Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
I think ESPN must've carried out a survey that said fans want more opinionated, loudmouth, blowhards talking about issues not only about sports themselves... but everything that surrounds sports. Hence we have the Olbermanns and the Stephen A. Smiths. The same survey must've said most fans want frustrated standup comedians as their SportsCenter sportscasters. Hence we have Neil Everett and the other joker that sits across from him. (I hate that smug, stupid face Neil has on the show half the time).

I guess where it used to be ESPN, now it's more like ESPN.
Yes Al Bernstein says as much in his book. He is not a fan of the theatrics and fake arguments of ESPN sportscasters.