of them in one go must surely a pretty substantial impact, like e.g., a baseball bat struck along the long axis of the body.

Otherwise, breaking six ribs would necessitate a series of blows, wouldn't it?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (gLfJd)

215 107 Is it the same girl that they also have do college
football games? Look I'm not saying that women can't or shouldn't do
the job. In fact I say go for it. But can we get someone that doesn't
sound like they've got a head cold?

Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at November 09, 2017 06:30 PM (z/Ubi)

I know who you are talking about and I was wondering if she is one of those unfortunate people with year round allergies.

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 06:33 PM (a0IVu)

Isn't that the woman that does the Olympics? Mary something or other.

Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (Enq6K)

216 lmao.. my daughter who just got on at Amazon opened up a big box and it was filled with dildos!!

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (CNHr1)

217 You're describing our local stations to a T. It's so pathetic. The audio cuts out all the time, sudden camera shifts, etc.



Most of the stories sound like they just looked something up online
and hit print. Lots of health news that's always hectoring about what
you're eating, drinking, etc.



I've told everyone I know that the local politicians could be down
at city hall stealing everything that isn't nailed down and we'd never
know about it.
---

Management does not care about quality in reporting; they do not care about accuracy. They do not care about technical glitches, especially if they equipment is saving them money on salaries.

They care about FIRST!!!!

Plus... just so you know... there is a lot of content that's actually purchased. Some of the health reports are from other stations or syndicated; it's cheaper that way.

This is how health news goes:

week 1: coffee will kill you.
week 4: coffee is good for you

Lather, rinse and repeat.

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (aT+Bx)

218 Heh, just in time for Christmas! Poor bastids.

Posted by: Peaches at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (14URa)

219 Epic Schadenboner Persistance News.

Posted by: ShainS at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (BiLU+)

220 I have a plan to save us......a channel dedicated tp me sucking LaBron's dick 24 hours a day.

Posted by: Micheal Wilbon at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (/HC6x)

221
Women have less teeth than men?

Less ribs, too?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (yXCUX)

222 She had to scan each one.. oh my Lord...my daughter.. holding a dildo. You don't know how funny this is.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (CNHr1)

223 205
Rand Paul got tackled and broke six ribs? It could happen.

Posted by: Tony Romo at November 09, 2017 06:49 PM (gC2IV)


I know right? Six ribs????WTF???? how many ribs doe a guy have. What that like 85% of his ribbage broken with one shot?
Should been doing some squats or some shit like that.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (7+qdf)

224 126
And now something completely different: Melania in China.

http://tinyurl.com/ybjbubh4

============
So Melania will do the cheongsam cosplay in public too? Damn, I am once again so jealous of The Donald right now.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (wZznc)

225 Tom Hamilton to my knowledge never played a minute of baseball and he's a fantastic play by play guy. Usually you want an ex-jock as color commentary or third mic.

Posted by: broseidon on even newer magic glowy rectangle at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (MtwQX)

226 @216

Sign of things to come?

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 06:53 PM (tbOMB)

227 Posted by: Margarita,voyaging to the edge of crisp at November 09, 2017 06:50 PM (0jtPF)

Almost every sports pundit , sports show host can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Most were all wannabes.

Posted by: Alabaster Jones at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (2DOZq)

228 Plus... just so you know... there is a lot of content that's actually purchased.

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (aT+Bx)

==========

We've made millions doing that ...

Posted by: Fusion GPS at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (BiLU+)

229 How tall is Melania Trump. She looks pretty tall in the photo? Granted she was wearing heels.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (nBr1j)

230 I miss Australian Rules Football, not to mention Hurling.

Posted by: Javems at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (yOqwj)

231 The European Scat Porn Network?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (oVJmc)

232 I am fsirly certain all ESPN on air talent twitter accounts will become all anti-Trump all the time as they try to virtue signal to keep their jobs.

Posted by: Mallamutt at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (/HC6x)

233 Well, she did play as a little kid before switching to fast-pitch.
And there are a lot of good (or famous) sport-casters who weren't players --- Vin Scully, Jack Buck, Howard Cosell, etc. IOW, she could be a sports-talker.


T-ball experience is nice, but doesn't count. Hell, I played in high school and college, and I wouldn't consider that I was suitable for a color commentator.

The sportscasters you mention were all play-by-play guys, who, as mentioned above, IMO don't have to have played the sport. The color commentators, OTOH, do have to have played it, again IMO.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (gLfJd)

234 And since this became a Star Trek thread in the first ten posts:

Since everyone is educated for free and to the point where they're all geniuses in George's world, would they still need things like bold fonts to draw attention to specific things, or would the Trekworlders be able to read and intuitively understand those things automatically?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Getting the Banned Back Together at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (GQSqS)

235 Fire da wimmenz first!

Posted by: Cam Newton at November 09, 2017 06:55 PM (gC2IV)

236 229 How tall is Melania Trump. She looks pretty tall in the photo? Granted she was wearing heels.
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (nBr1j)

The internetz says she's 5'11".

Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2017 06:55 PM (NWiLs)

237 Late night World's Strongest Man reruns were fun.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 09, 2017 06:55 PM (I/iGu)

238
No seriously, Donny Two Scoops ain't dumb. So that apparently was the genesis of the pee-pee party. Trump turning them down.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 06:45 PM (8O3HH)

--As Mark Steyn has mentioned, The Donald is a notorious germophobe.

Yeah, technically urine is sterile, but I doubt a true germophobe would get his kink from that.

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (GsAUU)

239
The internet says Melania is 5'11" without heels.

Tall is one of the desired traits for models.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (8O3HH)

240 A proper hotdog has a natural casing and snaps when bitten.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (mcI77)

241 SportsCenter shown with less frequency? On-air personalities to be laid off?

Obama hardest hit.

Posted by: Barack Obama is a bad, bad man at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (ylUqT)

242 The unease I feel about not knowing the basics facts of the Rand Paul story reminds me Bill Clinton was on Conan show recently.

I glanced over the article & did not watch the video clip b/c it appeared I was in agreement with him, and did not want to feel even more despondent about things than I do. But thought I'd mention it.

Clintons are a pox, and Hillary is an idiot, and Bill a criminal who set up the 2008 disaster with his decisions. But he is smart, and so I pay attention. Luckily Hill didn't, or she may have won.



Posted by: professor chaos is glum gumdrop gorilla at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (hLB6Q)

243 Management does not care about quality in reporting; they do not care about accuracy. They do not care about technical glitches, especially if they equipment is saving them money on salaries.

