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ESPN Is Coming To You Live From Your Parents' Basement

DAULERIO — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:40:47 EDT

This is kind of insane. Today's second installment of ESPN's "Morning Blog Buzz" spelled out for its viewers what the goal of the program is. Brace yourselves.

Josh Elliot is one of the nicest people on the planet and I applaud him (and ESPN) for giving blogs some well-deserved national recognition. And, as you can tell from the video, ESPN won't ignore the stories criticizing them (or former LOUD TALKING employees) if that's what the sports blogosphere is nattering about. Awful Announcing said yesterday that ESPN's actually pulling their buzzometer from a company called Sports Media Challenge, which I assume does full-time blog buzz aggregation. Awesome?

This might be a good thing for the collective egos of the sports blogoshphere (I AM ON TEEVEE!!!!) but is it also a way for ESPN to curry favor in the hopes of more positive coverage?

The one thing that I'd like to see happen before ESPN ditches this experiment is for all blogs to collectively join together one day to talk about Hannah Storm's wardrobe just to see how Elliot handles talking about that: "And the most talked about thing on the blogoshphere this morning...my co-host's revealing farm girl blouse!"

He can do it. He's a pro.

ESPN Surprisingly Takes Blog Buzz Criticism Well [Awful Announcing]

The Earplugs! They Do Nothing!

Rick Chandler — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:00:04 EST

It's the 50 worst announcers in sports today, and I agree with every single name on the list except one. [Yahoo Sports]

Introducing The Colt McCoy Face, Week Nine Of The NFL And One Last Message From Chase Utley (NSFW Language)

AwfulAnnouncing — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:15:02 EST

Each Monday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the weekend. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know.

Awful Announcing's Weekly Media Rundown

AwfulAnnouncing — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:30:14 EDT

Each Friday afternoon Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed during the past week from the world of Sports Media. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see, shoot him an e-mail and let him know.

Week Eight Of The NFL And The Phils Are One Game Away

AwfulAnnouncing — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:15:19 EDT

Bill Cosby Would Like to Welcome You to the Weekly Video Rundown

AwfulAnnouncing — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:30:49 EDT

Janikowski Beats The Jets, The Undefeated Titans And Those Amazing Rays

AwfulAnnouncing — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:15:07 EDT

Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know.

Stink Goes Off, Bowden's Speeches And The Rays....Wait A Tic....

AwfulAnnouncing — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:15:35 EDT

T.O. Still Loves Pacman, Clinton Got Big Timed By Alexander And The Phillies Celebrate

AwfulAnnouncing — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:15:15 EDT

Pacman Out, Roy Williams In And The Rays Win Game Four Of The ALCS

AwfulAnnouncing — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:15:09 EDT

The 'Boys New QB, The Rays And Phils Win Stunners And The Browns Own Eli

AwfulAnnouncing — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:15:06 EDT

Seacrest Likes His Blackberry, The Dodgers Show Some Fight And Week Six In The NFL

AwfulAnnouncing — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:15:36 EDT

The Phils Take Game One, Reali On Blogs And You Have The Power To Choose!

AwfulAnnouncing — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:15:05 EDT

Manny Versus McCarver, Pacman In Trouble Again And Brady's Return Set For May

AwfulAnnouncing — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:15:01 EDT

Reilly....Still Not Funny, Stoner On Headers And Wilbon Drinks Too Much

AwfulAnnouncing — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:30:25 EDT

You Try To Say "176 Punt Return Yards" 12 Times Per Day And See What Comes Out of Your Mouth

DAULERIO — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:30:42 EDT

Robert Flores, ESPN's live afternoon SportsCenter man, fell victim to the WWL's deadly live television format and stumbled over his words while relaying the Saints/Vikings rundown. (wasn't that bad. Well, he didn't fart. ) Instead of "176 punt return yards" it came out "176 punt retard", which is probably a common mistake when you're trapped in a highlight trance for five hours. Based on his boneheaded performance last night, it's also a fitting nickname for Vikings punter Chris Kluwe.

Flores catches his slip-up early though and his voice quickly takes on the regretful tone of a man who just said "retard" on live television. Remember — that's a word that is not welcome at the WWL in any context even if it's 100% accurate.

Let's hope that Charlie Weis didn't see this or Norby and company could once again be the recipients of a strongly-worded letter.

Robert Flores' unfortunate slip up on SportsCenter [Awful Announcing]

The Rays Knock Out The White Sox, Reggie Bush's Two TDs Mean Nothing And The Red Sox Walk Off LDS Winners

AwfulAnnouncing — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:15:12 EDT

The Dodgers And Phils Clinch, The White Sox And Angels Survive And Week Five Of The NFL

AwfulAnnouncing — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:15:10 EDT

Evan Longoria's Busty Friend, Pitt Upsets South Florida And It's Time To Panic Cubs Fans

AwfulAnnouncing — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:15:17 EDT

34 More Days Of Work, Playoff Baseball Is Underway And Manny Is Still Manny

AwfulAnnouncing — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:15:07 EDT