Who, Exactly, Is Searching "Greatest Highlight" On ESPN.com? - Deadspin Comments

Who, Exactly, Is Searching "Greatest Highlight" On ESPN.com?

ImAManImForty — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:02:48 EDT

@Jefferson Short Bus: She is even better in person - stunning.

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ImAManImForty

Who, Exactly, Is Searching "Greatest Highlight" On ESPN.com?

Dolomite — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:54:59 EST

If Cris Berman had boobies, he'd be Erin Andrews. And vice versa.

Dolomite

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The Sports Hernia — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:32:57 EST

Kill me, kill me bad.

The Sports Hernia

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IchiroSuzukiSamurai — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:41:39 EST

@Mr. Bigglesworth: All stories on ESPN are, in the end, about Erin Andrews' boobies. It's all they have left.

IchiroSuzukiSamurai

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montecon — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:46:17 EST

I think there's a typo there...

"There are several competitors, particularly regional sports channels, leagues' own channels and thousands of websites online; outside of the occasional live broadcast, if you're a sports fan who watches ESPN, you're really not much of a sports fan."

Aaah.. much better.

montecon

Who, Exactly, Is Searching "Greatest Highlight" On ESPN.com?

Salisburys less angry and possibly fake yet still amazing photography skills — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:44:42 EST

So since Obama talks about his hate for corporations, does he hate ESPN too? as president will he rid us of it?

Salisburys less angry and possibly fake yet still amazing photography skills

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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:17:52 EST

I, for one, go to versus for all my sports knowledge. And that's how I know that Bullriding is the #1 sport on planet earth.

Sir Hotbod Handsomeface

Who, Exactly, Is Searching "Greatest Highlight" On ESPN.com?

Sucko-T — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:12:58 EST

All the sports blogs should start an online movement to get "Ron Mexico" or some other ESPN meme on the top search results for March. DO IT!

Sucko-T

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Marth — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:03:09 EST

For the record, Old Spice also sponsers Onion News Network videos, so I'll cut them some slack.

Marth

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Keifer Nandez — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:50:42 EST

/threadjack

Kobe says, "Eat this, you old bitch! Sorry I couldn't score your age!"

Grabs two, only holds on to one..

/end threadjack

Keifer Nandez

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Mr. Bigglesworth — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:42:13 EST

@Mr. Bigglesworth: Damn!

Mr. Bigglesworth

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spinachdip — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:33:16 EST

@PeteJayhawk: Yeah, that's what I was trying to say with an earlier comment, in a much more passive aggressive way.

You can easily avoid the fluffy shit if you don't watch the studio shows (or just rely on ESPNews for highlights). Or is Will suggesting that to be a true sports fan, one has to watch the highlight shows? Because that's some stupid ass shit. And if your main interest in sports falls outside of the Big 3.5 sports, do you lose your "true sports fan" cards?

I like basketball, soccer and football. And for $5 on top of my cable bill, I can watch more games and highlights in those three sports than I could handle.

Seriously, I wouldn't know about "Who's Now" or "Greatest Highlights" if there wasn't so much online whining about it.

Yeah, I miss the Patrick/Olbermann era SportsCenter, but I also miss Yasmeen Bleeth back when she was masturbatable. Big deal. I now have the entire internet of masturbation fodder. Nostalgia aside, I'll take that trade any day.

spinachdip

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Mr. Bigglesworth — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:28:48 EST

@The Teufel Shuffle: How many time can you type "Erin Andrews Boobies" into the ESPN search box today? Who's with me?

Mr. Bigglesworth

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Ho Tran Brasky — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:26:55 EST

@Yostal: If the "Greatest Highlight" worked like that, 'Curt Schilling' would be #1-6.

Ho Tran Brasky

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Spors Gratia Sportis — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:23:12 EST

@PeteJayhawk:

Hear hear. I don't even have cable, so I guess that makes me a pathetically awful sports fan, by this prerequisite. Which I'm not. Go Sports!

The only time I watch ESPN is when I'm at a bar. Which, come to think of it, might be the preferred environment for ESPN exposure.

Spors Gratia Sportis

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Yostal — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:21:57 EST

@Tuffy: It's going to get JACKED UP!

@Clare: Will's back from the book tour, it's solely how he's been thinking lately. Plus, IIRC, this is a nice intersect with the Orlando Sentinel article in which Will was quoted, at length, yesterday.

I wonder, if we actually looked at the search pattern for "Greatest Highlight" would it be similar to the way in which cheaters were found in the Deadspin Commenter Bracket.