They care about FIRST!!!!

Plus... just so you know... there is a lot of content that's actually purchased. Some of the health reports are from other stations or syndicated; it's cheaper that way.

This is how health news goes:

week 1: coffee will kill you.
week 4: coffee is good for you

Lather, rinse and repeat.

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (aT+Bx)

Heh I did know that. They send them a script and the video and the blonde anchorette just does a voiceover for it. Here at least it's always the female anchor doing the health news.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (4ErVI)

244 Since everyone is educated for free and to the point where they're all geniuses in George's world, would they still need things like bold fonts to draw attention to specific things, or would the Trekworlders be able to read and intuitively understand those things automatically?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Getting the Banned Back Together at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (GQSqS)


Sulu boldly went where no retard has gone before.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (tbOMB)

245 Some of you lawn dwellers may remember back when we were fun and entertaining. Well, we couldn't have that, could we? With so much social injustice in America, we just had to shit Midas the good times. Liberalism destroys everything good it comes in contact with.

Posted by: ESPNwxyz at November 09, 2017 06:57 PM (Tyii7)

246 225 Tom Hamilton to my knowledge never played a minute of baseball and he's a fantastic play by play guy. Usually you want an ex-jock as color commentary or third mic.
Posted by: broseidon on even newer magic glowy rectangle at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (MtwQX)


Yes, exactly. Play-by-play is one thing - hell I wouldn't even mind a chick doing that, if she has a nice voice, knows something about the game, and ideally is hot - but a color commentator? No dice. That's the guy who should provide the "inside baseball" types of comments, which necessitates having been "inside baseball."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:57 PM (gLfJd)

247 ESPN? Neeeeeeeeeever heard of it.

Posted by: Dr. Wu, From the Intermediate Future at November 09, 2017 06:57 PM (qYCgM)

248

Yeah, so United got rid off all their 747's.

That's sad. I imagine other major airlines are doing the same.

The 747 has officially become the station wagon with wood paneling.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:58 PM (yXCUX)

249 Can you imagine what Hillary would have worn to state dinners abroad had she been President? We might have seen a return of the oven mitts..

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 06:58 PM (a0IVu)

250 'Does anyone know a way that I can cancel my cable twice? It was so satisfying the first time.

Call them up and say you changed your mind. Then call them again the next day and cancel. Repeat until you are tired of doing it or they call the cops.

Posted by: Meaty beaty big and bold at November 09, 2017 06:58 PM (UdKB7)

251 >> but I doubt a true germophobe would get his kink
>> from that.

There wasn't even any mention of that. The golden shower shit was just some extra made up crap they threw in to make it dirtier.

That offer of prostitutes is a well known KGB tactic to get blackmail material on anyone that might be useful. Those hotel rooms are wired for sound and video. Trump knew the score.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 06:58 PM (8O3HH)

252 >>>Rand Paul got tackled and broke six ribs? It could happen.

Posted by: Tony Romo<<<

Only if Lawrence Taylor thought Rand Paul was smuggling cocaine in his ribcage.

Posted by: Fritz at November 09, 2017 06:58 PM (Kwhm/)

253 Sulu boldly went where no retard has gone before.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (tbOMB)



No, I believe gastroenterologists performing colonoscopies go to the same place regularly.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:58 PM (gLfJd)

254 I don't root for anyone's misfortune (really), but I gotta admit, misfortune sure does seem to be hitting all the right people, if I WAS to root for it.

KC Lewis, I'm looking at you, pig.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 09, 2017 06:59 PM (Pz4pT)

255 Maybe they can throw out the NFL...!

Posted by: tentotwo at November 09, 2017 06:59 PM (yhf6w)

256 Continuing the previous thread topic of violently homicidal neighbors...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VE3Yx4UJvQ

Posted by: exdem13 at November 09, 2017 06:59 PM (wZznc)

257 LOL... pass the popcorn!

Posted by: redc1c4 at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (P8FeH)

258 Many years ago I did some color commentary for the local hockey team on the local radio station. I knew the team well enough but I had no idea what I was talking about.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (nBr1j)

259 Scan those dildos! Scan those dildos!

Posted by: Peyton Manning at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (Tyii7)

260 Women have less teeth than men?

Less ribs, too?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (yXCUX)

--*Fewer*, motherfucker.

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (GsAUU)

261 here's hopin dodo bird

Posted by: concrete girl at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (MF4DY)

262 there are 12 ribs on each side
Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (QC/4S)

Sure. But what's your point? Breaking six of them in one go must surely a pretty substantial impact, like e.g., a baseball bat struck along the long axis of the body.

Otherwise, breaking six ribs would necessitate a series of blows, wouldn't it?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (gLfJd)

I already made my point, in the first post on the subject.

Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (QC/4S)

263 Couldn't happen to a crappier bunch of posers.

I know it seems crazy now, but there was a time when ESPN was not full-blown commie bullshit and Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick were actually entertaining.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (YR3HX)

264
But the positions of the top brass at ESPN are safe, right?


Sure they are. They're well insulated from any fracas going on below them.

And they'll still get their multi-million dollar bonus right on time. Christmas is coming, you know.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (tRaq7)

265 Holy crap, Melania's dress was gorgeous!

Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (Enq6K)

266 AMF
Adios My Friends!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2017 07:00 PM (bmkS9)

267 I think it's also gotten to the point where if they send someone out to do a report, the reporter also has to take along a camera and a tripod and set it up themselves.

They've pared it back that much. It's sad.

One of the minor channels here in town doesn't even do the news from here. It's shot over in Iowa somewhere and they use stringers to get some local shots.

The bean counters took over and it's so obvious.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 09, 2017 07:01 PM (4ErVI)

268 The 747 has officially become the station wagon with wood paneling.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:58 PM (yXCUX)

Isn't the 777 damned near as big, and with only two engines gets better fuel economy?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2017 07:01 PM (wYseH)

269 240 A proper hotdog has a natural casing and snaps when bitten.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 09, 2017 06:56 PM (mcI77)

Y'all just going to leave this hanging?

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 07:01 PM (tbOMB)

270 216 lmao.. my daughter who just got on at Amazon opened up a big box and it was filled with dildos!!
Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (CNHr1)


THAT'S her story??

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:01 PM (gLfJd)

271

Isn't the 777 damned near as big, and with only two engines gets better fuel economy?

What's your point?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (yXCUX)

272


The internet says Melania is 5'11" without heels.


No heels? Like, congenitally?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (oVJmc)

273 188 "They've aired some kind of ....frisbee...game...srsly."

