Random poll of the day
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 23, 2008 4:26 PM CST
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So, every time I go to espn.com, some video loads and if I have my speakers on I have to hear some ESPN talking head prattle on until I click pause or off or whatever or turn off the sound.
It is really annoying. And I have a hard time imagining that it really enhances the appeal of their website.
But hey...maybe I'm wrong. Cast your vote and let me know what you think.
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texasrangers.com (and all mlb pages) doing it is quite annoying.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Dec 23, 2008 4:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
+1
Your 2010 Texas Rangers starting shortstop....(see pic)
by Kinslerhomer on Dec 23, 2008 4:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
+2
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 23, 2008 5:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
agreed
im so tired of Jonathan Mayo’s voice (as soothing as it is) in the video corner.
by Chow Time on Dec 23, 2008 4:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It sucks -- I hate it
Sound and video automatically playing creates a terrible user experience.
by kerelcooper on Dec 23, 2008 4:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
There's more to the network of tubes
Than LSB???
by hiafex on Dec 23, 2008 4:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If you just mute it, your browser's cookies should keep it from playing with any sound on subsequent reloads
Dreaming of 2009
by RangerMoto on Dec 23, 2008 4:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Or
They could just stop doing it altogether.
by brettgardner on Dec 23, 2008 4:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That wouldn't be very NOW, though.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Dec 25, 2008 9:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Especially when you have music going on Itunes
It like mixes it up, so yeah, pretty annoying. And that Kenny Mayne stuff can just go away for all I care…
And even if I try muting it, every now and then I’ll load up Espn and there it is, just all that noise….
In Smoak We Trust
by Smoak Some on Dec 23, 2008 4:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Supposedly...
they’re changing a lot of things after Christmas, so hopefully it’ll be one of the things phased out
by ksf42001 on Dec 23, 2008 4:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
x
http://beta.espn.go.com/?lpos=spotlight&lid=tab8pos1
Your 2010 Texas Rangers starting shortstop....(see pic)
by Kinslerhomer on Dec 23, 2008 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like they're giving us the option!
http://beta.espn.go.com/personalization/index
Dreaming of 2009
by RangerMoto on Dec 23, 2008 6:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Disable the autoplay
It doesn’t work 100% of the time, but if you have an account on espn.com, click the ‘customize’ button underneath the video on the home page. Uncheck the box that says ‘play videos automatically’ and save your settings. That should help.
by drizzle on Dec 23, 2008 4:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hate it.
But then from a technical standpoint, ESPN is one of my least favorite websites. Ugh.
by Snark on Dec 23, 2008 5:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
When I was in college...
…I got busted surfing the Web in class because of it. I left my speakers on, and while my professor is lecturing, all of a sudden you hear, “LEBRON JAMES AND CARMELO…!”
Everyone turned to look at me. I looked at the guy next to me, but it was pretty obvious that it was me. Professor: not pleased.
"Please. What the hell do you know about starting a sports-related website and then deciding to leave it to work on other things and then? How dare you, sir." -- Michael Schur, aka FireJoeMorgan's Ken Tremendous, to Will Leitch
by ghtd36 on Dec 23, 2008 5:07 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
LOL
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 23, 2008 5:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow,
Blogging the Boys is a joke.
They deleted my diary I did last night about Tony Romo and his focusing issues.
This really angers me, there was no reason for them to do that.
I will not support Blogging the Boys anymore, it is a joke site anyways.
I'm Ed Werner, but with real secret sources...
by miles on Dec 23, 2008 5:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
No more miles support
I’m sure they’re all torn up about it.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Dec 23, 2008 7:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Out of curiosity
Was there a reason given or one you can think of on why they deleted it?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Dec 23, 2008 7:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I was
just linking a article and talking about Tony Romo’s questionable focus on the games ahead of him.
Including an article where he and Jessica Simpson are actively trying to have a baby at this moment.
Those fucking assholes deleted it.
Doesn’t matter, they are terrible writers and huge homers anyway.
I'm Ed Werner, but with real secret sources...
by miles on Dec 23, 2008 9:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Too bad Adam doesn't follow suit
LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
by DaheelzCM on Dec 23, 2008 9:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Chris...
Why have you always hated me?
I thought we had such a good relationship like 4 years ago….
I'm Ed Werner, but with real secret sources...
by miles on Dec 23, 2008 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Because you are a Giant Teixeira
LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
by DaheelzCM on Dec 23, 2008 10:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 23, 2008 11:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
the new guy is good
the old guys, outside of brandon, notsomuch.
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
by Longhorn on Dec 23, 2008 10:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Deleting your diary? BS
This isn’t communist Russia.
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Dec 24, 2008 7:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
In Soviet Russia
Diary deletes you.
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 24, 2008 9:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN.com sucks
The only time I’ll go there is if someone links to a story there. Actually, that’s not 100% true. I will read the Ombudsman’s column just to hear about complaints about ESPN and their crappy lip service to fixing things.
