Well, hell, you know that's going to happen no matter what because of Olbermann back at ESPN. It may be a little more intense with Silver involved, but it was going to happen.
Meanwhile, anyone want to start a pool on how long it takes before Olby violates that alleged contractual pledge to not say anything about politics? Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:12 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:47 AM, M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I'm not overly surprised about the "Olbermann" connection - wasn't he a >> frequent guest (or, at the very least, an oft-quoted source) on Countdown? > > > Exactly. > > Olbermann and Silver are two of the most hated exemplars of liberal > media among red meat conservatives. I expect that crowd will already be > hyperventilating over KO coming back to ESPN (no doubt we will hear a lot > about how they fired Rush). Pairing him with Silver is pouring grease on > that fire. > > Like I say, the two of them are well matched, quite apart from politics; > they both combine a kind of old school love of sports, and especially > baseball, with a more cerebral approach, and they are both quite capable of > talking for hours about baseball without once veering into politics. But I > am worried that pairing these guys up is going to lead to demands to add > George Will to Baseball Tonight. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