The funny thing is that is how ESPN started as far as I know, showing weird games and obscure stuff.

And I like playing Ultimate, but I would not watch it without knowing the players personally, and then only to heckle.
Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (yqvys)
---
One of my favorite "Cheap Seats" was the Ultimate Frisbee competition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yaj6ZqGxMY

Bring back Cheap Seats and I may actually tune in to ESPN.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (qJtVm)

274
It just makes me sick. Melania makes even the vaunted Jackie O look like a bag lady. But basically, the big media just ignores her. If she were a Democrat FLOTUS, they would be doing the fashion equivalent of Uncle Harvey in the ficus over her.

But nothing hardly.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (8O3HH)

275 ...if it's almost a sport, it's on the Ocho!

Posted by: tu3031 at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (O5Q3r)

276 @225 - Now I can't get "Sweet Emotion" out of my head.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (l9m7l)

277

Those "snappy" hot dogs need to be cooked absolutely perfectly or else they're junk.

There is no margin for error for those snappy dogs.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 07:03 PM (yXCUX)

278 126
And now something completely different: Melania in China.

http://tinyurl.com/ybjbubh4
Posted by: exdem13 at November 09, 2017 06:52 PM (wZznc)
----

tbh, I never even looked that good in my dreams much less in reality

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:03 PM (nyQyG)

279 Women have less teeth than men?

There's a good reason for that.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at November 09, 2017 07:03 PM (Tyii7)

280 ESPN's delaying the layoffs until after Thanksgiving so some employees earn another year of stock vesting options.

So thoughtful of them. So generous.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 09, 2017 07:03 PM (I/iGu)

281 Worst Thanksgiving ever. For them, I mean.

I have no love for a network that disdains my kind. But the ones who *truly* disdain me, probably aren't losing their jobs.

Posted by: Shopgirl: Wearing her 2015 WS t-shirt at November 09, 2017 07:04 PM (3w06M)

282 273 188 "They've aired some kind of ....frisbee...game...srsly."

The funny thing is that is how ESPN started as far as I know, showing weird games and obscure stuff.

And I like playing Ultimate, but I would not watch it without knowing the players personally, and then only to heckle.
Posted by: goodluckduck at November 09, 2017 06:46 PM (yqvys)
---
One of my favorite "Cheap Seats" was the Ultimate Frisbee competition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yaj6ZqGxMY

Bring back Cheap Seats and I may actually tune in to ESPN.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (qJtVm)

Its time for Dodge Ball! right here on ESPN 8! The Ocho!

Posted by: Parody becomes reality... at November 09, 2017 07:04 PM (NgKpN)

283 248

Yeah, so United got rid off all their 747's.

That's sad. I imagine other major airlines are doing the same.

The 747 has officially become the station wagon with wood paneling.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 06:58 PM (yXCUX)

--The one time I flew legit First Class internationally was for my honeymoon: Lufthansa, on a 747.

The stewardess (yeah, I went there)-to-passenger ratio was 4:8. First time I ever ate caviar.

Good times.

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 07:04 PM (GsAUU)

284 She had to scan each one.. oh my Lord...my daughter.. holding a dildo. You don't know how funny this is.
============

It is funny the first couple hundred times. When I worked there I picked strawberry flavored anal desensitizing cream. Unless you are using your tongue as an applicator, why would it need flavoring?

Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Meeting Chapter at November 09, 2017 07:04 PM (2X7pN)

285 249
Can you imagine what Hillary would have worn to state dinners abroad had
she been President? We might have seen a return of the oven mitts..

=====
Something like this maybe?
249
Can you imagine what Hillary would have worn to state dinners abroad had
she been President? We might have seen a return of the oven mitts..

Posted by: exdem13 at November 09, 2017 07:05 PM (wZznc)

286 Anyone get the feeling that Rand might be very low-T? This whole thing seems very strange. It's not all that easy to break a rib, much less a bunch of 'em.

Posted by: Peaches at November 09, 2017 07:05 PM (14URa)

287 Women have less teeth than men?

Less ribs, too?

==

only if removed

Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 07:05 PM (QC/4S)

288 It is funny the first couple hundred times. When I worked there I picked strawberry flavored anal desensitizing cream. Unless you are using your tongue as an applicator, why would it need flavoring?
Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Meeting Chapter at November 09, 2017 07:04 PM (2X7pN)



Somehow it just seems wrong that the cream didn't include Ben-Gay.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:06 PM (gLfJd)

289 284
When I worked there I picked strawberry flavored anal desensitizing cream. Unless you are using your tongue as an applicator, why would it need flavoring?
Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front, Meeting Chapter at November 09, 2017 07:04 PM (2X7pN)


Sounds like you just answered your own question.

Posted by: rickl at November 09, 2017 07:07 PM (sdi6R)

290 Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of schmucks.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable, Profoundly Unserious & Immature Scientifically at November 09, 2017 07:07 PM (3BFzK)

291 Anyone get the feeling that Rand might be very low-T? This whole thing seems very strange. It's not all that easy to break a rib, much less a bunch of 'em.
Posted by: Peaches at November 09, 2017 07:05 PM (14URa)

Yup...or that Rand may actually have been Randi before.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 09, 2017 07:07 PM (nUkMr)

292 271

Isn't the 777 damned near as big, and with only two engines gets better fuel economy?



What's your point?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (yXCUX)
-------------------------------
Kind of sad, coming from someone who has flown across the Atlantic in a DC-6

Posted by: Javems at November 09, 2017 07:07 PM (yOqwj)

293 Unless you are using your tongue as an applicator, why would it need flavoring?

You just answered your own question.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 07:07 PM (CNHr1)

294 Isn't it nice not having to pretend the First Lady is hot anymore?

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 07:07 PM (GsAUU)

295 "lmao.. my daughter who just got on at Amazon opened up a big box and it was filled with dildos!!"

Weird, they are supposed to come in a bag.

Posted by: Louis CK at November 09, 2017 07:07 PM (yqvys)

296 216 lmao.. my daughter who just got on at Amazon opened up a big box and it was filled with dildos!!

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 06:51 PM (CNHr1)



Oh, Jewells . . . I kept reading that as your daughter just got on Amazon and I couldn't understand why you'd find it so hilarious that her first order was a big box of dildos. Missed it by "at" much.

Posted by: Peaches at November 09, 2017 07:08 PM (14URa)

297 Unless you are using your tongue as an applicator, why would it need flavoring?


But all lifestyles ... etc. etc.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:08 PM (gLfJd)

298 lol rickl!! great minds...

