Under pressure to cut costs it is being reported that a bunch of "on-air" talent will be let go. Confirmed to have been cut are Jeff Van Gundy and Jalen Rose. Shame-I really enjoyed Van Gundy.
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This is only the beginning too.
There are going to be wholesale changes and some believe this is to make balance sheets look better for a sale.
And of course they still have the lingering Sage Steele lawsuit, which might have spared her from being cut.
Uh ohhh. When they did this a few years ago it was pretty bad. Now besides a few hosts, I dont even enjoy watching Sports Center. SVP is the best though during NFL season.
Van Gundy I liked, and Jalen was pretty good too. Will be interesting to hear who else gets chopped.
Van Gundy I liked, and Jalen was pretty good too. Will be interesting to hear who else gets chopped.
Damn will miss jalens line ups. His barber makes the crispiest lines.
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Max Kellerman and Keyshawn Johnson gone as well.
I can't tell you the last time I watched ESPN other than a game. I got tired of all the shows that were a bunch of screaming their opinions and such. Looking at Stephen A Smith as the prime example.
For most shows I agree. Only one that I still enjoy is PTI, which I only rarely get to see because of work.
Kellerman was hilarious
I cut the cord a couple months ago and surprisingly have not missed ESPN one bit.
Mark_UK
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Don’t like to see people losing jobs, but if it’s a choice between dropping presenters, or dropping sports (ESPN+ is fantastic for watching international sport), I’m going with the presenters I’m afraid.
If you've ever watched the show 30 Rock, there is a great reference to a made up show called "Sports Shouting" and it's just 4 guys in a quadbox yelling at the same time. That's all I can think of when I think of ESPN.
I’ll miss both Van Gundy and Rose. I hope this won’t affect ESPN+ programming.
Their morning radio show was not doing well. And I know in NY it was replaced by a local show
Sad to see Van Gundy go. I don't watch ESPN anymore, outside of live sports, but I can think of plenty others who should be going before him.
they got political and i think it turned some people off. that and listening to stephen a smith turns lots of people off.
people click more when they are angry. If people would just ignore him he would go away.
I watch the early golf telecasts on ESPN.......that is all
The got Pat McAfee though so there is that.
I could not disagree more!!! Have me on the pod and lets spend 25 minutes yelling at each other with ad hominem attacks, have 10 minutes of commercials, spend 5 minutes reading directly from a statistics aggregation service, and final 3 minutes making our point.
Kellerman shouldn't be allowed to watch sports much less get paid to talk about them.
