ESPYs thread (2 Viewers)

[Stinger Ray]

Wow....this segment of the show is long.

 

[Raider Nation]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

 

[Bigboy10182000]

This is awkward

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Whatever happened with the accident case where he/she ran into the back of another car and a woman was killed ? All forgiven/forgotten?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Whatever happened with the accident case where he/she ran into the back of another car and a woman was killed ? All forgiven/forgotten?

Obviously not

 

[General Tso]

Great speech.

 

[belljr]

Still going? Wth

 

[Das Boot]

Lindsey Vonn.

Yea, she's pretty ugly.

I may follow you on twitter. You better be entertaining.

I am. Just make sure to mute me on weekdays. A bunch of us talk about Mike Francesa's show as it's happening, and that's not for everyone.

What's the gist of your hate for Francesa?

I don't "hate" anyone except for Flo from Progressive. The thing with Francesa is too complicated to get into. In a nutshell, he's a blowhard who bullies his callers, yet he's also entertaining. It makes for quite a conundrum.

Good enough, thanks. And I kind of love Flo.

Flo is very lovable.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Lindsey Vonn.

Yea, she's pretty ugly.

I may follow you on twitter. You better be entertaining.

I am. Just make sure to mute me on weekdays. A bunch of us talk about Mike Francesa's show as it's happening, and that's not for everyone.

What's the gist of your hate for Francesa?

I don't "hate" anyone except for Flo from Progressive. The thing with Francesa is too complicated to get into. In a nutshell, he's a blowhard who bullies his callers, yet he's also entertaining. It makes for quite a conundrum.

Good enough, thanks. And I kind of love Flo.

Flo is very lovable.

I like the phrase "meat sweats."

 

[T J]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

 

[Capella]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

 

[Raider Nation]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

Seriously? The Ashe award is the best part of this show every year.

 

[Capella]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

Seriously? The Ashe award is the best part of this show every year.

That may be, but angry people have been discussing it on Twitter and sports radio the past two days. I have never once heard anybody mention it before.

 

[Raider Nation]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

Seriously? The Ashe award is the best part of this show every year.

That may be, but angry people have been discussing it on Twitter and sports radio the past two days. I have never once heard anybody mention it before.

You're also the guy who hates this show.

 

[General Tso]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

I did. Quite a bit. Your dignity wasn't missed. There was plenty of it supplied by Jenner.

 

[Stinger Ray]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

You've never heard of the Ashe award? It goes back to 1993 with the famous speech by Jim Valvano.

 

[belljr]

1993 Jim Valvano

1994 Steve Palermo

1995 Howard Cosell

1996 Loretta Claiborne

1997 Muhammad Ali

1998 Dean Smith

1999 Billie Jean King

2000 William David Sanders (posthumously)

2001 Cathy Freeman

2002 Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, and Jeremy Glick (posthumously)[1]

2003 Pat Tillman and Kevin Tillman[2]

2004 George Weah[3][4]

2005 Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah and Jim MacLaren

2006 Roia Ahmad and Shamila Kohestani

2007 Trevor Ringland and David Cullen from Peace Players International

2008 Tommie Smith and John Carlos

2009 Nelson Mandela

2010 Family of Ed Thomas

2011 Dewey Bozella

2012 Pat Summitt (Award Video and Speech)

2013 Robin Roberts

2014 Michael Sam

2015 Caitlyn (Bruce) Jenner

 

[Capella]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

Seriously? The Ashe award is the best part of this show every year.

That may be, but angry people have been discussing it on Twitter and sports radio the past two days. I have never once heard anybody mention it before.

You're also the guy who hates this show.

I haven't even watched 10 seconds of it. I'll see her speech when deadspin posts it.

 

[Jayrod]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

You've never heard of the Ashe award? It goes back to 1993 with the famous speech by Jim Valvano.

No, no...you see HE has never heard of it, so it can't be that important.

 

[T J]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

I did. Quite a bit. Your dignity wasn't missed. There was plenty of it supplied by Jenner.

Glad I missed the freak show. Quite a bit.

 

[Capella]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

You've never heard of the Ashe award? It goes back to 1993 with the famous speech by Jim Valvano.

