Mark May out at ESPN
Surprised this hasn't been posted yet but link: http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/confirmed-espn-layoffs-constantly-updat…
I'm sure most won't be too upset by that
April 27th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^
but not the Kannel level joy over his firing. Is Mack Brown still employed or did his broadcast team quit on him too?
Great. Now they need to get rid of Mel Kiper, who not only had no Michigan players in the first round, Then he whined when Jabrill and Taco got picked and said the picks were questionable, etc...
April 27th, 2017 at 10:58 PM ^
April 27th, 2017 at 11:34 PM ^
Mark Jones!
April 28th, 2017 at 10:30 AM ^
It will forever be a crime that The Biakabutuka Game was called by Mark Jones. Really degrades the historical impact of that highlight reel.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:00 PM ^
April 27th, 2017 at 11:00 PM ^
Mark May hated OSU so he did have a little value.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:01 PM ^
I'd rather have him back than Joey Galloway.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:05 PM ^
I didn't have a problem with Mark May but next to Lou Holtz anyone looks good.
I remember Ira Weintraub said Mark May's agent called asking if May could do a weekly segment on WTKA because he loves the Ann Arbor market. When he found out WTKA doesn't have any money to pay guests, he no longer liked the Ann Arbor market. Weird how money changed everything.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:07 PM ^
April 27th, 2017 at 11:07 PM ^
WOOO HOO!!!
April 27th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
April 27th, 2017 at 11:11 PM ^
April 27th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
April 27th, 2017 at 11:32 PM ^
Probably cheap
April 28th, 2017 at 12:41 AM ^
The value of an OSU degree.
April 28th, 2017 at 11:55 AM ^
Galloway was probably fired years ago. A glitch in the system keeps paying him. Someone needs to fix the glitch.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
but at LEAST he had some distinctive personality and style, unlike the 80% of interchangeable drones on ESPN. He and Holtz were a fun buddy-cop pairing.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
April 27th, 2017 at 11:11 PM ^
April 27th, 2017 at 11:14 PM ^
Which ESPN guys do people like.? May wasn't good, but he wasn't bad. Pretty honest and fair for a long time.
He's styrofoam. Useful but generally worthless. But he wasn't that obnoxious.
Holtz, Kannell, Galloway, Brown. These guys are horrible.
(Edit) Most people are agreed with this sorry.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:28 PM ^
If something's useful, how could it also be worthless?
doublespeak is all the rage in this political climate
care less!
April 28th, 2017 at 10:11 AM ^
*couldn't
April 28th, 2017 at 11:02 AM ^
Whoosh!
April 28th, 2017 at 11:50 AM ^
Try selling styrofoam...
Honestly, I meant that he wasn't obnoxious or dishonest.
He didn't bring much to the the table, but he didn't take anything away either.
April 28th, 2017 at 12:29 AM ^
April 28th, 2017 at 12:40 AM ^
Suprised to here someone like SVP, I think he is awful. Is he more liked than I relaize ? I tohught he was unliked, but that is just based on myself and friends.
Same here. I don't think SVP lacks ability, but every time I hear him I think "Typical arrogant ESPN twit." As for Kenny Mayne, he's got too much of the "too cool for you" vibe.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:14 PM ^
Do we know Galloway didn't get canned?
They're still coming in...
April 27th, 2017 at 11:19 PM ^
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April 28th, 2017 at 12:06 AM ^
I agree with your main point, but as far as buckeyes go, Herbstreit's the best there is. Galloway is the one that needs to be fired.
Spielman is better than Herbstreit. Too bad he is not still doing college games.
April 27th, 2017 at 11:54 PM ^
Sweet Baby Cheesus
FS1 paying Bayless 4 mil per year makes it pretty clear whats wrong with these budgets. May has to be 60 or so, take a nice buyout and move on.
April 28th, 2017 at 10:20 AM ^
She's an entertainer. A loud-mouthed obnoxious one, but an entertainer. ESPN has made it abundantly clear that their priorities are on keeping the employees who generate the most buzz.
Sadly, modern-day news has devolved from actual news reporting and more into Twitter wars and yelling over each other to see who's point can be made first. You're graded by the amount of clicks you generate, the buzz you create (whether its related to actual news or not), and the amount of people you piss off. This is not unique to ESPN. It's no wonder that save for actual sporting events, no one watches ESPN anymore.
Today, not so much apparently.