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 07:08 PM (CNHr1)

299
Whatever you do, don't lick the bleaching cream.

Posted by: Hope Solo at November 09, 2017 07:08 PM (8O3HH)

300 216 lmao.. my daughter who just got on at Amazon opened up a big box and it was filled with dildos!!

It was the Subaru promotion that did it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:09 PM (gLfJd)

301 Oh Peaches! lol.. as you all are fond of saying.. PHRASING!! I should have said she just started working there.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 07:09 PM (CNHr1)

302 We welcome our new, more dedicated and much smaller audience. Our appeal is now much more selective, which we embrace.

/how much can we raise cable fees in one year?

Posted by: ESPN at November 09, 2017 07:09 PM (aT+Bx)

303 If you get hit at the right angle and you aren't expecting, it is EASY to bruise, crack, or break ribs. We former (slow) wide receivers know this.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at November 09, 2017 07:09 PM (YR3HX)

304 293 Unless you are using your tongue as an applicator, why would it need flavoring?

You just answered your own question.
Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 07:07 PM (CNHr1)


Quality controlls for that product line sucks ass.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 07:10 PM (tbOMB)

305 >>>Can you imagine what Hillary would have worn to state dinners abroad had
she been President?<<<

A plastic boot for her broken toe? Special glasses for her googly eyes? A colostomy bag for her shitty disposition?

Posted by: Fritz at November 09, 2017 07:10 PM (Kwhm/)

306 ESPN will lay off more than 100 staffers after the Thanksgiving holidays, multiple sources tell Sports Illustrated.

Although I hate to wish ill upon anyone.... Oh FFS, who am I kidding?! Sucks to be them.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 09, 2017 07:10 PM (oLTNb)

307 Well, if ESPN goes down I won't understand anything I see on TV that is sports related.
"Is that a touchdown?"
(Announcer "Touchdown!"
(Me "Oh, OK. Yay!"

Also I won't have anyone to lecture me directly. Where do I buy a box set of Fidel's speeches?

Posted by: Daybrother at November 09, 2017 07:10 PM (hi8Ty)

308 216 lmao.. my daughter who just got on at Amazon opened up a big box and it was filled with dildos!!
---

It's a Pornocopia!

A tasteful arrangement of dildii on the groaning board makes a festive Thanksgiving tablescape.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 09, 2017 07:11 PM (qJtVm)

309 This whole thing seems very strange. It's not all that easy to break a rib, much less a bunch of 'em.

Au contraire, many noted authorities on this here blog assure me that ribs are the styrofoam peanuts of bones and they break easier than a brony's heart.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 09, 2017 07:11 PM (oVJmc)

310 Sure. But what's your point? Breaking six of them in one go must surely a pretty substantial impact, like e.g., a baseball bat struck along the long axis of the body.

Otherwise, breaking six ribs would necessitate a series of blows, wouldn't it?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara



Or having some big ass person blindside a skinny assed person and then land on them.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 09, 2017 07:11 PM (vVRlw)

311 f you get hit at the right angle and you aren't expecting, it is EASY to bruise, crack, or break ribs. We former (slow) wide receivers know this.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at November 09, 2017 07:09 PM (YR3HX)

yep, element of surprise plays a role

Posted by: ER at November 09, 2017 07:12 PM (QC/4S)

312 A colostomy bag for her shitty disposition?
Posted by: Fritz at November 09, 2017 07:10 PM (Kwhm/)



Coulda been for a hat.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:12 PM (gLfJd)

313
Worst Thanksgiving ever. For them, I mean.
---

No, it will be the best eveh!

They can work on their Cowboy Poetry! And their Performance Art! I know lots of them will on the street corner, urinating on Christian religious symbols for loose change, so it's all good.

Funemployment for 20 weeks!!!

Posted by: ESPN at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (aT+Bx)

314 It's a Pornocopia!

A tasteful arrangement of dildii on the groaning board makes a festive Thanksgiving tablescape.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 09, 2017 07:11 PM (qJtVm)

lol

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (tbOMB)

315 'Can you imagine what Hillary would have worn to state dinners abroad had
she been President?'

I don't care what anybody says PDT is MAGA like a boss.

Posted by: Meaty beaty big and bold at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (UdKB7)

316 i have never understood how these people stay in business.

Posted by: sofa saver at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (4u7kU)

317 Free Prime Dildo shipping! This week only!

Posted by: Jeff Bozos at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (Tyii7)

318 'Can you imagine what Hillary would have worn to state dinners abroad had

she been President?'


Quilted, floral print Mao Suit?


Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (oVJmc)

319 f you get hit at the right angle and you aren't expecting, it is EASY to bruise, crack, or break ribs. We former (slow) wide receivers know this.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at November 09, 2017 07:09 PM (YR3HX)


True. And I'm a member of that club, too.

But I've never heard of anyone breaking SIX ribs. Usually it's just one or two floating ribs. I don't know, but that's my impression. None of the guys I played ever broke THAT many ribs.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:14 PM (gLfJd)

320 233
T-ball experience is nice, but doesn't count. Hell, I played in high school and college, and I wouldn't consider that I was suitable for a color commentator.

The sportscasters you mention were all play-by-play guys, who, as mentioned above, IMO don't have to have played the sport. The color commentators, OTOH, do have to have played it, again IMO.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 06:54 PM (gLfJd)
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That's basically what I was saying. She might work as a play-by-play talker but she CAN'T work as a replacement for a pro ex-player.

She is obviously not qualified --- just as you are not remotely qualified to offer color commentary (or play-by-play, or even casual remarks!) on an Olympic fast-pitch game.






Posted by: Margarita,voyaging to the edge of crisp at November 09, 2017 07:14 PM (0jtPF)

321 I don't care what anybody says PDT is MAGA like a boss.
--

And Melania... wow. Just wow. Gorgeous and smart and so classy.

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:14 PM (aT+Bx)

322 At 16, I was molested by Phillip Morris.

Posted by: Kathy Griffen at November 09, 2017 07:14 PM (mFx4k)

323 317 Free Prime Dildo shipping! This week only!
Posted by: Jeff Bozos at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (Tyii7)

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Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 09, 2017 07:15 PM (tbOMB)

324 >>If you get hit at the right angle and you aren't expecting, it is EASY to bruise, crack, or break ribs. We former (slow) wide receivers know this.

Yep. Nothing makes linebackers happier and receivers unhappier than a high throw over the middle.

