ESPN canceling "The Sports Reporters"

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

Haven't watched for years, but one of the staples of old ESPN.

 

[schuele]

Used to love that show, but got tired of Mike Lupica squealing over the top of everyone else. Stopped watching many years ago, but it was good back in the day.

 

[zamzman]

John Saunders carried that show. Without him it's not the same.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Original cast was awesome, their last few have sucked ass.

 

[jimbosc]

Used to love that show, but got tired of Mike Lupica squealing over the top of everyone else. Stopped watching many years ago, but it was good back in the day.

I agree 100% - makes it un-watchable when he babbles on the way he does - way too much of shouting match.

 

[runningback43]

I stopped watching when Dick Schaap passed away.

 

[jay-cheese]

^^^^^^^^^^
Ditto

 

[Senor Martinez]

I stopped watching when Dick Schaap passed away.

Was never the same without Schaap.

 

[Suhrreal]

Never watched that show, but it was always on before Gameday back when Gameday was actually good and worth watching.

 

[Dean Pope]

Used to love that show, but got tired of Mike Lupica squealing over the top of everyone else. Stopped watching many years ago, but it was good back in the day.

I used to enjoy the show as well, but one thing I got tired of was the reporters always evaluating to what degree each story was good or bad. I never cared for their "wouldn't it be great if" conversations. Not sure if I'm explaining this well enough, but basically I wanted sports talk and didn't care how good a story something was.

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Worse "reporter":

Bill Rhoden or Jason Whitlock?

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

And did anyone ever really focus on Mitch Albom's ears? Those things are truly something else!

 

[schuele]

I used to enjoy the show as well, but one thing I got tired of was the reporters always evaluating to what degree each story was good or bad. I never cared for their "wouldn't it be great if" conversations. Not sure if I'm explaining this well enough, but basically I wanted sports talk and didn't care how good a story something was.

Yeah the show became less and less about what was happening in sports that weekend, and more about issues these guys just seemed to be dying to talk about. While I liked John Saunders well enough as a host, he didn't keep the panel on track as well as Schaap did. And I couldn't even stomach Lupica as a panelist, so there was no way I would ever watch it with him hosting.

 

[otismotis08]

Worse "reporter":

Bill Rhoden or Jason Whitlock?

Pot stirrers. Not reporters