Your website fucking sucks. Bad. Please for the love of God and Sunday Jesus would you get rid of that annoying video that loads every fucking time you goto the main page? Oh, and how about some organization? Finding shit on your website takes a star-sighting, a Ouija board and a tour guide who speaks Swahili. Fuck you. I just want to check some scores. Plus, too much shit, packed into too small a space. It's a website, not a Mexican's hatchback.

Get your shit straight.

-Sayer

12/2/2006 9:58:10 AM

I agree with everything in that post

the video is annoying and i never remember that it is coming on until it scares the shit out of me

stuff is all over the place on there

and everything i click on to read is god damn insider shit

12/2/2006 9:59:38 AM

PS: hunterb2003 is right. That insider shit really has to go. Stop trying to monopolize sports information. You deserve a kick in the cunt for that shit.

12/2/2006 10:02:11 AM

They used to mark it when it is insider, they still mark some but i clicked on a baseball article yesterday and sure as hell, fucking Insider

12/2/2006 10:03:21 AM

i agree, fuck espn

12/2/2006 10:06:40 AM

agreed.

its so cumbersome that despite the channel being about the only thing i watch, i never go to the website.

12/2/2006 10:06:52 AM

yeah as far as news goes, if it doesnt scroll across that bottomline

i dont know it happened

12/2/2006 10:08:58 AM

you have taken my thoughts and somehow translated them to words

thank you

12/2/2006 10:32:40 AM

Kinda like Wal-mart... I hate the organization, but I'm still going to patronize them.

12/2/2006 10:33:58 AM

espn blows. i wonder if the website is as cluttered with articles and columns about tony romo as the channel is?

12/2/2006 11:24:45 AM

HOW ABOUT FIRING THAT FUCKING IDIOT OF A COMMENTATOR CHRIS BERMAN

in his "two minute drill" on sportscenter yesterday that fat fuck rambled for 10 minutes about how much he loves junior seau, then went on to make predictions of games despite the fact that he has got more predictions wrong than right this season. fucking a, there are only two teams playing at a time how are you going to be a football analyst and pick THE WRONG TEAM to win over half of the time

12/2/2006 11:36:32 AM

1. Get insider ir find a friend who has it
2. Get sand out of vagina
3. Profit

12/2/2006 11:43:32 AM

I approve this thread. Add my name to the list if you send in a petition. I doubt anyone from HYPE(espn) read this

12/2/2006 11:51:56 AM

Quote :

"Your website fucking sucks. Bad. Please for the love of God and Sunday Jesus would you get rid of that annoying video that loads every fucking time you goto the main page? Oh, and how about some organization? Finding shit on your website takes a star-sighting, a Ouija board and a tour guide who speaks Swahili. Fuck you. I just want to check some scores. Plus, too much shit, packed into too small a space. It's a website, not a Mexican's hatchback. Get your shit straight."

on fucking point

gg

12/2/2006 12:51:06 PM

I agree. Espn tv and .com are terrible. If there was competition it could blow espn away.

12/2/2006 12:55:37 PM

SOrry, i've been meaning to say something about this for a while, and I just kinda snapped this morning. That site is so annoying it's unreal.

12/2/2006 4:16:25 PM

indeed. I loathe it when i have to go there to get a schedule or results or something. I'm sure there are other places to go, but espn.com is the easiest to get to and I know it will have the information, if I can ever get to it.

12/2/2006 5:00:40 PM

http://www.cbssportsline.com


better than espn in all aspects, gametracker, finding scores quick, analysists.

12/2/2006 9:56:47 PM

^ wow no, sportsline is the worst fucking crap there is

12/2/2006 9:57:51 PM

has never failed me and its real quick to load.

12/2/2006 9:59:00 PM

1) get mozilla
2) get noscript
=
no video loading

i dont have a problem finding scores

12/2/2006 10:00:35 PM

they have the worst analysts of any of the websites, with Clark Judge and Pete Prisco leading the pack

[Edited on December 2, 2006 at 10:03 PM. Reason : .]

12/2/2006 10:01:18 PM

from the espn front page...

Quote :

"How good was the battle for Los Angeles? So good, they were cheering in Ann Arbor and Coral Gables. That's because UCLA's 13-9 upset of No. 2 USC on Saturday turned the BCS title picture fuzzy."

Try Gainesville you damn morons.

12/2/2006 10:07:34 PM

^ Maybe they are inferring that Miami can get Pete Carell as their coach now

12/2/2006 10:12:03 PM

Quote :

"Pete Carell"

12/2/2006 10:12:37 PM

[Edited on December 2, 2006 at 10:25 PM. Reason : nm]

12/2/2006 10:24:51 PM

signed

12/2/2006 10:33:38 PM

anyone care to guess how many games duke will play on espn or abc this season that will not be called by dickie v?


i swear he has something in his contract that states every duke game he has to call, and if it works scheduling wise, then he will call the unc game. otherwise, its wherever.

