like_that
Posts: 26,625
Sep 14, 2011 1:02pm
I have received these 3 text alerts from ESPN in the past few days:
ESPN NBA - Lebron James tweet: I know he would rather have that W but cam did his thing. Monster game!!
ESPN NBA - Excerpt of D. Wade Tweet: "Morgan Freeman and King James. Both have been OLD since we've known em"
ESPN NBA - Excerpt of LeBron James tweet: "Ronald McDonald and Dwayne Wade. Both 6'2 and wear size 20 shoe"
Also received a text alert a month ago stating that it is ok for NBA players to go to Kim Kardashians wedding....
Figured since there are a lot of people who hate ESPN, we could have a running tab on some of the idiotic things they do.
ESPN NBA - Lebron James tweet: I know he would rather have that W but cam did his thing. Monster game!!
ESPN NBA - Excerpt of D. Wade Tweet: "Morgan Freeman and King James. Both have been OLD since we've known em"
ESPN NBA - Excerpt of LeBron James tweet: "Ronald McDonald and Dwayne Wade. Both 6'2 and wear size 20 shoe"
Also received a text alert a month ago stating that it is ok for NBA players to go to Kim Kardashians wedding....
Figured since there are a lot of people who hate ESPN, we could have a running tab on some of the idiotic things they do.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Sep 14, 2011 1:08pm
They still employ Craig James.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Sep 14, 2011 1:11pm
They send texts to like_that.
Little Danny
Posts: 4,288
Sep 14, 2011 1:11pm
This text reminded me that Kris Humphries must feel like the baseball player Jimmy in the movie "Bull Durham" after he married the team groupie, Millie.like_that;895856 wrote:Also received a text alert a month ago stating that it is ok for NBA players to go to Kim Kardashians wedding....
Player: Wait til I tell Jimmy she has gone down on the whole Carolina League.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Sep 14, 2011 1:14pm
Back when Tony Romo was dating Jessica Simpson they spent more time talking about her and her jersey TD than the Cowboys football game.
Employing Mark May and Dan Lebatard.
Employing Mark May and Dan Lebatard.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Sep 14, 2011 1:17pm
They also spent countless hours talking about how they went on a weekend getaway during a bye week before their playoff game.Commander of Awesome;895870 wrote:Back when Tony Romo was dating Jessica Simpson they spent more time talking about her and her jersey TD than the Cowboys football game.
Employing Mark May and Dan Lebatard.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Sep 14, 2011 1:19pm
How have we not mentioned that they employ Jemele Hill? Possibly the biggest fail on the network.like_that;895876 wrote:They also spent countless hours talking about how they went on a weekend getaway during a bye week before their playoff game.
Also they were giddy to report baout Mark Sanchez in GQ mag, can't tell how many times I heard the anchor make the white pants after labor day joke thinking it was funny/original. SMH.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Sep 14, 2011 1:20pm
Skip Bayless
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Sep 14, 2011 1:20pm
Add jemele hill and scoop jackson to that list.karen lotz;895862 wrote:They still employ Craig James.
stroups
Posts: 3,223
Sep 14, 2011 1:21pm
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Sep 14, 2011 1:22pm
I canceled all my text subscriptions. First I canceled CNN because they felt the need to text me at 3am with the breaking news that Ashton Kutcher hit 1,000,000 twitter followers. Next I canceled ESPN because they texted me something about some stupid tweet that an NHL player made. It's almost like if they go a certain time without anything of actual importance, they just text random shit.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Sep 14, 2011 1:24pm
Not sure what the bigger fail is, CNN texting that he hit a mil or that a million follow him on twitter.LJ;895884 wrote:I canceled all my text subscriptions. First I canceled CNN because they felt the need to text me at 3am with the breaking news that Ashton Kutcher hit 1,000,000 twitter followers.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Sep 14, 2011 1:26pm
The former. The latter is a given, considering how many stupid people there are. The former, though...just sad that how many twitter followers someone has is considered news that's important enough to be send as a text by a news organization.Commander of Awesome;895888 wrote:Not sure what the bigger fail is, CNN texting that he hit a mil or that a million follow him on twitter.
NWIndianNation01
Posts: 996
Sep 14, 2011 1:27pm
How do you guys get texts with such crappy info...all of mine are breaking news and press release type stuff. Did you guys sign up for the "Gay side of sports" text program?:huh:
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Sep 14, 2011 1:30pm
Boom. Roasted.NWIndianNation01;895893 wrote:Did you guys sign up for the "Gay side of sports" text program?:huh:
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Sep 14, 2011 1:32pm
To counter the Huddle's offer of a subscription to ESPN the Magazine, Justin decided that memberships here would come with a "gay side of sports" text program to show the sort of thing he can offer. Not that there's anything wrong with that...NWIndianNation01;895893 wrote:How do you guys get texts with such crappy info...all of mine are breaking news and press release type stuff. Did you guys sign up for the "Gay side of sports" text program?:huh:
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Sep 14, 2011 3:24pm
Oh yeah there's nothing more irritating than the stuff ESPN deems mobile-text worthy. The all time worst came last year when they sent one out about Adam Dunn signing with the White Sox. I've received a few the past several days about tennis, too. 
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Sep 14, 2011 4:01pm
INcluded in that gayer side of sports premium service offers, for just 99 more cents a month ya can also get NCF's updates of jr high girls sports.
What a bargain
What a bargain
hoops23
Posts: 15,696
Sep 14, 2011 4:26pm
Lmao. Why even show up smhstroups;895883 wrote: