ESPN Is Pathetic
- Thread starter Lose Remerswaal
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ESPN has completely ruined the "NFL Nation Blog" page.
I go there when I have exhausted my normal sites, but now it is just video after video that I don't want to and can't watch at work.
They can't even do a "blog" page right.
I go there when I have exhausted my normal sites, but now it is just video after video that I don't want to and can't watch at work.
They can't even do a "blog" page right.
The url for an article on how the Saints won't trade Brees:
espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12557106/new-orleans-saints-coach-sean-payton-says-qb-drew-brees-traded
The link in the rundown says: Payton: Brees not part of Saints' makeover, which, to me, sounds like they're saying Brees won't remain with the Saints as part of their effort to remake the team.
espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12557106/new-orleans-saints-coach-sean-payton-says-qb-drew-brees-traded
The link in the rundown says: Payton: Brees not part of Saints' makeover, which, to me, sounds like they're saying Brees won't remain with the Saints as part of their effort to remake the team.
Yup. Got me to click. I saw the headline and thought how is this not the main story? Wow.....Payton is getting rid of Brees. Click. Oh, not so much.Marciano490 said:
Mike Reiss is goin' off! Takes on the Felger and Mazz, haters, and ESPN itself in one chat.
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/boston/chat/_/id/51688
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/boston/chat/_/id/51688
Oh great now the broken-ass impossible to use, constantly glitching out ESPNFC setup is on the entire site.
Smart. Take a website that millions have used for years and are intimately familiar with and fuck it all up. Good job.
Where's the Manziel stuff? HOW DO I FIND all the Manziel stuff?!?! I'm totally freaking out.
Is Rick Reilly on this new page?
(Just to be serious for a moment. Sorta. Did that signing pay off at all? Web stuff was sappy from what I saw and totally got dwarfed by the Bill Simmons Great Leap Forward. Reilly sucked on air too. Seemed like they only really trusted him with golf. Then he goes on Monday Night Football and gets busted asking to be credited with a Tweet scoop, right? Which wasn't even his. Steve Young gives him a mocking look. Which goes everywhere on the internet. Damn. What a bust signing. God knows how many millions they threw at him, too. In sportswriter dollars. Sportswriters don't need to be paid much. It's a dream gig.)
Is Rick Reilly on this new page?
(Just to be serious for a moment. Sorta. Did that signing pay off at all? Web stuff was sappy from what I saw and totally got dwarfed by the Bill Simmons Great Leap Forward. Reilly sucked on air too. Seemed like they only really trusted him with golf. Then he goes on Monday Night Football and gets busted asking to be credited with a Tweet scoop, right? Which wasn't even his. Steve Young gives him a mocking look. Which goes everywhere on the internet. Damn. What a bust signing. God knows how many millions they threw at him, too. In sportswriter dollars. Sportswriters don't need to be paid much. It's a dream gig.)
adam42381 said:
This. It's a train wreck and I don't know where to find the usual stuff/people I actually do go to read. This is precisely why I stopped going to CNNSI, when they revamped like this. Maybe this will force me to get ESPN out of my system all together.
Meh, it's a big company that changes something we're comfortable with. We'll be comfortable with it again in about 2-3 weeks time because ESPN isn't stupid.
I do like this better as it may facilitate more discussion than when an intern misspells a word on Sportscenter. Because that's lolz.
I do like this better as it may facilitate more discussion than when an intern misspells a word on Sportscenter. Because that's lolz.
The thread title is absolutely perfect. Now it's not just pathetic for its content, it's pathetic for the web design. That was the only redeeming quality it had left and it's gone. The layout sucks and when I go to an article and come back, everything in the black bar (favorite sports, etc) disappears and there's nothing to click on.
Fuck them, I need to find something else.
Fuck them, I need to find something else.
As web designs go, that's at least average, probably above-average, and a huge leap ahead of the shitshow that was the old site (and its separate mobile interface). There's a reason that literally everyone is migrating towards a responsive, flat, and open web design: because almost every user test anyone tries indicates that it's easier to navigate and consume content in this manner.
but d-d-d-different is baaaad bbbbaaaaaaaw
Seriously, you jokers made me just defend ESPN. Go to your rooms, all of you.
but d-d-d-different is baaaad bbbbaaaaaaaw
Seriously, you jokers made me just defend ESPN. Go to your rooms, all of you.
It's going to take some getting used to, simply because it's different. And I don't like that. But it's clearly a vastly better design, and as soon as I get used to it (prob in like a week) it'll be fine.
I still don't understand why anyone would use that site, either the old or new version. ESPN sucks in any format. All of the info you'd get on there is available in several other places that suck a lot less.
ESPN has always had a pretty woeful home page,(in 2008, it was the worst page on the internet) although this redesign looks ok and a lot cleaner than it was. It's still an impossible site to navigate and I always use CBS Sportsline or Yahoo when it comes to a sports web page.
ESPN lost me. I used the visit the site at least 10 times a day in 2002. I might check it out once a quarter now. Even finding a score is laborious and choc full of flotsam and jetsam.
ESPN lost me. I used the visit the site at least 10 times a day in 2002. I might check it out once a quarter now. Even finding a score is laborious and choc full of flotsam and jetsam.
Pleasedontmakemedefendespn....glennhoffmania said:
1) Mike Reiss alone makes the ESPN Boston Patriots coverage among the best in the business.
2) Some of their fantasy advice is pretty good. I like Berry for football and I like Cockcroft for baseball.
Other than that, I almost never visit ESPN.com anymore.
Integrating 538 and Grantland content prominently is smart. If I can get that stuff without going to each website independently that could be useful.
dynomite said:
Ok well I'm not a Pats fan so I don't follow Reiss, so I'll give you a pass on that one. Fantasy crap is all over the place and ESPN is no better than the hundreds of other sites. Honestly the whole conglomerate is so terrible I don't want to give them the ratings or traffic. Unless, of course, I want to read about LeBron, Kobe or Jeter.
if you want your Reiss's Pieces, just cut out the middleman and make the ESPN Boston site your entry point.
I don't care about the look, but ESPN FC has had this setup for months and it never fucking works correctly.Blacken said:
Example- Right now on the homepage if you have firefox the live scores frame is too small and only shows the top team of each matchup.
On ESPNFC on mobile the right frame almost never fits to the screen correctly causing you to have to scroll right to left to read every sentence
Cellar-Door said:
I don't have the score issue on firefox with the scores using Windows. So far its a pretty good improvement IMO.
Can someone screengrab this for posterity:
Takeaways: C Christian Vazquez to have shoulder examined
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/42583/takeaways-c-christian-vazquez-to-have-shoulder-examined
Takeaways: C Christian Vazquez to have shoulder examined
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/42583/takeaways-c-christian-vazquez-to-have-shoulder-examined
I have ESPNBoston as my direct link. When I scroll over the particular team, the new setup no longer drops down a menu of the stories. And when i click on the team, I'm no longer in ESPNBoston; iI have to go back a page to get the local teams' tabs. It will decrease the number of times I open the site. But ESPN does not care about my demographic.
Here's an ESPN.com story on the new ESPN.com. Be sure to check out the comments. In short, the reviews are negative. LINK: http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/AnniversaryLaunch/whole-new-website
ifmanis5 said:
Would love to, but only the first five will load on my phone. Solid work ESPN programmers!!
Tyrone Biggums said:
Out of curiosity, where would you rank him? He's dominated the sports scene for the last 12-13 years. I think Jordan at #1 is probably more controversial than James at #2, if we're truly talking about a window of the last 20 years.