[Sully]

Trying to do too much...
Sports enter is solid, if unspectacular. Bob Ley's show is decent. Obviously live sports are great. But the talk shows are ridiculous, and I can't imagine anyone watches them (though I assume they do, as they keep rolling out more).
That said, they are becoming the victim of the same thing every other traditional news outlet is. I can get my news in a more personally tailored, and efficient manner at the touch of my fingers. I can hear discussions I actually want to hear about by more discriminantly choosing podcasts. I can listen to local sports radio, even if I don't live in the locale I want to hear about. And now there is a stand alone network for the four major US sports.
I think their knee jerk reactions to this has been to try more and more to bring in "casual" fans with comedy and talk. Add to that, running home to the "mama" of preaching nearly exclusively to the New York audience.
What I (humbly) think they SHOULD do, is go back to their roots. Run those third tier sports more. Replay games. Pick up a patchwork of niches, rather than trying to be vanilla and get everything. I find myself watching rugby on the NBC sports network. I find myself watching NBA D-league and summer games. I truly wish there was more access to NHL, like there used to be. Hell, I don't even mind watching poker now and again. Just stop trying to be MTV. Be a sports network. Show more actual sports, rather than more people making sports jokes.