Essential The Official ESPN First Take Thread

[Versa]

Cari Champion annoys me when she chimes in...Like she there for her opinion on sports...

True that. Jay Crawford was that dude because he knew how to be purely a host and play the background. Cari tries to be the Wonder Woman to SAS and Skips Batman/Superman and it comes off forced. Nobody tunes in to hear what Cari Champion has to say about anything. Just be a host and look delicious. Girl is fine but she tries too hard.

Give and take. Thats what hustlers/pimps do. Iceberg slim called it something but I cant remember the phrase.

Would love to hear the quote if you can remember it.

 

[lutha]

Give and take. Thats what hustlers/pimps do. Iceberg slim called it something but I cant remember the phrase.

i wouldn't necessarily call it give/take...he's more so just playing the game to keep the check coming in....he used to side more on the black side before he was released from espn the first time; now he sides more on that corporate side....just pointing out it's more obvious now, but i understand....

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

damn, it's only 67 african americans in baseball

the sport sucks, but the money and career longevity is >>> * black kids need to get back into this (and soccer)

 

[Jplaya2023]

Are they not doing podcast downloads no more?

 

[DaRock]

Are they not doing podcast downloads no more?

On the First Take homepage, Skip usually tweets out/provides a link in the Twitter section..don't believe you can download it though...

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Are they not doing podcast downloads no more?

 

[valet]

I hope nobody believed that story about Bruce Bowen shot down Chauncey Billups in the Olympics. No way did that happen. Bruce Bowen ain't got that kinda respect like that.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Are they not doing podcast downloads no more?

they were down for a week.. suddenly itunes just dropped like 6 yesterday.. don't know bout the rest of the sites

 

[Maizeandbluekid]

truly giving no fukks this morning. "CPZERO..."

got more heated than normal hearing Skip trash Chris Paul. "SOMEBODY NEEDS TO THROW WATER ON YOU AND HEAL YO SOUL...."

fukking hilarious.

 

[Majestic Pape]

SMH @ this idiot Stephen A. Smith claiming he loves boxing then talking about the upcoming Julio Cesar Chavez-Sergio Martinez fight. :cmon:

 

[Majestic Pape]

I hope nobody believed that story about Bruce Bowen shot down Chauncey Billups in the Olympics. No way did that happen. Bruce Bowen ain't got that kinda respect like that.

I missed it... what was the story about?

 

[valet]

I missed it... what was the story about?

He claimed they were in a team mtg. and Billups said that players needed a environment where they let out their frustrations. And he claimed he said (paraphrasing) that players just need to suck it up and play. And Billups just went on hush mode.

 

[Regular_P]

truly giving no fukks this morning. "CPZERO..."

got more heated than normal hearing Skip trash Chris Paul. "SOMEBODY NEEDS TO THROW WATER ON YOU AND HEAL YO SOUL...."

fukking hilarious.

I can't believe they put up a #CPZero hashtag for this shyt.

 

[Optimus Prime]

potential new SAS smiley from today @3Rivers

 

[Maizeandbluekid]

SMH @ this idiot Stephen A. Smith claiming he loves boxing then talking about the upcoming Julio Cesar Chavez-Sergio Martinez fight. :cmon:

That shyt was ridiculous, too. I hope someone informed him that COTTO is the one fighting Martinez next.

I like SAS, but his Floyd nut-hugging can grow beyond tiresome a times. I think Skip does his potshots of Floyd because he knows good and damn well SAS will take the bait, and it hasn't failed yet.

And I also thought Michael Rapaport was funny as hell, too, from making fun of Broussard's "sources" to "Floyd Kardashian".

He needs to be on there more often.