Those ribs were a juicy target.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 07:15 PM (/tuJf)

325 Au contraire, many noted authorities on this here blog assure me that ribs are the styrofoam peanuts of bones and they break easier than a brony's heart.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 09, 2017 07:11 PM (oVJmc)


LOL! That was kind of my impression as well.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:16 PM (gLfJd)

326 Quilted, floral print Mao Suit?




Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (oVJmc)
Heh...and Bill wandering after her, with his mouth agape..

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:16 PM (a0IVu)

327 Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:02 PM (8O3HH)

ditto, Michelle couldn't even dress for her body type and they wrote glowing pieces about her that were tripe but Magnificient Melania gets the cold shoulder.

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:16 PM (nyQyG)

328 None of the guys I played ever broke THAT many ribs.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:14 PM (gLfJd)

My guess is that he landed on the housing of the mower, probably an edge, and his weight plus his attacker's weight combined to break all of those ribs.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2017 07:16 PM (wYseH)

329 Free Prime Dildo shipping! This week only!


Posted by: Jeff Bozos at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM
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Actually Jeff, the promotion is " Sign up for Amazon Prime and get your Dildo Shipped for Free."

[rolls eyes]

How many dildos are we going to have to ship for free because of this mistake? Idiot.

Posted by: Amazon Marketing Department VP at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (aT+Bx)

330 321
I don't care what anybody says PDT is MAGA like a boss.
--

And Melania... wow. Just wow. Gorgeous and smart and so classy.


Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:14 PM (aT+Bx)
They are amazing. We're so lucky!

Posted by: Peaches at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (14URa)

331
Also, you can use Amazon "Key" and have you dildos delivered into your home and set up for you.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (8O3HH)

332 ditto, Michelle couldn't even dress for her body type

Well... when you're built like a linebacker...

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (CNHr1)

333 >>My guess is that he landed on the housing of the mower, probably an edge, and his weight plus his attacker's weight combined to break all of those ribs.


That was my guess as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (/tuJf)

334 Savvy shoppers won't get left holding the bag! Err...box!

Posted by: Jeff Bozos at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (Tyii7)

335 Yep. Nothing makes linebackers happier and receivers unhappier than a high throw over the middle.

Those ribs were a juicy target.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 07:15 PM (/tuJf)



Yep.

Flash back *cough* years in a huddle: "For Chrissake, Greg, would you get the ball down? I'm getting crucified on those short crossing patterns!"

But of course back then, scrawny wide receivers could get their licks in on the beefy linebackers with the crackback, now sadly, illegal.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (gLfJd)

336 ditto, Michelle couldn't even dress for her body
type and they wrote glowing pieces about her that were tripe but
Magnificient Melania gets the cold shoulder.

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:16 PM (nyQyG)
The foreign press are actually much better in the coverage and universally think she is aces in what she wears. Ours ignore and snipe about how much it all cost.

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (a0IVu)

337 I've been enragened by the press seeming to take side of Rand's attacker, but the story CBS News just did wasnt too bad. They said none of the other neighbors are buying that "lawn care dispute" BS the one neighbor's been pushing. They also said Rand has retained a personal injury attorney.

Posted by: stace at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (6HFDU)

338 The 747 has officially become the station wagon with wood paneling.

Its a great old bird, but they are pretty old

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (39g3+)

339 Ehh what's this? Oh you're new?

All right. Go over and organize them dildos. Start with the King Dongs and work your way down to the Lil' Pinkies.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (4ErVI)

340 Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (8O3HH)

In just snorted my wine through my nose.

Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (CNHr1)

341 My guess is that he landed on the housing of the
mower, probably an edge, and his weight plus his attacker's weight
combined to break all of those ribs.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2017 07:16 PM (wYseH)
Reminds me of Rachel Corrie, minus the burqa.

Posted by: Peaches at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (14URa)

342 Also, you can use Amazon "Key" and have you dildos delivered into your home and set up for you.

Why, how thoughtful!

Posted by: Sandra Flook at November 09, 2017 07:19 PM (Tyii7)

343 332 ditto, Michelle couldn't even dress for her body type

Well... when you're built like a linebacker...
Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (CNHr1)



I say again: she looks like Lawrence Taylor in drag.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:19 PM (gLfJd)

344
Boeing doesn't even make them anymore? When did they stop?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at November 09, 2017 07:19 PM (yXCUX)

345 Quilted, floral print Mao Suit?
---

That was a best case scenario.

I was thinking Mao pantsuits in dozens of shades of brown. Just for fun, some of them would have been too short. To be, ya know. edgy. And "fashionable."

And don't forget the black Dr. Frankenstein shoes and the cripple, sorry "Differently Abled" eyeglasses.

She'd make Merkel look like a supermodel.

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:19 PM (aT+Bx)

346 Those ribs were a juicy target.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 07:15 PM (/tuJf)

I have no idea what you mean.




Posted by: Ronnie Lott at November 09, 2017 07:20 PM (wYseH)

347 Well... when you're built like a linebacker...

Roberta Muldoon would have some nice fashion hints for the, um, "larger" woman.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 09, 2017 07:20 PM (tRaq7)

348 They are amazing. We're so lucky!
---

I think God smiled on us and gave us a chance.

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:20 PM (aT+Bx)

349 Oh how shaden is my boner right now over this wonderful ESPN news.

Posted by: MSTisdale at November 09, 2017 07:21 PM (xHVD5)

350 345, Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:19 PM (aT+Bx)

Do you remember what she wore to the fundraiser with Cher?? I will never get that image out of my mind...I think that was edgy for her. or fashion forward.

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:21 PM (a0IVu)

351 >>But of course back then, scrawny wide receivers could get their licks in on the beefy linebackers with the crackback, now sadly, illegal.

It should be illegal to hit a linebacker. They are mostly warm and sensitive people. Hugging would be more appropriate.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 07:22 PM (/tuJf)

352 My guess is that he landed on the housing of the mower, probably an edge, and his weight plus his attacker's weight combined to break all of those ribs.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2017 07:16 PM (wYseH)


That makes it sound like almost a freak accident; but why did Boucher attack him then at all?

I think the sustained attack makes more sense. Incensed by something or other, he tackles Paul, throws him on the ground, and kicks or stomps him.

Makes more sense, doesn't it?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:22 PM (gLfJd)

353 Were all six fractures on one side? I think the only way you break six ribs in a scuffle is to get kicked while you're unprotected...repeatedly. Like when you're on the ground covering your head.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 09, 2017 07:23 PM (oLTNb)

354 Don't feel bad ESPers, declining viewership got me a phat book deal! I'm sure you're all getting the same.

You're welcome!