12/2/2006 10:49:42 PM

I never have a problem getting scores

I'm never on the main page long enough for the video to play

12/2/2006 10:57:19 PM

yeah Dick Vitale is wearing on my nerves much earlier this season than he has in season's past. I can usually make it through the first game or two with him calling the plays just cause its good to hear his voice and enthusiasm, but his rambling on about how much better college basketball is than college football and how Tyler Hansbrough is the reborn Christ is absurd this year

12/2/2006 11:09:37 PM

Quote :

"i wonder if the website is as cluttered with articles and columns about tony romo as the channel is?"

12/2/2006 11:14:02 PM

Dear ESPN, maybe you shouldn't have put the guy with the WEST FUCKIN VIRGINIA sweatshirt on tv

12/2/2006 11:15:12 PM

although i am enjoying the live sports at 1:15 in the morning

12/3/2006 1:13:55 AM

most accurate thread ever!

12/3/2006 1:28:23 AM

I support this thread.

12/3/2006 1:58:49 AM

^^^^ i thought that was pretty great how long it took the camera to pan off that

12/3/2006 2:07:31 AM

They could have shown Stacey Dales a little more too.

WEST FUCKIN VIRGINIA

12/3/2006 2:09:12 AM

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=law_keith#20070126

Someone please to post this?

1/26/2007 1:32:09 PM

As part of the prep work for my Hot Stove Heater on farm systems, I did a cursory ranking of all 30 farm systems, which I present below (rankings are from best (1) to worst (30)). Just a quick note on my criteria:

• Players who have lost their rookie eligibility don't count for this exercise.

• Both ability and performance count when looking at individual players, and both ceiling and depth count when looking at systems.

• I'm a strong believer in the "time value of prospects" -- the idea that a prospect's value increases significantly as he gets closer to the big leagues. So an organization like Washington, with most of its best prospects in short-season ball in 2006, scores poorly here, because those prospects are four or five years away from the majors, and the attrition rate on those kids is going to be high.

One other thing to bear in mind is how volatile these rankings are. Matt Garza finished the last season at 50 innings, so he's a rookie in 2007 by the slimmest of margins; without him, the Twins would rank a few notches lower. By the middle of '07, a number of these teams will have moved around as players have "graduated" from their farm systems to the big leagues.

1. Tampa Bay: Packed with high-ceiling bats and a lot of pitching depth, although most of it was in A-ball in 2006.

2. Colorado: Troy Tulowitzki and Chris Iannetta give them two outstanding up-the-middle prospects, and outfielder Dexter Fowler, who turned down a chance to go to some liberal arts school in Cambridge, Mass., looks like an outstanding late sign from 2005.

3. Arizona: One of the most impressive waves of hitting prospects that any team has assembled continues in 2007 with Chris Young ready to step in and Carlos Gonzalez and Justin Upton coming along behind him.

4. Kansas City: Little depth, but their top three prospects (Alex Gordon, Billy Butler and Luke Hochevar) are as good as any organization's top three.

5. N.Y. Yankees: Massive improvement since 2005, buttressed by some trades for prospects and a higher-ceiling approach to the draft.

6. Cleveland: Perhaps the best depth system in the game, with one impact prospect in Adam Miller and two left-handed starters who are close to that in Scott Lewis and Chuck Lofgren.

7. N.Y. Mets: Three potential impact guys in Fernando Martinez, Mike Pelfrey, and Phil Humber (if he's healthy), but the system lacks depth, with a lot of their better prospects still in short-season ball.

8. L.A. Angels: The next wave of Angels arms is coming, led by Nick Adenhart and Jose Arredondo. Brandon Wood and Erick Aybar are both above-average prospects who are close to reaching the majors.

9. Milwaukee: The Brewers' top pitching prospect, Yovanni Gallardo, doesn't have the name value of Philip Hughes or Homer Bailey, but he's just about in their class.

10. Minnesota: Very good pitching depth, with Matt Garza about to graduate from the system, but their high school bats just haven't panned out.

11. Detroit: The Gary Sheffield deal kept them out of the top 10, but Cameron Maybin is just a tick below the Jose Tabatas and Fernando Martinezes of the world, while Andrew Miller should be one of the top five pitching prospects in the minors by midseason.

12. Atlanta: Depth without ceiling, especially since one-time blue-chip prospect Jarrod Saltalamacchia now has several dents in his armor (injuries, hitting struggles and his sheer size, which may move him out from behind the plate).

13. Baltimore: Slow progress up these rankings, but the system is starting to build some depth, which should pay off in 2008. Brandon Snyder's struggles in 2006 were a huge disappointment.

