Taking out the SP
My friend Sean warns that ESPN is becoming more like MTV every day, and for all the wrong reasons. Oddly enough, some of the stuff that ESPN can and might do to re-invent the network is or has been on ESPN Classic. Those old episodes of Home Run Derby used to be staples of Classic in the pre-ESPN days and even appeared from time to time after that. And if they want a good competition, they should either bring back 2-Minute Drill, which was reasonably compelling before they buried it in various time slots. Better yet, how about the Super Bowl of Sports Trivia, played at the now deceased Boardwalk and Baseball amusement park outside Orlando, hosted by the svelte and not-so-bald Chris Berman?