Posted by: Colin Kaeperni k at November 09, 2017 07:23 PM (9laXR)

355 A plastic boot for her broken toe? Special glasses for her googly eyes? A colostomy bag for her shitty disposition?
Posted by: Fritz at November 09, 2017 07:10 PM (Kwhm/)

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bwahahaha

and don't forget that 125 ugly pounds of flesh known as Chelsea that would be like a gaping wound clung to her

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:23 PM (nyQyG)

356 We are giving these employees more time to spend with their families during and after the Thanksgiving holidays. This will empower them in their goals of educating their Fox News watching racist uncles as to the righteousness of Colin Kaepernick.

If those deplorable racist hicks in Jesusland would just watch us so they could be educated on how their inherent racism enables racist cops (except the ones who provide security during games) to slaughter blacks. But nooooo, they'd rather watch Andy Griffith reruns or American Pickers and remain blissful in their ignorance!

Posted by: ESPN Public Relations at November 09, 2017 07:23 PM (eh0Va)

357 335---The foreign press are actually much better in the coverage and universally think she is aces in what she wears. Ours ignore and snipe about how much it all cost.
Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (a0IVu)
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Drives me crazy how hard it is to even find out what she's wearing from our media. Every time Michelle dressed up it was splashed all over the place.

And as for cost --- Mooch's wardrobe was $ky-high.

Posted by: Margarita,voyaging to the edge of crisp at November 09, 2017 07:23 PM (0jtPF)

358 Exceptionally
Stupid
Pussified
Network

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 09, 2017 07:24 PM (bmkS9)

359 Do you remember what she wore to the fundraiser with Cher?? I will never get that image out of my mind...I think that was edgy for her. or fashion forward.

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:21 PM (a0IVu)


I've posted this before but it's my favorite of hers:

http://tinyurl.com/gucpdkv

Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 07:24 PM (Enq6K)

360 Alright, back to work! Those dildos aren't gonna sort themselves!

Posted by: Amazon floor supervisor at November 09, 2017 07:24 PM (Tyii7)

361 It should be illegal to hit a linebacker. They are mostly warm and sensitive people. Hugging would be more appropriate.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 07:22 PM (/tuJf)


We obviously knew different linebackers. My only defense was that I could easily outrun them in the open field.

Over the middle, not so much.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:24 PM (gLfJd)

362 Higgens ist Mort? And it is the Robert Masters estate, not the Masterson.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 09, 2017 07:24 PM (rb1zT)

363 321
I don't care what anybody says PDT is MAGA like a boss.
--

And Melania... wow. Just wow. Gorgeous and smart and so classy.


Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:14 PM (aT+Bx)
They are amazing. We're so lucky!

Posted by: Peaches at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (14URa)
*****************************

First foreigner to dine in the Forbidden City since 1949.

Posted by: gNewt at November 09, 2017 07:25 PM (hN5g8)

364 360 Alright, back to work! Those dildos aren't gonna sort themselves!
Posted by: Amazon floor supervisor at November 09, 2017 07:24 PM (Tyii7)



Did those dildos have those QC stickers "Inspected by ...?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:25 PM (gLfJd)

365 And as for cost --- Mooch's wardrobe was $ky-high.

Just another demonstration that you can't polish a turd.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 09, 2017 07:25 PM (oLTNb)

366 Well... when you're built like a linebacker...
Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at November 09, 2017 07:17 PM (CNHr1)
---
excellent point

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:25 PM (nyQyG)

367 >>My guess is that he landed on the housing of the mower, probably an edge, and his weight plus his attacker's weight combined to break all of those ribs.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2017 07:16 PM (wYseH)

Yes. Only good explanation.

Posted by: Caliban at November 09, 2017 07:25 PM (QE8X6)

368 've posted this before but it's my favorite of hers:



http://tinyurl.com/gucpdkv

Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 07:24 PM (Enq6K)
oh my lordy..trying to laugh silently

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:25 PM (a0IVu)

369 103
BTW, Clay Travis is a great troller.





He has clearly studied at the Shaolin Temple of trollery under The Donald.

He's the guy that freaked out CNN girl by saying "boobs".


Posted by: tu3031 at November 09, 2017 06:32 PM (O5Q3r)

But Travis is not a Louis C.K. - level troller, but still damned good.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (UsCnO)

370 John Hillerman of Texas once received a fan letter from a British lord telling him he was a credit to the empire.

Posted by: mark1971 at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (xPl2J)

371 Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (a0IVu)

----

what would we do without the daily mail?

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (nyQyG)

372 We should feel bad that so many hardworking dedicated people are losing their jobs during the holidays.

We should... but hell...

HAH-HAHHHHHH!!!!

Posted by: kbdabear at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (eh0Va)

373 If Chelsea weighs 125 lbs I'll eat my hat. That girl be big boned.

Posted by: Meaty beaty big and bold at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (UdKB7)

374 335---The foreign press are actually much better in the coverage and universally think she is aces in what she wears. Ours ignore and snipe about how much it all cost.
Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:18 PM (a0IVu)


Yeah, I sure hope Donald can afford her clothes.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (gLfJd)

375 what would we do without the daily mail?

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (nyQyG)
Seriously. That's where I check out pics.

Posted by: IC at November 09, 2017 07:27 PM (a0IVu)

376 Paul's attacker should be charged with the maximum allowable sentence.

Posted by: gNewt at November 09, 2017 07:27 PM (hN5g8)

377 First foreigner to dine in the Forbidden City since 1949.
Posted by: gNewt at November 09, 2017 07:25 PM (hN5g



Could you imagine what the collective media orgasm would have been like if Obama had gotten to do that?

Posted by: buzzion - guess my sign at November 09, 2017 07:27 PM (z/Ubi)

378 I mostly found whay Mooch wore was hideous, thought it often came from Ahmed's Tents and more

Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2017 07:27 PM (aC6Sd)

379 Six ribs. sustained attack, how did it happen ?

Seems like the story's not getting told correctly.

Who told the story?

Posted by: dDan at November 09, 2017 07:27 PM (hwYmz)

380 It took Killary and Mooch to show us that carpet is multi functional.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 09, 2017 07:27 PM (fk6MT)

381 I say again: she looks like Lawrence Taylor in drag.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:19 PM (gLfJd)

---

i'll agree and admit i'm laughing only if it doesn't get me banned

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:27 PM (nyQyG)

382 Makes more sense, doesn't it?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:22 PM (gLfJd)

I am making the probably incorrect assumption that this guy wasn't nuts.