No, no...you see HE has never heard of it, so it can't be that important.

You're missing the point and getting hung up on a trivial bit.

 

[Stinger Ray]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

You've never heard of the Ashe award? It goes back to 1993 with the famous speech by Jim Valvano.

No, no...you see HE has never heard of it, so it can't be that important.

You're missing the point and getting hung up on a trivial bit.

If you aren't watching the show why are you in this thread?

 

[Capella]

@CraigSJ: You think that 40% trans suicide rate is nuts until you put someone trans on national TV for ten minutes and see how people react.

 

[Capella]

He/she is gonna get a standing ovation, and I'm going to vomit.

Why?

This is a farce. The interview with Diane Sawyer wasn't good enough? He has to receive a courage award which other people deserved more?

Sure it's a rating ploy but I've never even heard of the Ashe courage award before and I doubt many other people have either. People debating who should have received it instead of Jenner like it's the NL MVP when they've never cared about it before are being just as disingenuous as ESPN is.

You've never heard of the Ashe award? It goes back to 1993 with the famous speech by Jim Valvano.

No, no...you see HE has never heard of it, so it can't be that important.

You're missing the point and getting hung up on a trivial bit.

If you aren't watching the show why are you in this thread?

Because her speech is going to be a big topic tomorrow? Do I need to sit through the Male Team of the Year in order to be here?

 

[Eminence]

Looks like a monster to me. It's like he's the new Alf! You go Bruce, great shtick.

*shrugs*

 

[Limp Ditka]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

I did. Quite a bit. Your dignity wasn't missed. There was plenty of it supplied by Jenner.

Glad I missed the freak show. Quite a bit.

You seem more desperate for attention here than Jenner

 

[Politician Spock]

@CraigSJ: You think that 40% trans suicide rate is nuts until you put someone trans on national TV for ten minutes and see how people react.

America is infested with Christian hate.

It's unfortunate that it's attributed to Christ. It's Paul that is the source of it. Christ loved everyone.

 

[bostonfred]

Looks like a monster to me. It's like he's the new Alf! You go Bruce, great shtick.

*shrugs*

Your character is supposed to be too young to know alf

 

[T J]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

I did. Quite a bit. Your dignity wasn't missed. There was plenty of it supplied by Jenner.

Glad I missed the freak show. Quite a bit.

You seem more desperate for attention here than Jenner

uhhhhhh.......ok, I guess.

 

[Joe T]

Unwatchable

 

[Limp Ditka]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

I did. Quite a bit. Your dignity wasn't missed. There was plenty of it supplied by Jenner.

Glad I missed the freak show. Quite a bit.

You seem more desperate for attention here than Jenner

uhhhhhh.......ok, I guess.

Can you keep us up to speed on everything you're not watching? Perhaps you can open a thread dedicated to it.

 

[Raider Nation]

Here is one small portion of her speech:

It's not just about me. It's about all of us accepting one another. We're all different... that's not a bad thing.

Indeed. And part of people being different is having opposing opinions on all kinds of things. So, similarly to the way she seeks acceptance for the person she is, I would assume she just as readily would appreciate the fact that some people don't want to hear about any of it.

 

[tdoss]

2013 Robin Roberts

2014 Michael Sam

2015 Caitlyn (Bruce) Jenner

Interesting trend...

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Here is one small portion of her speech:

It's not just about me. It's about all of us accepting one another. We're all different... that's not a bad thing.

Indeed. And part of people being different is having opposing opinions on all kinds of things. So, similarly to the way she seeks acceptance for the person she is, I would assume she just as readily would appreciate the fact that some people don't want to hear about any of it.

You're so put upon. Stay strong, RN.

 

[flapgreen]

2013 Robin Roberts

2014 Michael Sam

2015 Caitlyn (Bruce) Jenner

Interesting trend...

I'll pass on giving credibility to any award espn presents.

 

[shader]

@CraigSJ: You think that 40% trans suicide rate is nuts until you put someone trans on national TV for ten minutes and see how people react.

America is infested with Christian hate.It's unfortunate that it's attributed to Christ. It's Paul that is the source of it. Christ loved everyone.

