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ESPN

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885 complaints

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The Walt Disney Company, Bristol, CT, 06010

ESPN customers are primarily frustrated with announcer quality, citing excessive talking, bias, and failure to focus on game action. Technical issues including wrong channel information, app problems, and poor camera work are widespread. A significant portion of complaints involve politics being injected into sports coverage and inappropriate gender-related commentary.

Common Issues

38% (154)
announcerscommentatorstalking
12% (48)
political viewspoliticssports not politics
22% (89)
channel wrongappcoverage
16% (65)
talking whole timenot calling gamerambling
12% (48)
women announcersladybimbo

Complaints

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Frank

Oct 6, 2019
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Big John Mc Carthy is over rated! Seems almost robotic!! He sucks. If you wanna compete with UFC kick big John to the curb! Fucking sucks!!!

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Bryan Fisher

Oct 5, 2019
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Espn2. Get this lady announcer Off here She’s never played football HORRIBLE GET HER OFF

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Cynthia S Meythaler

Oct 5, 2019
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On Saturday October 5th 2019 we were watching the I was state TCU game. At half time the game was interrupted and changed to and on demand channel to finish viewing. We do not subscribe to the on demand channel so could not finish watching the game. ESPN sucks

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DeAnna Raymond

Oct 5, 2019
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It isn't funny to watch up into the 4th quarter of a college football game or anyother sporting event until then end to find out ESPN decides to move it over to a subscription channel. YOU SUCK I sincerely hope all colleges and other sports move away from ESPN.

So what if the new game starts being seen already in progress. That's like starting a surgery and saying oh well it looks good enough move the patient we'll close them up later hopefully bacteria and infection won't set in but we can treat that too of course for an additional cost!!!! Thanks for NOTHING

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KEN Brad

Oct 5, 2019
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On ESPN online you never have the NHL listed on the top bar you've all these Minor Sports listed ahead of them it's ridiculous it's one of the most watched leagues in the world I have a lot of my friends feel the same way

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Keith Gardner

Oct 3, 2019
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Baseball doesn’t need to be analyzed on every pitch. Do The Play by Play so we don’t have to hear Arod and Jessica analyzing everything. I watch with the sound off. It’s awful

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Gary parfir

Oct 3, 2019
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Can Pleae put a sock in that blabbering woman on the MLB playoff games in Oakland?.

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Rick Izzo

Oct 1, 2019
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Please stop the torture of me having to turn off the volume when monday night football comes on with bugger mcfarland, he is awfull, i try every week but cant last more than 5 minutes before i want to throw my tv out the window, or i go to the radio, please i beg u get him off!!!!

thanks, ricl izzo

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Don PANICCIA

Oct 1, 2019
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How can you think Booger ( first of all a grown man nicknamed Bogger should be using his real name) McFarland is deserving of being an announcer for Monday Night Football which is one of the sporting gems of all American sports? He is awful and was awful last year and you promoted him.

Here's hoping that you are seeing the complaints throughout the America I'm seeing on the internet on this. Nothing personal toward him he just isn't deserving of this assignment.

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David Jorgensen

Sep 29, 2019
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99 for September 2019. To date, the minimum time for sign-on and beginning to watch ESPN+ watch has been about 35 minutes.

Also after finally being allowed access to use the ESPN watch, the system wants to break away when football games have a local advertisement that has not paid ESPN for time. I can understand the advertisement thing, but each time this cycle happens.

ESPN does not bring back the live football (NCAAF) telecast until the teams have been engaged for at least 3 to 5 minutes, resulting in lost viewing experience to the paying subscriber. For a month paid time to watch a possible 14 hours of college football, I would say I have been able to view about 4 hours.

The experience this year with ESPN Watch has been poor to nonexistant!!!!

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Michael Faiella

Sep 26, 2019
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I have now been contacting espn plus for over 6 weeks about a issue with my account. I can not log in. I have spoken to there tec team over and over and about 8 managers , who when i have been lucky enough to speak to a manager they apologize, They have said this is a issue they are working on, and

they will get back to me in 48 hours. i am going on a month and a half with no answers. I call every 48 hours and go through the same conversation over and over. When i speak to somebody at costumer service i ask for management and they always say there are no management available , they take my info say they will rite me a ticket , and

again say a manager will get back to me in 48 hours with a update and not once after 6 weeks have i got a call back. They say if i have not heard from someone…

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Steve koszola

Sep 26, 2019
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338 average Tim Anderson. Why???? 312 and not on the list. Abreu is also in the 290’s yet not on the list. Why ???

