ESPN - Hockey coverage
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MarioLives
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ESPN - Hockey coverage
Has anyone else noticed that ESPN does not show the NHL game highlights anymore? How can the world wide leader in sports not show hockey highlights?
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canaan
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
simply put: they dont get paid to.
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mikey287
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
I was expecting this thread to be a bump from at least one decade ago...
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count2infinity
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
because Sportscenter is only an hour long and they need to pack as much basketball as they can in there.
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Beveridge
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
Real Simple.
They have the rights to televise just about every sport but hockey. You got to show off the ones paying you. It's all business, not espn hating on hockey.
aka: what canaan said
They have the rights to televise just about every sport but hockey. You got to show off the ones paying you. It's all business, not espn hating on hockey.
aka: what canaan said
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Rylan
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
ESPN is no bueno if you want hockey coverage.
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Dickie Dunn
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
Because the Heat lost last night so the entire hour needs to be spent disecting what went wrong. Duh?
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MRandall25
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
That didn't even have the Iginla story on the front page or the website. It was like 6th on the side that says "top headlines"
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
Period.Rylan wrote:ESPN is no bueno.
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Fire0nice228
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
mikey287 wrote:I was expecting this thread to be a bump from at least one decade ago...
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pittsoccer33
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
Look how much time they dedicate to sports like tennis and golf on shows like PTI. I'm fairly confident the NHL is more popular than tennis, and possibly golf. But they own tv rights to the major events in those two sports.
Their limited amount of Nascar coverage does seem a bit strange to me. Nascar was one of the first sports that brought the network attention and they still television the Nationwide series.
Their limited amount of Nascar coverage does seem a bit strange to me. Nascar was one of the first sports that brought the network attention and they still television the Nationwide series.
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PghSkins
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
Fortunately, theres now a whole network devoted to NHL programming, and a slew of places on the internet for highlights, opinion, and analysis in text, video, and audio form.
Since NHL Network started and broadband became able to handle pretty much anything at home and work, I have never once said to myself: "Gosh, I wish ESPN covered hockey more."
Since NHL Network started and broadband became able to handle pretty much anything at home and work, I have never once said to myself: "Gosh, I wish ESPN covered hockey more."
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KG
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
I haven't watched Sports Center in I don't know how long....
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Re: ESPN - Hockey coverage
Stay on the wagon.KG wrote:I haven't watched Sports Center in I don't know how long....
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Faubert5
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I haven't watched it in a long, long time. With the NFL Network, NHL Network, MLB Network, so many college games on TV, and so many highlights on the Internet ESPN is irrelevant to me.columbia wrote:Stay on the wagon.KG wrote:I haven't watched Sports Center in I don't know how long....