 

[rockaction]

And I've heard of the Arthur Ashe award. Not sure where that gets relevant.

 

[flapgreen]

@CraigSJ: You think that 40% trans suicide rate is nuts until you put someone trans on national TV for ten minutes and see how people react.

America is infested with Christian hate.It's unfortunate that it's attributed to Christ. It's Paul that is the source of it. Christ loved everyone.

huh. Paul from the Bible is the source of hate? What does your second paragraph mean?

 

[flapgreen]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-espys-lauren-hill-caitlyn-jenner-20150715-story.html

Cliff.... Espy to also honor Lauren Hill because of Jenner backlash

That network is clueless.

 

[T J]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

I did. Quite a bit. Your dignity wasn't missed. There was plenty of it supplied by Jenner.

Glad I missed the freak show. Quite a bit.

You seem more desperate for attention here than Jenner

uhhhhhh.......ok, I guess.

Can you keep us up to speed on everything you're not watching? Perhaps you can open a thread dedicated to it.

I didn't start the thread Holmes. touchy touchy

 

[Limp Ditka]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

I did. Quite a bit. Your dignity wasn't missed. There was plenty of it supplied by Jenner.

Glad I missed the freak show. Quite a bit.

You seem more desperate for attention here than Jenner

uhhhhhh.......ok, I guess.

Can you keep us up to speed on everything you're not watching? Perhaps you can open a thread dedicated to it.

I didn't start the thread Holmes. touchy touchy

Which makes your need to chime in about not watching it all the more attention whoreish

 

[Jayrod]

@CraigSJ: You think that 40% trans suicide rate is nuts until you put someone trans on national TV for ten minutes and see how people react.

Or perhaps they have severe mental issues leading to a delusion that can only be realized through expensive, unnatural and life changing procedures. Maybe if the psych community looked to treat the issue like a destructive disorder instead of placating it as a reality they could lower that number and get some people back onto a healthy life path.

 

[flapgreen]

@CraigSJ: You think that 40% trans suicide rate is nuts until you put someone trans on national TV for ten minutes and see how people react.

Or perhaps they have severe mental issues leading to a delusion that can only be realized through expensive, unnatural and life changing procedures. Maybe if the psych community looked to treat the issue like a destructive disorder instead of placating it as a reality they could lower that number and get some people back onto a healthy life path.

You got it.

 

[Limp Ditka]

 

[Daywalker]

Lady in FRONT row texting through Devon Still speech. Yikes.

 

[ILUVBEER99]

nobody has ever cared about who won the award until tonight.

Great job by ESPN, got tons of attention. Mission accomplished.

 

[Das Boot]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-espys-lauren-hill-caitlyn-jenner-20150715-story.html

Cliff.... Espy to also honor Lauren Hill because of Jenner backlash

That network is clueless.

Yeah, that's pretty high on the list of most transparent lies ever.

 

[T J]

Great speech.

Didn't dignify it with my viewership. So happy you enjoyed it.

I did. Quite a bit. Your dignity wasn't missed. There was plenty of it supplied by Jenner.

Glad I missed the freak show. Quite a bit.

You seem more desperate for attention here than Jenner

uhhhhhh.......ok, I guess.

Can you keep us up to speed on everything you're not watching? Perhaps you can open a thread dedicated to it.

I didn't start the thread Holmes. touchy touchy

Which makes your need to chime in about not watching it all the more attention whoreish

Gotcha. I'll respectfully bow out. Wasn't my intent. Others were definitely talking about it (if you can read that is) so I did indeed chime in. So terribly sorry if that offended you.

 

[Capella]

@CraigSJ: You think that 40% trans suicide rate is nuts until you put someone trans on national TV for ten minutes and see how people react.

Or perhaps they have severe mental issues leading to a delusion that can only be realized through expensive, unnatural and life changing procedures. Maybe if the psych community looked to treat the issue like a destructive disorder instead of placating it as a reality they could lower that number and get some people back onto a healthy life path.

Oh yea that's it

 

[Capella]

nobody has ever cared about who won the award until tonight.

Great job by ESPN, got tons of attention. Mission accomplished.

Apparently for a few guys here it's the highlight of the year for them.