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It has come to my attention that the network that I have always
known to be the best at delivering sports scores and information has
progressively gotten worse over the past few years. In my opinion,
here is why (in no particular order):

5. NASCAR - I honestly don't know a single person that can even
tolerate NASCAR. I know there has to be a fanbase somewhere (deep
south), but watching drivers turn left just isn't something I will
ever be into. For some reason ESPN has decided to cover several
races throughout the NASCAR season, and thus they now have extensive
coverage throughout the day, taking time away from the real sports.

4. "Experts" - Sean Salisbury, John Kruk, Jeff Brantley, Michael
Irvin. I remember the days when ESPN analysts told me something that
I didn't know, or at least something that I felt was relevant. John
Kruk and Jeff Brantley don't know anything about the Minnesota Twins
because they haven't seen them play more than one or two games in
the entire 162 game season, so don't tell me that Nick Punt-o is the
reason they are on a hot streak, especially if you can't pronounce
his name correctly. Sean Salisbury is good at making incredibly
precise predictions, although they are rarely correct. Predicting
not only the exact record of a team, but the exact score of one
football game 3 months from now is absolutely ridiculous, and a
waste of time. And if I had a dollar for every time Michael Irvin
wrongfully defended T.O., I would be a very rich man.

3. We Get the Point - Barry Bonds is on steroids, T.O. is a bad
teammate, Derek Jeter is God, Alex Rodriguez is horseshit, Tom Brady
> Joe Montana. Anytime ESPN can create something out of nothing with
one of these athletes, the will. Over and over and over again. 'T.O.
sleeps in a meeting', 'Derek Jeter is not a great friend of A-
Rods', 'Tom Brady reacts to his ex-girlfriends pregnancy', etc.

2. East Coast Bias - Okay, so everyone is probably tired of hearing
this, but it is true. The New York Yankees get a play by play
analysis of every game, while the Detroit Tigers get 10 seconds at
the end of the show. Does it matter that Detroit was better than New
York? Of course not. Not every baseball game has to be given equal
time on Sportscenter, but someone should let them know that the
important ones don't always contain a team from the AL East. My
favorite recent Sportscenter moment was the highlights from the
Twins-Yankees spring training game. About 3 or 4 clips were shown: a
Johnny Damon HR, a Jason Giambi HR, and a Justin Morneau strikeout,
accompanied by Brian Kenny's 'derek jeter should've been MVP'
remark. Pretty funny that they would go out of their way to show a
spring training strikeout of the AL MVP, just so they can comment on
the great injustice that they seem to believe occurred last season.

1. Didn't We Just See This? - From Rome is Burning to ATH to PTI,
these ESPN shows have the exact same premise: sports analysts
discuss/argue over the exact same topics over and over again. If you
see one of the 3 shows then you have seen everything. The only
difference is you get to hear different people's arguments on the
different shows.