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    Urbanwildlife
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    The new webpage of ESPN suks!

    The new webpage of Espn.com suks. It is much more difficult to read as the layout is complicated with chit thrown all over the screen. This is another case of why companies feel they have to fix things that do not need fixing.

    http://espn.go.com/

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    jjgold
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    horrific

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    Completely agree. Like a lot of webpage re-designs it seems to be for the sole purpose of laying in more ads. That said, anytime a webpage is changed it looks funky for a short period. When they redesigned SBR everybody here was irate. Nowadays it seems perfectly normal.....I can't even remember what the old page was like.

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    Hate it, looks too social media-y and slightly like a betting website even lol

    RIP

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    The Giant
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    How long have they had this gambling page?

    espn.go.com/chalk/

    They even have live odds from Sports Insights:

    http://espn.go.com/espn/chalk/liveOdds

    Is all this new?

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    I think so The Giant...

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
    How long have they had this gambling page?

    espn.go.com/chalk/

    They even have live odds from Sports Insights:

    http://espn.go.com/espn/chalk/liveOdds

    Is all this new?
    yes, this is new. i'm pretty sure at least. it even updates live. that's crazy.

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    They must have had consultation from the Windows 8.0 development staff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
    How long have they had this gambling page?

    espn.go.com/chalk/

    They even have live odds from Sports Insights:

    http://espn.go.com/espn/chalk/liveOdds

    Is all this new?
    that may be new but espn has there own gambling site that is dedicated to sports information,picks,vegas information theyve had that for a while no one knows about it it takes osme clicking around to find.

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    It's all about making money in the web is all for advertising revenue they really don't care how the site looks

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    Quote Originally Posted by texhooper View Post
    yes, this is new. i'm pretty sure at least. it even updates live. that's crazy.
    Yeah, it's surprisingly pretty nice.

    I'm not quite sure how this is free, I thought Sports Insights was a pretty big business with lots of subscribers. I wonder if they somehow teamed up with ESPN.

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    ESPN's web site is way better now. You can follow your favorite teams on the left side, on the right are different twitter pages to follow, every video from at least the last 3 days is on the front page also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Urbanwildlife View Post
    The new webpage of Espn.com suks. It is much more difficult to read as the layout is complicated with chit thrown all over the screen. This is another case of why companies feel they have to fix things that do not need fixing.

    http://espn.go.com/
    Yeah its awful. Its the opposite of user friendly. I hate espn but i use it to get quick scores and schedules but this might be enough for me to totally stop visiting espn.com

    i think i will start using mlb.com

    nfl.com

    nba. com

    etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
    Yeah, it's surprisingly pretty nice.

    I'm not quite sure how this is free, I thought Sports Insights was a pretty big business with lots of subscribers. I wonder if they somehow teamed up with ESPN.

    Giant one espn salary is worth more than sports insights and I mean a small market broadcaster

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    Big Bear
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    Way too many fukkin pop ups on espn.com

    i am scared to click anything for fear of being re-directed to another website or forced to watch some gay ass advertising video.

    Fukk espn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bear View Post
    Way too many fukkin pop ups on espn.com

    i am scared to click anything for fear of being re-directed to another website or forced to watch some gay ass advertising video.

    Fukk espn.
    Bear there is no need to be scared

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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
    Bear there is no need to be scared
    lol

    i hate pop-ups they make me so angry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bear View Post
    lol

    i hate pop-ups they make me so angry.
    use Firefox with pop-up blocker
    the best browser that you can have
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    Rockiest knows

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    Went there this morning and thought my browser was f'd up. Horrible looking

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    Chalk has been around for a little while as for lines they're getting ready for the HUGE ad potential of referring to gambling websites. Can you say AFFILIATE REVENUE

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    It's illegal for an American website to take gambling revenue from offshore sports books

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    It's illegal for an American website to take gambling revenue from offshore sports books

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    But what when it becomes legalized? Will online sports betting be legal as well? If so do the math.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
    use Firefox with pop-up blocker
    the best browser that you can have
    or google chrome with ad block installed!...

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    Da Manster!
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    well, I rarely go the ESPN site anyways...I've always used CBSSports.com ...every bit as good and accurate, and you don't have to pay some bullshit token fee to be an insider!...fuk the total garbage network!

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    Nobody likes change...

    In a month you won't even remember the old layout.

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    phone alerts so much easier in games you need to follow

    computers now for squares

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    Seems a lot of sites I go to have been changing up the color and specifically the font they use. All have been horrible choices. The font is large and fuzzy and bulky; very hard to read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Da Manster! View Post
    or google chrome with ad block installed!...
    Mainster...Chrome is a good browser- but it sucks in your private data without your knowledge- good stuff, but not approved by a Russian Rocket

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    Bottom line is the score of the game who cares what the website looks like
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    this is bad, mlb.com always been the best for baseball but used espn for nba, cbb, and cfb.

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    nevermind

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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
    Mainster...Chrome is a good browser- but it sucks in your private data without your knowledge- good stuff, but not approved by a Russian Rocket
    thanks for the heads up, Sasha!...

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    Looks like something is darting across the screen while I'm keeping up with scores on the NBA scores page. I like the ability to see the previous play next to the score.

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