Yostal

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The Fan’s Attic — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:21:17 EST

[walks back in the door]

So this is my theory on SportsCenter. It used to be a nice building with a good design and a solid structure. However, new ownership has allowed it fall into disrepair and it has essentially become a HoneyBucket. People just keep shitting in the HoneyBucket piling on top of the other shit, but there is no company to service the HoneyBucket and clean out the shit every once in a while. Pretty soon, if not already, SportsCenter is going to become a Mardi Gras HoneyBucket with shit and piss flowing out the door onto the street.

[leaves the room]

The Fan’s Attic

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Pete Gaines — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:17:51 EST

if you're a sports fan who doesn't watch ESPN, you're really not much of a sports fan.

That's bullshit. I haven't watched anything other than game broadcasts on ESPN in years. No studio shows, no College Gameday, no Sportscenter, nothing. As a knowledgeable sports diehard and with the proliferation of media outlets on TV and the internet (this counts as a media outlet whether you like to admit it or not, Leitch), I don't need their corporate-branded "commentary" on the events of the day.

That's something I don't understand about your position on ESPN, Will. On the one hand you excoriate what it has become, but then you always throw up your hands and say "what else is there". There's a lot out there; your stance reminds me of someone who shops religiously at Wal-Mart, all the while complaining about it. There are other places to get what you need, whether what you need is food/clothing/lightbulbs in the case of Wal-Mart or sports information in the case of ESPN. You might have to work a little harder to find it, but it's there if you want to find it.

Sorry. Back to the dick jokes.

Pete Gaines

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Bearcat44 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:13:08 EST

Should have been you editing today, Christmas Ape.

Yeah for more simian stories!

Bearcat44

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Clare — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:12:03 EST

Leitch, I mean this with all due respect: What's with the GSTF-esque essays today?

Rob, please don't ban me.

Clare

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MitchKayak — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:08:18 EST

Every single day we move closer to Idiocracy.

MitchKayak

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Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:04:39 EST

Just to be fair: Greatest Highlight is Greatest Highlight. I could watch Joe Carter all day.

Though I was more disgusted by "Who's now". What next, ESPN is going to tell me "What's for Lunch?"

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Who, Exactly, Is Searching "Greatest Highlight" On ESPN.com?

frontrowgirl — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:02:42 EST

clearly, it's time for a contest: a bracket to find the greatest highlight among the ESPN Featured Comments of the Day.

frontrowgirl

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Muzzo — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:02:09 EST

Just more proof as to how stupid the average sports viewer with the internet is, God Save the Intelligent Fan.

Muzzo

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SlantedAndDisenchanted — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:00:52 EST

I think this entire day has been a God Save the Fan rewrite.

SlantedAndDisenchanted

Who, Exactly, Is Searching "Greatest Highlight" On ESPN.com?

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:00:51 EST

That, or the world is fucking collapsing all around us. Could be that.
You know the Editor of this site is pissed off when...

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J-No — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:00:18 EST

Does this make "The Greatest Highlight" Now?

J-No

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Mo Vaughn Revolution — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:59:36 EST

@asliceofbacon: That and the need to hyperbolize everything under the sun.

Mo Vaughn Revolution

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David Hume — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:59:31 EST

In a related report, Pyongyang Daily News says that the new tractor factory exceeded its output projections AGAIN, which is an amazing coincidence, considering the Divine Leader was just talking about how wonderful the new tractors were.

*sigh*

David Hume

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Mr. Sparkle — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:58:13 EST

I'd be way more indebted to Old Spice if they just sponsored the public execution of Who's Now, Berman, or whoever nixes my Erin Andrews swimsuit calendar idea.

Mr. Sparkle

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throwbot — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:58:04 EST

@Matt_T: pffft...I type in "boobies"

throwbot

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The Teufel Shuffle — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:57:12 EST

You're making the assumption that the most commonly searched terms isn't a load of shit planted by ESPN as part of a hype machine. Bad assumption.

The Teufel Shuffle

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muggsybogues — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:56:22 EST

@Tuffy: BOOM BOOM BOOM. Aaaand I'm spent.

muggsybogues

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asliceofbacon — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:54:35 EST

well, i'm a believer that most people just needed more berman face time. he hasn't been getting much exposure over the past couple of months.

asliceofbacon

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Cousins of Ron Mexico — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:53:59 EST

Watch your mouth, young man!

Cousins of Ron Mexico

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spinachdip — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:51:39 EST

If only I could figure outa way to watch ESPN programming without also watching gimmicks like the "Greatest Highlight". Maybe someone could figure out the pattern and order certain programs come on the channel, and organize it into a list form. A "list of programming", if you will. Then, I can turn on the television intending to watch a college basketball game and won't be ambushed by SportsCenter.

spinachdip

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Wyshynski — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:50:09 EST

Is this because hockey finally won something, Leitch?

