ESPN Kills Grantland

[red321]

Wow. That was the only ESPN website I bothered to look at anymore...the main ESPN site is just a jumbled mess.

 

 

[bloodbrother]

Very lame but expected. ESPN is garbage

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Obviously they aren't making enough money from the most expensive channel on cable and satellite, so about half of their website content is "Insider" which requires an additional fee to read. 

 

I have pretty much dumped the ESPN website entirely for Fox Sports.

[Chuck]

What happened?

[Hollyw00d]

ESPN blows

They get rid of their best content but hold on to clowns like Stephen a smith and skip bayless

[nate]

What happened?

 

After ESPN fired Simmons most of the top writers and editors left Grantland.  Too bad because Grantland had some really awesome articles.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I stopped going to the ESPN website months ago after they changed the layout.  I don't even watch sports center these days because I can avoid all of the tmz style reporting there by reading articles or headlines elsewhere.  If it wasn't for the occasional NFL live episode, NFL pre-game show Sunday morning or live sporting events I'd be able to avoid ESPN completely.  

[Brandon]

Boo.

The Grantland entertainment pieces on shows was solid.

[Ray McKigney]

Really strange. Why would they kill a successful website? They could have no doubt sold it. The advertising revenue that Grantland generates would seem to make it worth something. It is hard to get a dedicated following with 100 Billion websites out there. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[nate]

Boo.

The Grantland entertainment pieces on shows was solid.

 

Dude their write ups on season 2 of TD helped me so much because I was so lost.  Plus all their background on Vinci and how it relates to Vernon was so awesome.

 

Of course their GoT write ups were awesome too.

[red321]

I liked a good portion of their tv write ups, and previews. Greenwald put me on to a number of shows that I enjoy, and I think also helped me not waste a lot of time on shows I would have no interest in by pointing out they sucked.

 

I also really enjoyed the Charles Pierce articles, and some of the other long form pieces they had. Jonah Keri's baseball coverage was top notch as well.

 

It's a site I will definitely miss.

[Spirit]

F'ing Disney! 

[Brandon]

I think everyone will just go over to Bill Simmons new site/podcast.

I have a love hate with Greenwald. He does some psuedo-intellect style of writing that is pretentious and comes off as a self-righteous asshole. But he's a smart dude and I almost (almost) appreciate his writing style even though I hate it. It's like he tries to hard instead of writing in a colloquial fashion like everyone else on the site that is an easier read.

What helped me with him was the podcasts with that Chris dude. I liked their takes and thought process about shows.

I only dig and cycle a few websites, this was one. I hope they all do it again on Bills page/site.

[Brandon]

Dude their write ups on season 2 of TD helped me so much because I was so lost. Plus all their background on Vinci and how it relates to Vernon was so awesome.

Of course their GoT write ups were awesome too.

This is how I came across the site. I actually loved watching the top shows and reading the write ups the next day. I found Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and GoT so much more immersing having the write ups to indulge in.

[Don]

This is how I came across the site. I actually loved watching the top shows and reading the write ups the next day. I found Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and GoT so much more immersing having the write ups to indulge in.

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