A sustained attack on a U.S. Senator borders on nuts.

But realistically, breaking six ribs in one fall does seem odd.

Occam says you are correct.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 09, 2017 07:27 PM (wYseH)

383 And as for cost --- Mooch's wardrobe was $ky-high.
Posted by: Margarita,voyaging to the edge of crisp at November 09, 2017 07:23 PM (0jtPF)



Nah. Cheap. A used dropcloth and a borrowed WWE championship belt. The whole thing probably came to $10.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:28 PM (gLfJd)

384
I think all high quality dildos are tested once. Like test firing a new gun off the line.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:28 PM (8O3HH)

385 But nooooo, they'd rather watch Andy Griffith reruns or American Pickers and remain blissful in their ignorance!
Posted by: ESPN Public Relations at November 09, 2017 07:23 PM
--

It's Star Trek re-runs.

That's what we watch.

/Loser.

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:28 PM (aT+Bx)

386 I am going to have to get out the Magnum PI dvds this weekend.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 09, 2017 07:28 PM (rb1zT)

387 She'd make Merkel look like a supermodel.
Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:19 PM (aT+Bx)

---

sadly, you are correct

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:28 PM (nyQyG)

388 Mine were inspected by a Harvey W.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at November 09, 2017 07:28 PM (Tyii7)

389 That makes it sound like almost a freak accident; but why did Boucher attack him then at all?

I think the sustained attack makes more sense. Incensed by something or other, he tackles Paul, throws him on the ground, and kicks or stomps him.

Makes more sense, doesn't it?


There are only two people who know for certain what happened. The perp sure isn't going to tell us, and the perpee won't either, for fear of tainting the jury pool.

I'm guessing there was a flying tackle. Had a kid try that on me one day in PE class. He'd done it before, tackled me from behind while we were playing soccer. I was ready for him the last time, sidestepped him, got him in a headlock and pounded his face into a bloody pulp.

He left me alone after that.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 09, 2017 07:29 PM (tRaq7)

390
Nah. Cheap. A used dropcloth and a borrowed WWE championship belt. The whole thing probably came to $10.
--

Yeah, but the designer is the one who source the dropcloth and the belt, so the mark up was a million %

Posted by: shibumi at November 09, 2017 07:29 PM (aT+Bx)

391 To which Sports Illustrated responded: "Maybe they should try a bunch of jet hot babes running around a beach with nothing on but body paint."

Posted by: wth at November 09, 2017 06:28 PM (HgMAr)

Haven't you heard? SI thinks putting a geriatric tranny and a fat comedienne on the covers of their swimsuit issues will bring in millions of new "woke" subscribers

Posted by: kbdabear at November 09, 2017 07:29 PM (eh0Va)

392
Just imagine the poor inspector who has to test out those more real life squirting dildos.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:30 PM (8O3HH)

393 So my co-worker went to a wedding a week ago (I believe it was his brother that got married) and apparently one of the brother's in-laws works at a brewery (Fullsteam) and brought the beer.



Co-worker doesn't drink so he asked me if I wanted it. I said "sure" thinking what, a six pack or something. Oh no, at least a case. So I have about a case of Fullsteam Rocket Science IPA in my refrigerator.



It's pretty good so far, and it just keeps getting better...so I've got that going for me.


Evening roonz and roonettez, what's happening?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 09, 2017 07:30 PM (vbvxt)

394 Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 07:24 PM (Enq6K)

wish a bunch of ping pong balls had fallen on her for the full effect

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:31 PM (nyQyG)

395 384
I think all high quality dildos are tested once. Like test firing a new gun off the line.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:28 PM (8O3HH)

Do they include the target they were tested on? Maybe a photo? "This is Laverne. She rated this product of the highest quality."

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 09, 2017 07:31 PM (rb1zT)

396 They also said Rand has retained a personal injury attorney.
---
Well at least he's getting another house for his troubles.

Posted by: Disney's stock price at November 09, 2017 07:32 PM (XQvuQ)

397 Nah. Cheap. A used dropcloth and a borrowed WWE championship belt. The whole thing probably came to $10.
--

Yeah, but the designer is the one who source the dropcloth and the belt, so the mark up was a million %

Posted by: shibumi at
***************************


They focus grouped every stitch.

Posted by: gNewt at November 09, 2017 07:32 PM (hN5g8)

398 Looks like the fix is in with the Menendez jury. Juror dismissed today for vacation said she was a "firm no" on conviction and she wasn't alone.

Posted by: Not THOSE Two Americas, THOSE Two Americas at November 09, 2017 07:32 PM (qYCgM)

399 >> "This is Laverne.

Worse: Inspected by Jake from State Farm

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:32 PM (8O3HH)

400 373
If Chelsea weighs 125 lbs I'll eat my hat. That girl be big boned.

Posted by: Meaty beaty big and bold at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (UdKB7)

She takes after her father.

Posted by: I have pictures! at November 09, 2017 07:33 PM (zCyNd)

401 This Amazon thing is wonderful. I remember the dark days, when a girl could only get a dildo in a back alley. We've come so far.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at November 09, 2017 07:35 PM (Tyii7)

402 383---Nah. Cheap. A used dropcloth and a borrowed WWE championship belt. The whole thing probably came to $10.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:28 PM (gLfJd)
-------------------------------

Hey, we live in a world where a Jackson Pollack will set you back $20 million bucks! Slap a Chanel label on a dropcloth and you have a $20K ensemble!

Posted by: Margarita,voyaging to the edge of crisp at November 09, 2017 07:35 PM (0jtPF)

403 If Chelsea weighs 125 lbs I'll eat my hat. That girl be big boned.
Posted by: Meaty beaty big and bold at November 09, 2017 07:26 PM (UdKB7)

---

"I'm pleasantly plump"

Posted by: Nora at November 09, 2017 07:36 PM (nyQyG)

404
Haven't you heard? SI thinks putting a geriatric
tranny and a fat comedienne on the covers of their swimsuit issues will
bring in millions of new "woke" subscribers



Posted by: kbdabear at November 09, 2017 07:29 PM (eh0Va)

Has anyone thanked you for the compliance picks lately?
Thank you.

Posted by: Methos at November 09, 2017 07:37 PM (XQvuQ)

405
Worse: Inspected by Jake from State Farm

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:32 PM (8O3HH)

No!

You're in good hands with Allstate!