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Gary Scott

Sep 22, 2019
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Your female college football broadcaster that was the lead announcer for the WSU-UCLA game on 9/20 was the worst I have experienced. Her voice and knowledge of the game is so bad, I went to the WSU broadcast that had a 45 second delay.

That was better than listening to her and her awful sidekicks. Please take her off broadcasts.

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harvey townsend

Sep 17, 2019
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can't see time or score on sports games

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harvey townsend

Sep 17, 2019
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when I watch a game, you cannot see no time on the game and you can't see no fucking score.

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Michael

Sep 17, 2019
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Get rid of booger McFarland. He is horrible. If you dont you will lose viewers. This is Monday night football we except the best. And booger is not!!!!

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Ronald may

Sep 15, 2019
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Can’t watch games on app. Your announcers tonight were bad. UF vs Ky. So biased on the game against UF. Why? Even when UF came back in qtr 4, the comments were negative. Even after game comments were negative. What did UF do to make the announcers so negative toward UF.

Had to watch on tv because app doesn’t work.

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Matt

Sep 15, 2019
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Your ESPN plus is always stopping and I believe ESPN plus will destroy the UFC single handedly

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Ellen Widener

Sep 8, 2019
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As I watched the UGA - Murray State football game on Saturday, I did not like the woman announcer. She had a voice that was difficult to listen to and she talked about many other teams and players than the current game.

We missed much of the game because she was giving her opinion that was not of interest to me or my group watching the game. Please find an announcer that is interested in the game to announce it.

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David Jorgensen

Sep 7, 2019
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ESPN watch fails to load and when it does it is not playing, and when it starts to play, it stalls plus the audio goes away. Cost of ESPN Plus, should be zero

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Robert Kolt

Sep 6, 2019
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Dear ESPN:

It is AMAZING just how stupid you people are!!! You allow the dumb-ass Jemele Hill moron to get on your air waves and say the most outrageous, bigoted, stupid things ever uttered on television... and you PAY that dumb bitch to do it!!!

Its hard to tell who is more stupid... that Hill woman for being such an asshole, or you for giving her the platform to be an asshole.

Hey, if you want to ruin what is left of your failing business, go ahead, because you are definitely committing corporate suicide with that woman.

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Kenneth A Sumner

Sep 5, 2019
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I have feedback on commentators for the 2019 US Open (tennis). Where can I send my feedback?

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tennis4five@yahoo.com

Sep 5, 2019
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Hi there- I have been an ESPN member for years and I have been playing tennis and a die hard tennis fan for 50 years. So I am writing this on behalf of dozens of fellow ESPN/tennis players here by informing you, that although Chris Fowler appears to be a nice guy, he is the WORST commentators for tennis. He is annoying.

He doesn't know what the H he is talking about. And he is a total turn off. There are several of us that turn down the volume sometimes because he ruins the experience. So on behalf of all of us, PLEASE remove him from ESPN for the Australian, the French, Wimbledon and the US Open for 2020 and forever! Thank you!

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Michelle Laughead

Sep 3, 2019
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The fact that we pay money for the ESPN ACC NETWORK and you have us watching four men talk and stuff their faces through the Louisville and Notre Dame game is absolutely ridiculous and extremely frustrating. It's like listening to 4 women gossiping. This was a fail and it baffles me that someone went through went this idea.

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Paul OrangeTree

Sep 2, 2019
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ZERO stars! All the adds on screen are ruining my viewing experience. I want to see F1 when I'm watching F1 not football crap!

I AM STARTING A BOYCOTT OF ALL YOUR SPONSORSHIP PARTNERS!

you are fucking stupid if you think this was a good idea.

Whoever came up with this idea should be fired!

I will contact every sponsor I see an ad for furring this race and let them know about the boycott.

Again YOU ARE FUCKING RETARDED FOR THINKING THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA!

1/2 MY SCREEN IS TAKEN UP BY YOUR STUPID FUCKING ADS!

FUCK YOU

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Armelinda Alvarez

Aug 30, 2019
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Horrible service The customer service line, just gives you introduction and then no one answers the line. Then if you want chat or any other services they want more money!

