In addition to Curt Schilling, there appears to be another person ESPN isn’t too fond of. That would be San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, well, and babies. In a Q&A with fans in ESPN Magazine, ESPN pulled the editorial goalie and allowed an offensive and completely ridiculous question to be lobbed at Rivers, who happens to be the father of a large, and growing family.
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By Tom Blumer | October 7, 2015 | 10:42 PM EDT
In a September 23 post ("Impending Layoffs at ESPN Aren't Only About the 'Media Landscape'"), I argued that ESPN's impending decision to lay off hundreds of employees is at least partially due to its determination to stuff political correctness down viewers' throats.
I noted that the network's ratings suffered a nearly 30 percent decline from August 2014 to August 2015 — a sea change which begged for an explanation beyond cable industry turmoil. A commenter observed that the network's ratings were up during a recent week in September, so I said I would look at ratings for entire third quarter when they became available. ESPN's primetime audience loss spread over the entire quarter was over 9 percent — a result nowhere near as awful as August alone, but certainly nothing to crow about:
By Dylan Gwinn | October 5, 2015 | 10:39 PM EDT
Because Russia taking over the Middle East, refugees taking over Europe, and rampaging homicidal maniacs on American college campuses is nothing but a yawn fest, the media has decided to revisit the topic that never prevented a single shooting nor a mass migration: the Redskins name change. Except this time around, the current Republican frontrunner is front and center.
By Matt Philbin | October 5, 2015 | 10:05 AM EDT
Parents: Have an athletic son or daughter? Do you encourage him to play to his highest level of excellence? Do you spend time and money making sure she can reach her potential? Well according to The Washington Post, you’re being really unfair to my slow fat kid.
Yes, to its horror the Post has once again discovered that life isn’t fair. It seems participation in youth sports is down and writer Michael S. Rosenwald knows the culprit: parents. Specifically, parents “in the suburbs, where the shift to elite competition over the past two decades has taken a growing toll: Children are playing fewer sports, and the less talented are left behind in recreational leagues with poor coaching, uneven play and the message that they aren’t good enough.”
By Dylan Gwinn | October 1, 2015 | 3:40 PM EDT
The old journalism adage of “If it bleeds, it leads,” is a well-known one. A modern innovation of that saying, to suit the race-obsessed liberal sports media hell-bent on stoking the flames of racial hatred, might be: “If it’s not bleeding, poke it, and see what happens.” Such a mentality was clearly in use when USA Today writer Jorge Ortiz penned an article titled “Baseball’s culture clash: Vast majority of brawls involve players of different ethnicities.”
By Dylan Gwinn | September 23, 2015 | 4:19 PM EDT
According to Fox’s new series “Minority Report,” the distant future holds good news and bad news for Redskins fans. The good news is, the Redskins win Super Bowl 85. The bad news is, they are no longer called the Redskins.
By Tom Blumer | September 23, 2015 | 11:16 AM EDT
Word on the street is that ESPN is planning to lay off "200 to 300" employees in the coming months.
The go-to euphemism surrounding the impending layoffs, according to Variety's Brian Steinberg, is "the changing media landscape," primarily the "cord-cutting" phenomenon. In July, the Big Lead blog, in discussing Keith Olbermann's expected departure from ESPN, explained that "millennials are eschewing expensive cable TV bills and streaming everything online." While that might explain flat viewership or even a modest decline, cord-cutting is only a minor part of the problem. Someone needs to explain why ESPN's ratings have fallen by a stunning 30 percent in the past 12 months.
By Dylan Gwinn | September 19, 2015 | 7:36 PM EDT
Apparently nothing says, “I support strong, outspoken athletes who speak their mind” quite like ripping to shreds and willfully distorting the words of strong, outspoken athletes who speak their mind.
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By Matt Philbin | September 18, 2015 | 11:14 AM EDT
ESPN’s Jemele Hill and Michael Smith used a significant portion of their program “His & Hers” on Thursday to further solidify the fact that the only viewpoint supported by ESPN is one that supports the radical activism of the Black Lives Matter movement.
By Dylan Gwinn | September 17, 2015 | 12:55 PM EDT
NBA's Phil Jackson likes Fiorina during debates, and is not afraid to tweet about it.
By Dylan Gwinn | September 17, 2015 | 5:40 AM EDT
Tom Brady has finally decided to make his presidential preference known.
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By Matt Philbin | September 15, 2015 | 10:07 PM EDT
ESPN’s Jemele Hill discussed the endorsement struggles of black tennis star Serena Williams with MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry.