Comments on: ESPN Might Be Looking Like Yahoo!s http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/ Where We Told You Evan Turner > John Wall Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:05:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eric http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61192 Eric Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:29:03 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61192 The only reason I go to Yahoo! Sports instead of ESPN nowadays is because ESPN's front page has way too much crap going on. Yahoo!'s page loads quickly with the headlines clearly displayed. The only reason I go to ESPN anymore is for Bill Simmons, and that's only when my RSS feed tells me that a new column is up. Which is rarely. The only reason I go to Yahoo! Sports instead of ESPN nowadays is because ESPN’s front page has way too much crap going on. Yahoo!’s page loads quickly with the headlines clearly displayed. The only reason I go to ESPN anymore is for Bill Simmons, and that’s only when my RSS feed tells me that a new column is up. Which is rarely.

]]> By: dan http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61184 dan Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:10:55 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61184 yahoo gets hits because people use it as there home page for mail, and because they post tantalizing short titles for stories that make you click because they lack details, not because they are good. Do you know people who use Yahoo! as their main source of sporting news? yahoo gets hits because people use it as there home page for mail, and because they post tantalizing short titles for stories that make you click because they lack details, not because they are good.

Do you know people who use Yahoo! as their main source of sporting news?

]]> By: Bruce http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61124 Bruce Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:24:04 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61124 <blockquote>Maybe if ESPN wasn’t too busy making their reporters into TV stars, they could actually report accurate information on their website</blockquote> Boom. You hit the nail on the head.

Maybe if ESPN wasn’t too busy making their reporters into TV stars, they could actually report accurate information on their website

Boom. You hit the nail on the head.

]]> By: patphish http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61093 patphish Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:43:24 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61093 ESPN reporting that Kevin Duckworth has died. ESPN reporting that Kevin Duckworth has died.

]]> By: sparty http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61092 sparty Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:24:26 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61092 david aldridge beat everyone on <a href="http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/david_aldridge/07/10/magic.bass/index.html" rel="nofollow">bass to the magic</a>. david aldridge beat everyone on bass to the magic.

]]> By: GatorTrey http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61091 GatorTrey Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:07:19 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61091 GITC, You're mistaking me not looking at the news for a few hours with ESPN breaking the Carter trade. Tim Povtak at AOL Fanhouse broke the deal, followed by Wojo at Yahoo, the Orlando Sentinel confirmed a done deal at 4:45...ESPN didn't comfirm for almost 45 minutes after that. GITC,

You’re mistaking me not looking at the news for a few hours with ESPN breaking the Carter trade. Tim Povtak at AOL Fanhouse broke the deal, followed by Wojo at Yahoo, the Orlando Sentinel confirmed a done deal at 4:45…ESPN didn’t comfirm for almost 45 minutes after that.

]]> By: cbh49er http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61090 cbh49er Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:49:46 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61090 Surprised to see that Nash is signing an extension. Surprised to see that Nash is signing an extension.

]]> By: sparty http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61089 sparty Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:47:23 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61089 and wojo does it again! http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AtZSbzE8a8JSBMgmkLE2eL.8vLYF?slug=aw-hillsuns071009&prov=yhoo&type=lgns& and wojo does it again! http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AtZSbzE8a8JSBMgmkLE2eL.8vLYF?slug=aw-hillsuns071009&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&

]]> By: sparty http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61087 sparty Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:36:26 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61087 of course, we will be comparing them to fox sports for baseball. of course, we will be comparing them to fox sports for baseball.

]]> By: sparty http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61086 sparty Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:32:33 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61086 <blockquote>My point is that each place gets things at varying times. Of course you can pick out single stories and say that ESPN was beat. My point is that everyone does exactly that. Everybody knows a few examples. But that’s out of 1000s of pieces of news a week. Nobody ever makes a big deal out of ESPN beating everybody to the punch, do they?</blockquote> that wasn't your point. first you said yahoo doesn't pull the number espn does. they do, I used stats. you did not. then you said ESPN still beats Yahoo most of the time, but they rarely do. and if they do, it is full of inaccuracies. watch at the trade deadline for mlb at how many trade pieces they get incorrect.

My point is that each place gets things at varying times. Of course you can pick out single stories and say that ESPN was beat. My point is that everyone does exactly that. Everybody knows a few examples. But that’s out of 1000s of pieces of news a week. Nobody ever makes a big deal out of ESPN beating everybody to the punch, do they?

that wasn’t your point. first you said yahoo doesn’t pull the number espn does. they do, I used stats. you did not. then you said ESPN still beats Yahoo most of the time, but they rarely do. and if they do, it is full of inaccuracies. watch at the trade deadline for mlb at how many trade pieces they get incorrect.

]]> By: guyinthecorner http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61085 guyinthecorner Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:55 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61085 My point is that each place gets things at varying times. Of course you can pick out single stories and say that ESPN was beat. My point is that everyone does exactly that. Everybody knows a few examples. But that's out of 1000s of pieces of news a week. Nobody ever makes a big deal out of ESPN beating everybody to the punch, do they? My point is that each place gets things at varying times. Of course you can pick out single stories and say that ESPN was beat. My point is that everyone does exactly that. Everybody knows a few examples. But that’s out of 1000s of pieces of news a week. Nobody ever makes a big deal out of ESPN beating everybody to the punch, do they?

]]> By: sparty http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61084 sparty Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:17:28 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61084 yahoo actually had it earlier: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=ApXPot8nrJ4.yDvT2v5zYb28vLYF?slug=aw-marionmavericks070809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns yahoo actually had it earlier: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=ApXPot8nrJ4.yDvT2v5zYb28vLYF?slug=aw-marionmavericks070809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

]]> By: sparty http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61083 sparty Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:16:20 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61083 what day was that, gitc? what day was that, gitc?

]]> By: sparty http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61082 sparty Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:46 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61082 gitc -don't just use the ESPN search engine. be sure to use <a href="http://www.google.com/" rel="nofollow">this thing</a> gitc -don’t just use the ESPN search engine. be sure to use this thing

]]> By: guyinthecorner http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61081 guyinthecorner Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:43 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61081 Just for the hell of it, the news before that was the 4-team Marion deal. ESPN at 7:43 PM, Yahoo at 11:16 PM. /yahoo's always faster Just for the hell of it, the news before that was the 4-team Marion deal.

ESPN at 7:43 PM, Yahoo at 11:16 PM.

/yahoo’s always faster

]]> By: sparty http://www.spartyandfriends.com/2009/07/10/espn-looking-like-yahoos/comment-page-1/#comment-61080 sparty Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:11:17 +0000 http://www.spartyandfriends.com/?p=16685#comment-61080 gitc-it was updated this morning. Yahoo linked to that article last night. gitc-it was updated this morning. Yahoo linked to that article last night.

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