Nothing pithy here. Please move long.
by WyoRanger on Dec 23, 2008 5:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Bill Simmons?
I go there to read some of the stuff he writes.
by Michael Cave on Dec 23, 2008 6:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
In his own words:
He jumped the shark.
Sometime around his third column.
by Snark on Dec 23, 2008 6:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ugh
his bit is old. mailbags are the only decent thing he puts out anymore
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 23, 2008 6:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I used to read him religiously
But once NBA season starts, I’d wouldn’t read him as much. It seemed that as he wrote about baseball less and less, I read him less and less, and then I guess I quit.
I remember once, a long time ago, I decided to send in a question to one of his chats. It was a Rangers related question and I for some reason thought he would have some insight. I sat and waited for him to answer, which he didn’t. And that’s when I finally figured out “wait a minute, this guy doesn’t know baseball. The only thing he knows is one team.” Yeah – I’m an idiot.
Nothing pithy here. Please move long.
by WyoRanger on Dec 23, 2008 7:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
There's just not much there.
I can’t say I think highly of Simmons’ sports knowledge or his writing. What might’ve annoyed me most (back when I actually read his stuff) was his “everyguy” style. Look, you have a master’s degree in journalism from BU, you worked for the Boston Herald, you moved to LA to write for Jimmy Kimmel Live ~ spare me the I’m-just-average-Joe-sports-fan-from-Boston posture. Please.
And now that he’s “famous,” his shtick is simply insufferable.
OK, I’ll stop ranting now, except to conclude:
I believe the writing of Bill Simmons is self-indulgent, overrated crap.
by Snark on Dec 23, 2008 7:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
HIS BS REPORTS
are awesome
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Dec 24, 2008 7:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Annoying ESPN
I got to listen to an extended amount of the new Greg Williams show for the first time today. I really can’t believe the guy has a show in the market. I don’t know how he did it but he’s worse than he was on The Ticket. They spent a segment reading a list of stressed out cities which basically amounted to just reading a list of big cities. He then called Buck Showalter a miserable human for running Chuck Morgan out of town even though Chuck left a year before Buck was hired. He also called Buck a liar for some other stuff which may or may not be correct but it’s just funny to hear Greg get on anybody for being a liar after the stuff that happened with The Ticket.
Does anyone listen to his show regularly and actually like it?
LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
by DaheelzCM on Dec 23, 2008 7:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I went past the other day
listened for a segment and then tuned out.
Miami bound...
by boomer1 on Dec 23, 2008 10:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It sure makes it
difficult to surf the web at work on the sly and get some ad yelling at my co-workers about needing to update their fantasy league
by red3biggs on Dec 23, 2008 7:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It sucks, I hate it
ESPN has a lot of good stuff on their site. A lot more than Yahoo, SI, etc. The only problem is that there’s so much crap there and then you add in the videos and it makes me hate going there. I’ll visit 10 different sites if I need to, as long as its not ESPN.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Dec 23, 2008 7:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It's annoying
And I hate it, but is there anything more annoying than the ad that, upon launch, proceeds to slowly stretch the page? Dmn.com is guilty of this and many other annoying features that make it almost unbearable.
by brettgardner on Dec 23, 2008 8:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of ESPN
Get this interactive crap off my BSU-TCU screen.
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 23, 2008 8:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hey, TCUHomer66 thinks that college football should institute a playoff system!
Let’s broadcast that opinion to the entire world!
by Joey Matschulat on Dec 23, 2008 11:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
god
that was a beating
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 23, 2008 11:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL so true
"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005
by Agreen07 on Dec 24, 2008 7:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Its the reason
I rarely go to ESPN.com anymore. It used to be one of my most visited sites.
Nolan Ryan is the Greatest Pitcher ever, because Google says so.
"BTW I’m officially welching ab03. Yeah I planned too all along, but I figured I’d try to get off the hook with double or nothing first."- Sharky
by DJCahill on Dec 23, 2008 10:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
my friends feel the same way
I still go just to get the news – which I can’t seem to get in a format I like from other sites.
Mandatory reading before suggesting a trade
by ab03 on Dec 23, 2008 11:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The
Rangers should spoil themselves this offseason and sign Sheets AND Ramirez…
I'm Ed Werner, but with real secret sources...
by miles on Dec 23, 2008 10:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Why would they want
Ramirez? He’s expensive and aging, doesn’t play defense well and they already have options at DH. If they wanted to go that route they would have just signed Bradley again for less money.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Dec 24, 2008 6:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The video and such...
is a big reason I’ve started using foxsports and CNNSI a lot more than the past.
Stars in a Texas Night Sky, a Dallas Stars blog from a fan's perspective.
by rangers85 on Dec 24, 2008 12:30 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Adblock it
I never see the video player at all because I just add it to my Adblock filters.
by Strekos on Dec 24, 2008 9:08 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Poll doesn't show decimals...
so it may not equal.
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by rangers85 on Dec 24, 2008 4:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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