ESPN is getting old.

I mean, I love everything ESPN provides, and even *SOME* of their “original programming” is decent. I was a fan of “2 Minute Drill” for awhile, “Junction Boys” was pretty good, and even parts of “Playmakers” were tolerable… but they’ve become way too self-serving. It seems like every other commercial break is a plug for something ESPN. The “games” they play on SportsCenter are ignorant and played out. And commercials for “ESPN Deportes” are great, but I don’t need to see it on the website, the crawl at the bottom of the screen, or during SportsCenter. Oh, and 22 hours of NFL coverage a day starts to get a little redundant too.

Pete Rose is dirt. Thanks for the apology, Pete, now go rot away somewhere. I’m starting to see the argument that maybe he should make the hall of fame, but not be allowed to manage or own a team. That might be decent. But the fact that his book comes out two days after the Hall of Fame announcements, and the excerpts he wasn’t going to leak end up leaking two days BEFORE the announcement??? He’s shady as ever. I hope Bud Selig reinstates him, then bans him for another 20 years.

Finally, Jim Brown. I think one of the biggest shames in the history of sports is that Jim Brown will never be remembered like this:
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No, it takes alot of extra thought to remember him like that, like I did in my childhood, cutting, slashing, making defenders miss in the mud of Cleveland Stadium, the orange helmet darting around the field. Instead, my image of Jim Brown is the Jesse Jackson of the sporting world, jumping out from behind a curtain with his hockey puck-styled stocking cap at the first sign of “injustice”. Its horrible, really, because at one time, I would argue that he was the greatest athlete that ever lived. He’s still probably the greatest combination of size and speed at running back ever, racking up 12,000+ yards in nine seasons with the Browns, but what he’s turned into make that a distant memory.