14. Boston: The Josh Beckett deal took out two of their top prospects, but they still have future Gold Glove outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury and right-handed starter Clay Buchholz, both about a year away from reaching the majors, and I rated their 2006 draft the best of all clubs'.

15. Cincinnati: Most of the system's value is concentrated on Homer Bailey, perhaps the best pitching prospect in baseball.

16. Chi. White Sox: The Brandon McCarthy and Freddy Garcia trades helped to restock a system depleted by deals for veterans. Ryan Sweeney and Josh Fields are both ready to step into major-league roles if needed.

17. L.A. Dodgers: No team was hurt more in these rankings by promotions than the Dodgers, as Matt Kemp would be one of the top 10 prospects in baseball if he qualified, and Chad Billingsley spent most of last year in the majors when the initial plan was to give him a year in Triple-A. Scott Elbert's control troubles are also a concern.

18. Houston: Hunter Pence and Troy Patton are both solid prospects, but the Astros have given up a number of draft picks to sign free agents, and their 2005 first-rounder, Tulane left-hander Brian Bogusevic, still hasn't gotten past the Midwest League (Class A).

19. Chi. Cubs: Other than the enigmatic Felix Pie, there isn't much close to the majors here.

20. Pittsburgh: Andrew McCutchen already looks like the steal of the 2005 draft's first round, but behind him and 2006 first-rounder Brad Lincoln, there's very little here.

21. Oakland: Their 2003 class was a huge bust, and their first three picks in 2004 are all probably washouts as well, with the fourth pick in that draft, Huston Street, already comfortably ensconced in the majors.

22. Florida: To be fair, all of the Marlins' prospects spent 2006 in the majors. They do have a wave of big-tools pitchers coming, including Sean West and Chris Volstad.

23. Washington: The Nats have some promising kids (like Colten Willems) who spent the year in short-season ball, but nothing remotely close to the majors. Their system was also badly hurt by the period of MLB ownership, which ran a bare-bones scouting budget and provided little incentive for the team to think long-term.

24. Toronto: Adam Lind has star potential, but the only other impact prospect here is outfielder Travis Snider, who spent 2006 in rookie ball with a team that no longer exists.

25. Seattle: The Mariners have given up a lot of picks to sign free agents, and their last two first-rounders (Jeff Clement in 2005 and Brandon Morrow in 2006) both look like long-term injury risks.

26. Texas: Probably the shocker of the list for me, as the Rangers' touted DVD trio hasn't panned out as planned, with Thomas Diamond looking destined for the pen and John Danks dealt to pick up the more major-league ready Brandon McCarthy.

27. San Francisco: No surprise here, as the Giants have willfully surrendered their first-round picks for years until they were forced by the rules to keep their No. 1 in 2006, which they used to select Tim Lincecum, now their top prospect.

28. St. Louis: Saved from the bottom spot by Colby Rasmus, who just needs to pass the Double-A test to become one of the top 10 to 15 prospects in the minors.

29. Philadelphia: Thin system which got thinner by the sudden rise of Cole Hamels. The closest solid-average prospect to the majors here is Carlos Carrasco, who spent the year in low-A.

30. San Diego: The system's best prospects are Kevin Kouzmanoff, a low-power corner bat just acquired from Cleveland, and pitcher Cesar Carrillo, who missed the last half of the season with elbow trouble. Years of unproductive drafts have really taken a toll here.

1/26/2007 1:44:12 PM

Quote :

"Finding shit on your website takes a star-sighting, a Ouija board and a tour guide who speaks Swahili. Fuck you."

Haha, gg

1/26/2007 1:48:40 PM

i hate their website

and SI.com is getting just as bad

1/26/2007 1:58:35 PM

if you only want certain information.. try out myespn.go.com

[Edited on January 26, 2007 at 7:48 PM. Reason : ]

1/26/2007 7:47:49 PM

best post ever

1/27/2007 12:46:44 AM

vetty niceeeeee

1/27/2007 12:47:32 AM

thanks for telling that serena williams was plannin on rooting for the Colts, i was lost without that info

1/27/2007 1:09:09 AM

bttt

2/6/2007 7:42:57 PM

ive got 4 national sports sites bookmarked:

http://www.espn.com
http://www.sportsline.com
http://www.foxsports.com
http://www.si.com


out of the 4, id say sportsline is the least annoying.

2/6/2007 8:00:52 PM

well ESPN changed the tabs on the front page

no more ESPNU and having to pick the individual sports

i hated that

but it still appears to be on other pages

or it least it was earlier

2/6/2007 8:11:18 PM

the whole espn insider thing is pathetic

scores often do load slower than other sources, this is a fact

website layout far exceeds any of its competitors though

2/6/2007 9:06:43 PM

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2/6/2007 9:07:05 PM