Posted by: Jake from Allstate at November 09, 2017 07:37 PM (zCyNd)

406 Sounds like the Fusion GPS investigation is starting to get very interesting. Simpson clearly lied to Congress and maybe Mueller about his knowledge of the Russian lawyer's meeting at Trump Tower with Don Jr, Manafort, etc. The meeting is starting to sound like a setup to show that members of the Trump campaign team met with Russians.

http://tinyurl.com/y9mzd5hj

Posted by: JackStraw at November 09, 2017 07:37 PM (/tuJf)

407 401 This Amazon thing is wonderful. I remember the dark days, when a girl could only get a dildo in a back alley. We've come so far.
Posted by: Sandra Flook at November 09, 2017 07:35 PM (Tyii7)



Oh, you mean those face massagers they used to advertise in the back pages of magazines?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:37 PM (gLfJd)

408 398 Looks like the fix is in with the Menendez jury. Juror dismissed today for vacation said she was a "firm no" on conviction and she wasn't alone.

Posted by: Not THOSE Two Americas, THOSE Two Americas at November 09, 2017 07:32 PM (qYCgM)

What?! I didn't think a juror could say anything like that.

Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 07:37 PM (Enq6K)

409
What?! I didn't think a juror could say anything like that.

Posted by: Tami at November 09, 2017 07:37 PM (Enq6K)

Joisey? What law/exit?

Posted by: Joe P. at November 09, 2017 07:38 PM (zCyNd)

410 If the fish sauce scent is not on an Amazon dildo you get double your money back.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable, Profoundly Unserious & Immature Scientifically at November 09, 2017 07:39 PM (3BFzK)

411 Hey, we live in a world where a Jackson Pollack will set you back $20 million bucks! Slap a Chanel label on a dropcloth and you have a $20K ensemble!
Posted by: Margarita,voyaging to the edge of crisp at November 09, 2017 07:35 PM (0jtPF)



I've got a couple dropcloths ... hmmmm.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:39 PM (gLfJd)

412 HAHAHAHAHA

Trump dines in the Forbidden City.

The Chinese are afraid Trump's going to make them eat his ass on trade.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 09, 2017 07:40 PM (4ErVI)

413 Again, what is an ''Amazon"?

Posted by: greek homo at November 09, 2017 07:40 PM (zCyNd)

414 373
If Chelsea weighs 125 lbs I'll eat my hat. That girl be big boned.


That's my girl!


Posted by: Webb Hubbell at November 09, 2017 07:40 PM (UsCnO)

415 I have some Pollock type are but you need a CSI black light to "appreciate" the "strokes."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable, Profoundly Unserious & Immature Scientifically at November 09, 2017 07:41 PM (3BFzK)

416 Haven't you heard? SI thinks putting a geriatric
tranny and a fat comedienne on the covers of their swimsuit issues will bring in millions of new "woke" subscribers.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 09, 2017 07:29 PM (eh0Va)


Lena Dunham on the cover of the new National Geographic. Some story about manatees.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 09, 2017 07:41 PM (gLfJd)

417 Trump dines in the Forbidden City.

We hope we're not on the menu.

Posted by: The Koi at November 09, 2017 07:41 PM (Tyii7)

418 412
HAHAHAHAHA



Trump dines in the Forbidden City.



The Chinese are afraid Trump's going to make them eat his ass on trade.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 09, 2017 07:40 PM (4ErVI)

Perhaps Trumpzilla will dine on the Forbidden City.

Posted by: yer pal Mothra at November 09, 2017 07:41 PM (zCyNd)

419 Paul Finebaum intensively covers football and ... well .. look at him.

Clearly you don't have to have been a player to be a good sports interviewer and commenter.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 09, 2017 07:43 PM (UUCe/)

420 419
Paul Finebaum intensively covers football and ... well .. look at him.



Clearly you don't have to have been a player to be a good sports interviewer and commenter.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 09, 2017 07:43 PM (UUCe/)

You don't even have to be good! Diversity!!!

Posted by: ESPN HR dept at November 09, 2017 07:45 PM (zCyNd)

421
It just hit me. The the perfect just deserts job for MeAgain Kelly: squirting dildo tester.

Day in an day, squirt, squirt, squirt.

Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at November 09, 2017 07:47 PM (8O3HH)

422 The the perfect just deserts job for MeAgain Kelly: squirting dildo tester.



They have robots for that.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 09, 2017 07:48 PM (UUCe/)

423 GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 09, 2017 07:49 PM (ZpI7B)

424 First, they came for ESPN and I smiled.

Next, they came for MSNBC and I chuckled.

Finally, they came for CBS and I laughed.

Posted by: Blake at November 09, 2017 07:50 PM (WEBkv)

425 419 Paul Finebaum intensively covers football and ... well .. look at him.

Clearly you don't have to have been a player to be a good sports interviewer and commenter.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 09, 2017 07:43 PM (UUCe/)

--I liked when Finebaum pushed back against BLM and said that Blacks have never had it so good in this country (which is true).

I didn't like when he made a groveling set of Hail Marys for his thoughtcrime and recanted.

Posted by: logprof at November 09, 2017 07:54 PM (GsAUU)

426 317 Free Prime Dildo shipping! This week only!
Posted by: Jeff Bozos at November 09, 2017 07:13 PM (Tyii7)
---
Dildos shipped near-instantaneously via giant interplanetary dildo!

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Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 09, 2017 07:54 PM (qJtVm)

427 It's a Pornocopia!



A tasteful arrangement of dildii on the groaning board makes a festive Thanksgiving tablescape.

Posted by: All Hail Eris

__________________
You know where I'm going with this.
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Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 09, 2017 08:09 PM (H5rtT)

428
As God is our witness, we could have sworn those turkey shows would fly!

-- ESPN Management

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 09, 2017 09:26 PM (pNxlR)

429 Somehow how I don't think clapper dicks activists girlfriend's business model ids working out .

Posted by: Buffalobob at November 09, 2017 11:27 PM (3P5C1)

430 Well, well, well: according to The Bleacher Report, Barb Cost-ass has announced that "Football DESTROYS PEOPLE'S BRAINS."

Well, Bobbie, you oughta know.

He went on to say that "the whole [game of football] could collapse like a house of cards if people actually begin connecting the dots."

Yet he makes millions as a sports announcer. What a swine.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y7zn6mgb

Posted by: Beverly at November 10, 2017 01:27 AM (OXqhg)

431 When they get back to showing demolition derby's and Australian Rules football I'll start watching again...

Posted by: STl Hawkeye at November 10, 2017 05:19 AM (wvG1L)

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