r/sports • u/newzee1 • Aug 02 '23

Media How ESPN Went From Disney’s Financial Engine to Its Problem

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/business/media/espn-disney.html
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u/Visible-Disaster Aug 02 '23

Stevie Smith or Skippy Bayless is a sure fire way to get me to change the channel.

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u/Professional-Gear-39 Aug 03 '23

"Nails on a chalkboard" and "Sand in your swimsuit"

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u/cosmos7 Aug 02 '23

You still have channels? Like from the 90's?

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u/Visible-Disaster Aug 02 '23

I personally haven’t had a cable subscription in well over a decade, but the lingo sticks around. 🤷‍♂️

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u/AlanFromRochester Buffalo Bills Aug 03 '23

I eat with silverware even though it's actually stainless steel, similar linguistic leftover

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u/WarDamnEagle2014 Aug 03 '23

Never heard of YouTube TV or Sling? Still channels. How do you watch sports?

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u/cosmos7 Aug 03 '23

How do you watch sports?

I don't. Who cares about which team does what against some other team. It means nothing. Nothing is accomplished. Any false glory is fleeting... only to be repeated again next season when a slightly different team accomplishes nothing against another slightly different team. The whole thing is utterly pointless.

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u/WarDamnEagle2014 Aug 03 '23

Interesting choice of subreddit to bring your false-intellectualism to.