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James Hathcock

Aug 30, 2019
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Don't know the announcers name and I don't care to, doing the UCLA game tonight, referring to Alabama as a foreign country. Some of the best sports figures and some of the smartest people have originated in Alabama. If he doesn't like the state tell him to stay OUT

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WAYNE PEARSON

Aug 29, 2019
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VERY UPSET THAT YOU AND COMCAST CAN'T REACH AGREED ON TERMS SO I CAN'T GET ACC NETWORK. I'VE ALREADY FILED MY COMPLAINT WITH COMCAST.

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Thomas J. Carter

Aug 22, 2019
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ESPN Baseball is not a call in show. The cast on Wednesday night baseball are a disgrace. Last evening during the Yankee Oakland game there was a Balk. Too bad nobody saw it because of face time by the broadcast people.

On Wednesday evening it is so bothersome that prompted this complaint.

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G Meyer

Aug 19, 2019
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Trying to watch Cubs/Pittsburgh. Your commentators are awful to say the least. They don’t call the game and half the time cameras are every where but on the field. I don’t care to listen to Alex Rodriguez drone on about nothing. Sick of it.

Too bad no other options.

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Aug 7, 2019
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How does ESPN allow and/or pay high dollar to someone (Stephen A. Smith) making racist remarks with now consequences. See the comments in this video link. v=wshhRCW27rapN0b12H4f&no_hls=true Also see attached file

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Lisa Langsteiner

Aug 1, 2019
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Trying to watch Cardinal/ Cubs baseball game on Wednesday night July 31 2019 and all 3 sports announcers had nothing good to say about the St. Louis Cardinals. In fact all they could talk about was there negative ball club. How disgusting and disgraceful!!!!

There was one point in the 3 rd inning that all 3 announcers weren’t even talking about the game, they were extremely loud and ridiculous!! Talking about personal views and past personal experience. Not appropriate

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john alexander macdonald

Jul 29, 2019
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Your announcers for Monday night baseball are not bad they are horrible. The graphics you use are silly. You really need to take a hard look. I simply cannot listen.

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ken clark

Jul 20, 2019
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I am so tired of hearing a sports station comment on their political views. ESPN has truly become trash tv with a lady on every show and has overcompensated to the extreme. My current complaint is with Dan LEBATARDS rant about the presidents comments.

IF I WANT TO LISTEN TO BULLSHIT VIEWS I WILL TOON INTO FOX OR CNN. I DONT NEED TO LISTEN TO SOME BLOWHARD THAT HAS HIS OLD MAN ON A SHOW TOO BOOT GIVING HIS POLITICAL VIEWS. YOUR LEFT ATTITUDE AND ALLOWING THESE DUMBASSES TO CONTINUALLY SPEW THEIR VIEWS ARE A TURN OFF TO YOUR COMPANY.

WAKE UP AND PUT SOME GUIDELINES IN PLACE OR YOUR RATINGS WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE.

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Charles Ferguson

Jul 18, 2019
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Today is 7/18/19. Just turned on Lebatard. Kelly. Come on ESPN. please leave politics off the air. SPORTS, IT’S SPORTS. Doug Gottlieb did this all the time. I’m glad he’s gone. I know Lebatard could care less what I have to say.

I do enjoy his show as long as it’s about sports.

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Mort Glazer

Jul 15, 2019
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I am watching the Dodgers v. Red Sox tonight, and being a Sox fan for over 70 years, I am not particularly happy about how the Sox are playing these days, so admittedly I am feeling a bit grumpy.

However, i find Jessica Mendoza very annoying. Not because she is a woman, or an analyst, although it does take some time getting used to. The thing that really others that she is always laughing at comments by her co-analysts that are not funny.

Now Jerry Remu genuinely cracks me up, and we love him for his sense of humor, and his humility to say nothing of his courage in the face of personal tragedies. But I don’t understand her giggling at inane comments.

She is very knowledgeable, and she has a good voice. ) Maybe she is trying too hard, but she can be taxing. Not too crazy about the two…

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Kevin booth

Jul 15, 2019
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Jessica Mendoza & Alex Rodriguez are hard to listen to. They both talk to much instead of letting the game speak for itself. Jessica thinks she to explain everything to the viewer as if we've never watched the game before

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jake brown - US-Army retired - hoping ESPN has not lost its vision for customer service and TV sports quality that is disproportionately missing.

