How Ridiculous is ESPN?

[Sunde91]

they just said that

a game-tying goal in the Quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup is

the 5th most dramatic sports moment of all time

is there really no other encompassing sports network on the planet?

[BookiesBernanke]

dramatic enough to make me lose my points and pizza

[face]

not one football clip on that reel

[stikymess]

ESPN has jumped the shark years ago.

[jnickell100]

Whats wrong with that? If you were watching, it was an absolutely amazing goal and they overcame a ton of shit in that game and scored with 2 minutes left in the game.

[gtkid911]

bad game from referee horrible misakes

[MichaelWaters]

cried my eyes out. should be slightly ahead of miracle on ice. great goal

[BookiesBernanke]

Whats wrong with that? If you were watching, it was an absolutely amazing goal and they overcame a ton of shit in that game and scored with 2 minutes left in the game.

Brazil gave them a goal -- how much sh*t did they really have to overcome

[Wiggums5]

Brazil gave them a goal -- how much sh*t did they really have to overcome

Hmm lets see.

1. Retaken penalty
2. Marta's goal in ET being offside
3. Playing half the game a player down

[Doc JS]

cried my eyes out. should be slightly ahead of miracle on ice. great goal

Ummm...no, not even close.

It WAS a great goal, but didn't have nearly the implications that a bunch of US college kids beating the unbeatable Soviet hockey machine in the middle of the cold war while Americans were being held captive in Teheran.

[jjgold]

Baby stuff
Womans soccer is bit even close to a real sport

[zr2786]

That guy is freakin idiot. I watched the game after it happened and it was a better game than when Donovan scored against Algeria to move on last year!!!

[LarryF]

Great goal, great moment for American soccer. I don't pay attention to ESPN rankings.

[Mr KLC]

I think its a little early to rank this feat. Its a great moment, but I think you have to give it a little time to digest before reflecting on its place in history.

[RudyRuetigger]

espn lost touch with its viewers years ago. do they really think US cares about soccer????

oh yea, we care if we win...otherwise its a bs sport

[stevenash]

I'll buy top 20, top 5, no way.

Bill Mazerowski
Joe Carter
Jordan
Bobby Thompson

all come to mind, I'm not even awake yet.

But if you want to put that goal top 15 or 20 all time, I'm fine with that.

[pavyracer]

This happens all the time in soccer in OT. It's not that rare as ESPN thinks. Remember last year's WC in SA when Suarez blocked the goal with his hand on the last minute in OT and then Gyan missed the PK. That was more dramatic than women's soccer equalizer.

[Brewers in 7]

Im not sure which is a bigger joke, Soccer officials or ESPN officials..

[Mr KLC]

I remember when ESPN was trying to make the women's soccer win over China the greatest thing since slice bread. When I think of that moment, I remember more about Brandi Chastain's strip show.

[MarlinsFan2212]

I believe it. Down a player and scores w/ less than a minute left.

[RubberKettle]

Soccer will always be more dramatic than American football.

[PingPong]

it's weird they didn't cover the davis cup over the weekend

[Mr. Jones]

I'll buy top 20, top 5, no way.

Bill Mazerowski
Joe Carter
Jordan
Bobby Thompson

all come to mind, I'm not even awake yet.

But if you want to put that goal top 15 or 20 all time, I'm fine with that.

What is mentioned here and at least a dozen more.

[hubie69]

Fsck ESPN, ESPN sold out long ago. I refuse to watch it less its College basketball season. Thank God the NFL hasn't jumped over to ESPN full time yet

[k13]

This happens all the time in soccer in OT. It's not that rare as ESPN thinks. Remember last year's WC in SA when Suarez blocked the goal with his hand on the last minute in OT and then Gyan missed the PK. That was more dramatic than women's soccer equalizer.

But it has to include the US to be dramatic.

Espn likes to show/promote new material.

[billy18067]

you know how espn works always over hyping things i just laugh at it

[pinnerpsk]

The goal was maybe top 100 in soccer history. That's it.

[stealthyburrito]

espn is unbearable enough when they have round the clock coverage on brett favre or lebron's the decision.

but this takes the cake, i deliberately avoided espn yesterday (and most likely today) cuz of stupid shit like this.

[Dank_Fire]

I wish ESPN would cut this women soccer crap. Horrible filler material during all star break

[jmush]

sportscenter is an absolute joke.. all they show is junk....I watch nhl and mlb network for highlights

[The Madcap]

I can't tell you all how happy it makes me to see so many people trashing ESPN for their bullshit. Thank You SBR for giving me hope that maybe one day there will be a network that gets back to broadcasting sports for the sportsfan instead of the soap opera crap ESPN pimps everyday.

[stevenash]

sportscenter is an absolute joke.. all they show is junk....I watch nhl and mlb network for highlights

In the beginning they were true to their word, they've been junk since the 80's.

Bob Ley is the best they got, he deserves to be working for a better outfit than that clown college.

[stevenash]

Thank You SBR for giving me hope that maybe one day there will be a network that gets back to broadcasting sports for the sportsfan instead of the soap opera crap ESPN pimps everyday.

It's called MLB TV network, nothing but news without the schtick and out of market games all week.

The closest they got to 'schtick' is Kevin Millar's show, but a) he's very amusing and b) he can do schtick because
what he knows about baseball, the common man will never learn.

[JakeLc]

Since ESPN is covering it, of course it's top 5 according to them . I love MLB netowork.

[donnyguru]

Now if the US should happen to, uh, lose one of the next TWO games it would take to win the title, will there be a recount? (Was a great win, though.)

MLB Network, NBA TV are great, NFL Network too busy trying to be ESPNjr.