Football Way too many ebonic speaking idiots on ESPN - Page 5

Richard_Cuckold · 02-04-2013, 01:35 PM

Seriously, what the hell has happened to this network?? I was just watching a sports debate show on ESPN2 and they had three guys talking over each other using slang and basically being idiots. One of them was Jalen Rose (who has been arrested multiple times I believe)

This network is just a disgrace with the amount of idiots they hire. Don't even get me started on Stephen A Bitch. How that guy got a journalism degree is beyond me.

okcchief · 02-04-2013, 07:12 PM

I hated Jalen Rose when he played in the NBA by the way. He's one of my favorite analysts though. I guess the "ebonics" doesn't bother me as long as they know what they are talking about. On the other hand they can't get Magic off my TV fast enough. Loved watching him play, but his takes are border line reeruned.

blaise · 02-04-2013, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by okcchief

I hated Jalen Rose when he played in the NBA by the way. He's one of my favorite analysts though. I guess the "ebonics" doesn't bother me as long as they know what they are talking about. On the other hand they can't get Magic off my TV fast enough. Loved watching him play, but his takes are border line reeruned.

Yeah, Magic is terrible on TV.

GloryDayz · 02-04-2013, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

A round table discussion of Shannon Sharpe, Michael Irvin and Warren Sapp can be pretty scary.

Yup.... That's why God invented the Science Channel...

movinbones · 02-04-2013, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ptlyon

Does anybody here speak jive?

Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help!

Chiefs Pantalones · 02-04-2013, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard_Harrow

I will give them credit for dumping that guy that called RG3 a "cornball brotha". Highly inappropiate.

Didn't Stephen A. Smith say the N word and not get disciplined, IIRC?

Chiefs Pantalones · 02-04-2013, 08:19 PM

It's not just the former pro players pretending to be journalists/experts, it's the guys that actually went to college and got their degrees too.

This sounds bad, but it's worse when the two night anchors on SportsCenter (the ones of color lol, I can't think of their names at the moment) are anchoring together. When it's the white one and the black one it's a "smoother" broadcast, to go along with the thread topic. But when the two black anchors are on together it is unwatchable as they are ebonicing and slanging it up the whole sportscast. It's like a locker room, no joke. They probably drink on the commercial breaks they have so much fun together. I'm not just talking about the fact that you can't understand what they're saying, but they mess around way too much and mess up the broadcast because of their mistakes.

I think they feel more comfortable with each other that's why when they're anchoring together they act a fool, and when they're with a white guy they're a little more professional, but still crap as PGM said. ESPN has went down the drain.

Chiefs Pantalones · 02-04-2013, 08:22 PM

Speaking of the "professional" Jalen Rose...

http://deadspin.com/5981580/jalen-ro...s-drug-testing

**Reaper16** · 02-04-2013, 08:23 PM

okcchief · 02-04-2013, 08:23 PM

Stuart Scott annoys me, but it's not the Ebonics, he's just a repetitive idiot. I could say the same about Chris Berman though

okcchief · 02-04-2013, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

Speaking of the "professional" Jalen Rose...

http://deadspin.com/5981580/jalen-ro...s-drug-testing

Because second hand accounts on deadspin are always accurate, and never taken out of context.

Chiefs Pantalones · 02-04-2013, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by okcchief

Because second hand accounts on deadspin are always accurate, and never taken out of context.

Pictures can be taken out of context? Dude is out partying with kids that weren't born when he was in college after he just did the broadcast that night. If I'm his employer, he's fired.

KC_Connection · 02-04-2013, 08:44 PM

Rose had a DUI about two years ago and ESPN didn't fire him because he's good at what he does. They're certainly not going to fire him over pictures of him partying.

Chiefs Pantalones · 02-04-2013, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Rose had a DUI about two years ago and ESPN didn't fire him because he's good at what he does. They're certainly not going to fire him over pictures of him partying.

Sad world.

houstonwhodat · 02-04-2013, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by okcchief

Stuart Scott annoys me, but it's not the Ebonics, he's just a repetitive idiot. I could say the same about Chris Berman though

Which eye do you look at???

'Hamas' Jenkins · 02-04-2013, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard_Harrow

Seriously, what the hell has happened to this network?? I was just watching a sports debate show on ESPN2 and they had three guys talking over each other using slang and basically being idiots. One of them was Jalen Rose (who has been arrested multiple times I believe)

This network is just a disgrace with the amount of idiots they hire. Don't even get me started on Stephen A Bitch. How that guy got a journalism degree is beyond me.

You were the guy who made the sign for Bruce Willis to wear at the beginning of Die Hard with a Vengeance, aren't you?

02-04-2013, 01:35 PM
Richard_Cuckold Banned Join Date: Sep 2012 Casino cash: $10004900	Way too many ebonic speaking idiots on ESPN Seriously, what the hell has happened to this network?? I was just watching a sports debate show on ESPN2 and they had three guys talking over each other using slang and basically being idiots. One of them was Jalen Rose (who has been arrested multiple times I believe) This network is just a disgrace with the amount of idiots they hire. Don't even get me started on Stephen A Bitch. How that guy got a journalism degree is beyond me.
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02-04-2013, 07:12 PM	#61
okcchief MVP Join Date: Jul 2008 Casino cash: $9849890	I hated Jalen Rose when he played in the NBA by the way. He's one of my favorite analysts though. I guess the "ebonics" doesn't bother me as long as they know what they are talking about. On the other hand they can't get Magic off my TV fast enough. Loved watching him play, but his takes are border line reeruned.
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02-04-2013, 08:19 PM	#66
Chiefs Pantalones GO CHIEFS!!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $7928717	It's not just the former pro players pretending to be journalists/experts, it's the guys that actually went to college and got their degrees too. This sounds bad, but it's worse when the two night anchors on SportsCenter (the ones of color lol, I can't think of their names at the moment) are anchoring together. When it's the white one and the black one it's a "smoother" broadcast, to go along with the thread topic. But when the two black anchors are on together it is unwatchable as they are ebonicing and slanging it up the whole sportscast. It's like a locker room, no joke. They probably drink on the commercial breaks they have so much fun together. I'm not just talking about the fact that you can't understand what they're saying, but they mess around way too much and mess up the broadcast because of their mistakes. I think they feel more comfortable with each other that's why when they're anchoring together they act a fool, and when they're with a white guy they're a little more professional, but still crap as PGM said. ESPN has went down the drain. __________________ Don't be fooled by my username, I'm white.
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02-04-2013, 08:22 PM	#67
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KC_Connection Perpetual Mediocrity Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $5412783	Rose had a DUI about two years ago and ESPN didn't fire him because he's good at what he does. They're certainly not going to fire him over pictures of him partying.
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