Wyshynski

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The Fan’s Attic — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:47:55 EST

[throws hands up; walks out door]

The Fan’s Attic

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Weed Against Speed — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:47:53 EST

*The

Sheesh.

Weed Against Speed

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Weed Against Speed — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:47:32 EST

Tne next sport highlight I want Berman to recreate is that skier wiping out that was shown on the intro to Wide World of Sports.

Literally.

Weed Against Speed

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diddly — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:47:27 EST

I mean, ESPN Hollywood and Page 3 kind of prove this, don't they?

diddly

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Jefferson Short Bus — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:46:20 EST

@Tuffy: Donate it to the Special Olympics.

Jefferson Short Bus

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DAGOTRON — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:44:57 EST

@GreatOdensRaven: AHHHHHH I'M SORRY I EVEN BROUGHT IT UP

DAGOTRON

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GreatOdensRaven — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:43:48 EST

@Carlton_Whitfield: Of course he is. Cardinals lost 10-2 today to the Orioles.

GreatOdensRaven

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Jefferson Short Bus — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:43:13 EST

The yummy Boise State cheerleader got some more air time. The rest of the contest sucked.

Jefferson Short Bus

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mfdoom — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:43:04 EST

i thought courtney love killed kurt cobain, now i find out will did it.

mfdoom

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Carlton_Whitfield — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:42:52 EST

Will, you're in kind of a Debbie Downer mood today.

Carlton_Whitfield

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Matt_T — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:42:39 EST

These are the same people that type "porn" into google.

Matt_T

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GreatOdensRaven — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:42:27 EST

@DAGOTRON: Kinda like this, right?

[deadspin.com]

GreatOdensRaven

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supermike4ever — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:42:19 EST

@Barry Lutz: or that they are loading up the top searches with fed terms in order to point users in the direction of special promotional sections they are looking to.... promote.

supermike4ever

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Jubilation T. Cornpone — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:41:58 EST

I once searched "Greatest Highlights." But I was trying to find that one classic issue where Goofus was nicer than Gallant and the Timbertoes' house burned down.

Jubilation T. Cornpone

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Michael Bertin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:41:47 EST

ES-PN?

Michael Bertin

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Secret Identity — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:41:21 EST

They are the people who discovered Nirvana way too late and ruined everything.

I can't wait until teenage girls can sing along to "Rape Me" for Rock Band.

Secret Identity

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Barry Lutz — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:41:06 EST

According to the "story," "Greatest highlight" is the number one search and "Super Bowl" is the number three search. All that tells me is that only complete fucking idiots (who don't know where on the internet to find Super Bowl information) use the ESPN.com search engine.

Barry Lutz

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Tuffy — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:40:02 EST

Not an art project? What the hell should I do with my papier-mâché bust of Tom Jackson?

Tuffy

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DAGOTRON — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:39:44 EST

Indeed, our balls are all caught in the deadly vice grip of Skip Bayless' left hand.

DAGOTRON

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supermike4ever — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:39:10 EST

commie.

supermike4ever

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MenaceIISobriety — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:38:56 EST

the biggest 'gripe' i have for the evil rodent that rules this corporate juggernaut:

TOO FEW HOT WOMEN.

we have, like three of them. and no asians. fascist cunts.

MenaceIISobriety

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44 in a Row — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:38:32 EST

So "Greatest Highlight" is now, basically?

44 in a Row

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Triple B — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:38:25 EST

Did the Eduardo leg break make the list?

Triple B

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CharlesBronsonPinchot — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:38:10 EST

Who, Exactly, is Searching "Greatest Highlight" on ESPN.com?

Ummm, the people who make "The Best Damn Sports Show"? Either that or trainables with internet access.

CharlesBronsonPinchot

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:37:54 EST

I thought it would be "Erin Andrews Nude"

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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YukMouth — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:37:23 EST

Eventually ESPN will have nothing to do with sports the way MTV has nothing to do with music.

YukMouth

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tater — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:36:40 EST

Jeez someone needs a vacation.

tater

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hockalees — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:36:18 EST

So how many of Berman's interns have been forced to spend their day entering that phrase into the search box on ESPN.com?

hockalees

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GorgeForeman — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:34:37 EST

"Greatest Highlight" is Miguel Batista's favorite search term.

GorgeForeman

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7-8 Deville — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:34:36 EST

Isn't that why they originally created ESPN 2?

7-8 Deville