I don’t watch sportscenter, but I do read this board and other sources. In all honesty, I did not know who Jamelle Hill was until I saw her thread on here.

I’m really not sensitive. As stated, I watch MSNBC and read the HuffPost to get a different perspective. Like MANY, sports is my escape from reality. I’d rather not have that other political crap creep in, but some at ESPN want to drive politics it into sports.

And, it’s just obviously one-sided. While roughly half the country voted for Trump, name an ESPN anchor that is pro-Trump. I’m guessing there isn’t one, but I could be wrong.

It's simply not reasonable for people to ask for politics to be quarantined from their sports coverage. Politics runs through every part of our lives now. Do you really think it should be constrained to cable infotainment channels? What a life of luxury to think you can exist this way.

It's simply not reasonable for people to ask for politics to be quarantined from their sports coverage. Politics runs through every part of our lives now. Do you really think it should be constrained to cable infotainment channels? What a life of luxury to think you can exist this way.

Politics are sports now.

It only makes sense to combine coverage of the 2.

Yes, and just to make it clear, it would be wrong if they were covering the Moore stuff for no reason. However, when Trump calls for owners to fire players who don't stand for the anthem then sports shows should talk about it because it is a sports story. While not an exact parallel, it's like saying sports shows should have ignored the OJ trial and concentrated on the play on the field. It was a sports story.

Politics are sports now.

It only makes sense to combine coverage of the 2.

Yes, and just to make it clear, it would be wrong if they were covering the Moore stuff for no reason. However, when Trump calls for owners to fire players who don't stand for the anthem then sports shows should talk about it because it is a sports story. While not an exact parallel, it's like saying sports shows should have ignored the OJ trial and concentrated on the play on the field. It was a sports story.

I don't think that is true really. I think there is a modern thirst for broadcasters to make news. People are not sitting at home wondering what Mike Trout or someone thinks about the latest political story. Yet some reporter will put a mic in his face and force him to comment.

People are not sitting at home wondering what Mike Trout or someone thinks about the latest political story. Yet some reporter will put a mic in his face and force him to comment.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Force him to comment?

What planet do you live on?

I don't think that is true really. I think there is a modern thirst for broadcasters to make news. People are not sitting at home wondering what Mike Trout or someone thinks about the latest political story. Yet some reporter will put a mic in his face and force him to comment.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Have a terrible night and die in MANY fires.

What happens to the most woke show on the network, the six

For Sep. 12-15, 2017, “SC6” averaged 448,000 viewers. It fell 34 percent from its 5:30 p.m. lead-in, “Pardon the Interruption” (PTI) that averaged 676,000 viewers over the same period.

For the seven dates that the 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” followed “PTI” on the ESPN flagship network pre-controversy — for Aug. 21-25 and Sep. 5-6 — the 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” averaged 454,000 viewers while “PTI” averaged 693,000 viewers. The 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” earned roughly the same retention from “PTI” on ESPN for the two weeks prior to Sep. 11 (65 percent retention) as for the week that involved the controversy (66 percent retention).

Compared to the same week in the same time slots one year ago (Sep. 13-16, 2016), “PTI” was down 17 percent (676,000 viewers vs. 816,000 viewers) while “SC6” fell 20 percent (448,000 viewers vs. 562,000 viewers); Michael Smith no Jemele Hill were not hosts of last year’s 6 p.m. “SportsCenter”.

The 6 p.m. “SportsCenter” retention from “PTI” for Sep. 13-16, 2016 was 69 percent. Going by the year-to-year compatible editions of pre-controversy 6 p.m. “SportsCenter”, it was down 10 percent (408,000 viewers for Aug. 24-25, 2017 vs. 451,000 viewers for Aug. 25-26, 2016),

What happens to the most woke show on the network, the six