Jul 14, 2019
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Your TV telecasts of every sporting (most recently Wimbleton is a disservice to the viewer and the sport itself. In its every competition 75% of the camera-vision was not in the spirit of the sporting event). Every televised sporting event has a plethora of TV cameras that bounce around from facials in syncronized ping-pong fashion without a pause for fresh air.

It is evident that TV crews have succumbed to pre-talkies camera fixation. With todays digital technology, the constant movement of camera shots is annoying and adds to a dizzy-like experience. A normal flow of sports coverage has turned into an overwhelming viewer punishment with facials or some other type of non-consequencials.

Perhaps it's time to bring in more cameras and add more incompetence features for the TV directors,…

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Michael Navarro

Jul 14, 2019
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When are you going to drop Highly Questionable it has to be the worst program in your history and you’ve had some bad ones.

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Dave Ferguson

Jul 14, 2019
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You really screwed up the WSOP main event this year. What’s with no coverage on Saturday? And you skipped another day, so you couldn’t follow who lost. I’ve been watching the WSOP on ESPN for years and every year you cover less with poorer coverage.

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Keith Gerberry

Jul 12, 2019
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I was truly offended by Tracie Morgan’s monologue all his racial remarks

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Mike Aram

Jul 9, 2019
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Last nights coverage of the HR Derby was hard to watch without the volume down. The announcers were talking the whole time about things other than the Derby. People actually want to watch or hear what's going on and not have them talk about the season and what the players are doing with their lives and stats, etc... The announcers are doing that during games also and it's hard to watch. Think about getting people that are actually going to call the game and not divert the viewers attention from it. I've been watching ESPN for over 25+ years and since you've added mostly former players from every sport to talk in the booth during games, it's been getting harder to watch every year.

Mike Aram

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c

Jul 4, 2019
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Why no women's matches shown on the 4th of July Wimbledon coverage? Three different American women were playing, one upset the former champ, another is a multiple-time champ, and another almost defeated a SF from last year (2018)! Instead, it was Nadal for the millionth time.

I'm on the West Coast, so in my time zone, I should have been able to see at least one of these three women on ESPN coverage, but I did not see any. None at all! Instead it was Nadal-Kyrgios all morning long and then after that more non-American men, a doubles match.

Today was Independence day, but you sure didn't bother to show some of the great American players. Basically, ESPN, your Wimbledon coverage needs to be called Wimbledon men's coverage, and also, you suck.

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Lynn Perey

Jul 1, 2019
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Your MLB coverage is HORRID. I want to watch baseball, not see 3 idiots spend 1 1/2 innings talking to some old timer and then to another idiot whose claim to fame is hot dog gluttony

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Ed adolph

Jun 25, 2019
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Why is Duke not on.

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Larry Wetherington

Jun 18, 2019
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You're coverage of the 2019 College World Series is great the only complaint I have is the information panel on the score number of all pitches in enemies the information panel in the left left up hand corner is very poor needs to be bigger for us older gentleman who can barely see and give more info

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Sam G. Roney

Jun 15, 2019
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Your new scoreboard on the screen of College World Seried baseball id way too small for viewers to see much lesd Read it. Whats wrong with you people. The regionals were much done. Very Disappointed in the scoreboard on tje Screen.

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Spencer GOLDSEN

Jun 13, 2019
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I am an avid golfer and fan of watching tournaments on ESPN. However, when are you going to realize that most golfers want to see more of what is happening on the course and less talking from former players and others.. This is the opinion of almost all the members at my golf club.

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Larry Bennett

Jun 10, 2019
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Canadian F1 Grand Prix was scheduled to air on Dish at 6 pm Sunday! The race didn’t actually start until 7:45 pm. Then halt way thru the race, around lap 35 off 70 lap race it shut off!! I don’t understand why you would do that to someone who is paying for the service!! Very unprofessional.

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j. olson

Jun 10, 2019
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You are a complete disaster in everything you do with NCAA baseball. Your channels are screwed up your ESPN app to go to is screwed up you never allow enough time for these teams to play don’t you understand college baseball is at least a 3 to 4 hour event you get all the advertising you need it’s not like professional baseball. If you can’t afford to cover it then get out of it turn it over to somebody else that can do a hell of a lot better job than you guys are doing

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