Valvano worked for ESPN for less than three years before he died. He gave a great ESPY Awards speech and was a memorable announcer, but I really think you're going out of your way to blow up the achievements of Jimmy V and to downplay those of Stu Scott. Scott was an ESPN guy for over 20 years. He was the main anchor of Sportscenter with Rich Eisen, probably the second best pairing on the flagship of the Worldwide Leader ever after Patrick/Olbermann.
I don't begrudge his friends from missing him or eulogizing him or for ESPN for marking his importance in its history, On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > Here, in a simple stat, is how ESPN has changed (I'd argue for the worst), > in the past 19-plus years. > > I have the SportsCenter Big Show from the day Jim Valvano died of cancer. > From the opening of the segment to the fade to black at the end of the act > was 7:29. Here was a man who was not just a key member of ESPN, but had a > decent history as a basketball coach (won a national championship at NC > State). > > ESPN has released their tribute to Stewart Scott: a man who did nothing but > narrate sport highlights and host gameday programming. He once, on a New > Year's Eve broadcast, begged viewers to not boo pro athletes: as much > sucking up to the athletes he covered as anything. He, effectively, is > ephemera in sports broadcasting. That tribute lasted 15 minutes. > > I look forward to the four-minute SC segment if Vin Scully dies. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
