So I’ve been “giving it” to ESPN pretty hard lately, and with good reason. Everyone I’ve talked to over the past two weeks feels the exact same. The question though is- What can you do about it? And the answer I’ve always come to is an unfortunate…..Nothing. Until now.

They have every major sport on their network, and there’s not a chance I’m going to stop watching College Football at noon (36 Days!). So what else is there to do???

Within the past three months I think I’ve come up with an alternative option: BOYCOTT ESPN.COM!!!

ESPN.com is such a dreadful site. If Trey Wingo tries to sell me one more phone I’m driving to Bristol and fire-bombing the “Campus”. The Pop-up ads have gone crazy (how many times can you play Orbitz mini-golf?). You have to be an insider and pay for their blogs!!!

I’ve only been in the Sports Blogging World for about 90 days now, but in that time I’ve come to a realization…..The sites of people that I link to (and go to everyday) write better than anything ESPN has put out in years. The only good writers on ESPN.com are buried in the Insider section, which you have to pay $4.95 a month to read. You also get ESPN the Magazine (which is now offering a free pullover with purchase!!!), which is the most god Awful publication on the planet. It’s like SI had a premature baby…..it developed A.D.D…..and then developed a Meth habit.

With the rant said…here’s an interesting look at Blogs vs. ESPN. Taking into account when articles are posted to the blogs against when they are posted on ESPN/Other Large Media Sources:

Harold Reynolds Firing:
Deadspin- Tuesday, July 25th. Commenters started posting at 8:21 AM
ESPN- Obviously, no comment
Fox Sports- Wednesday, July 26. A full day later

Harold Reynolds Sexual Harassment:
The Big Lead- Tuesday, July 25th at 9:45pm
ESPN- Still no comment
Fox Sports- Wednesday, July 26th at 1:23pm

Big Ben’s Motorcycle Crash:
Deadspin- Monday, June 12th at 12:15pm
ESPN- Monday, June 12th at 12:37pm
Fox Sports- Tuesday, June 13th

Anyways, you get the idea. So I’m with The Sports Frog and Thunder Matt…..I’m officially divorced from ESPN(.com). It’s going to be a hard habit to kick because my fingers know how to type ESPN faster than QWERTY, but I’m going to give it a shot. (Just as soon as this column is over)

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