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ESPN

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754 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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P M Stillwagon

Jul 18, 2023
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Baseball announcers for ESPN TV are unnecessarily talkative about EVERYTHING but the game they SHOULD be calling. They are ruining my baseball viewing by talking about EVERYTHING but the game that is being played. I do NOT care about their opinions about everything else!

They are RUINING my baseball games with their banal chatter. PLEASE STOP THEM IMMEDIATELY!!!! Thank you very much. Sincerely, PM Stillwagon

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Richard EDELMAN

Jul 9, 2023
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The person nvolved in the split screen coverage of Wimbledon should be removed from that position immediately.

They have no clue about sports or sports competition.

They'll split screen or even go away from a fifth set Tiebreaker to show another match that's not even close to being determined.

Get rid of them.

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Frank Artuso

Jul 5, 2023
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I've Waycross and listened to sports on ESPN for years and years. In all this time I've never heard of a more racist commentator than your Steven A Smith! I'm sure he is a proud Black man, and has risen to the success he had because of his bravado and on screen stick which can be very entertaining.

But over the years his opinions on the Race, treatment of black athletes, coaches and commentators have been biased and slanted to the point where he is unwatchable, I turn off ESPN whenever he is on, FS has become my choice for sports info and highlights.

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Brian

Jul 4, 2023
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Why the heck would you run scores and updates underneath a show that someone may be watching for the first time. Such poor execution as I taped the hot dog eating contest only to watch your poorly run station scroll the results underneath as I just started watching them announce the competitors. Weak

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Tommy Bennett

Jul 4, 2023
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If anyone who lays off that many people and that many great employees should be ashamed of being in business. Espn had the perfect setup with the employees they had. Espn and college GameDay is something I watch religiously. I'm so disgusted about the fact the company wants to put more money in their pocket, then pay there employees, is absolutely horrible.

U should be ashamed of yourselves. I have never commented on anything in my entire life, but I need to say ashame on u.

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Ronald Harris

Jul 3, 2023
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Your station is going down hill why are you getting rid of all your good people I think the management team who runs espn need to go I have been a support of you espn for 40 years but iam about to get rid of espn it's sad the way it going there get your head out of your ass

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Vince

Jul 3, 2023
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I wanted to watch the Giants and Mets game. Not listen to a podcast with A Rod and company. Get your shit together

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Donald DiMichele

Jul 2, 2023
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I would like to watch the met game and not listen to The Three stooges you have bsing on the left side of the screen I hate when games are on ESPN because you people think

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Michael Prelec

Jun 26, 2023
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Your college baseball helmet cam sucks!!!!!

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Larry J Gayle

Jun 25, 2023
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I should be used to your anti-Gator biased announcers, but tonight it was really deplorable and very obvious. Despicable! I was LSU this, LSU that. The dugout cam practically stayed in their dugout! Shots of the crowd were tilted probably 90% in their favor!

It was really tiresome to constantly hear of their player's superiority and prowess! There was constant close-ups of their ugly, smirking faces, with their porno mustaches and hippie long hair. Endless video of the their past games! From now on, when my Gators are playing on ESPN, I will definitely turn my tv to MUTE and listen to the Florida Gator Network on my laptop.

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Randy Rice

Jun 24, 2023
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Get rid of the man hater Malika Andrew. 3 strikes and ur out. No man I know is watching it anymore till it's done.

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Glenn Sharp

Jun 18, 2023
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Life long Formula One fan. Todays coverage was the worst I’ve seen covering any motorsport. The hosts had a nice chat but didn’t cover the race. Glad you didn’t have the raving Brits again, but please put someone on who understands the sport, covers all aspects of it, doesn’t get too bogged down in back ground stories, and treats the drama or lack thereof the race lap for lap!

That is the entertainment value of motorsport racing!

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John Roberts

Jun 13, 2023
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I want to know how a girl gets fired for a year old recorded call , and Kendrick Perkins makes racist comments on one of your shows and nothing happened. ESPN apologized nothing from Perkins . He Carrie’s on with same attitude. Why the double standard.

Please answer I pay for your service and buy about every if. Fight

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Royal Colle

Jun 5, 2023
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Regarding ESPN tv broadcast of NY Yankees-Los Angeles Dodger baseball game, June 4, 2023:

I'm an avid consumer of sports broadcasts. I've heard/seen Mel Allen, Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully, John Sterling, Susan Waldman and others since I was growing up in Meriden decades ago. Speaking from this experience, I judge the June 4 tv broadcast was one of the worst I've witnessed (although I was happy that the Yankees won). Unfortunately this was typical of ESPN, not an exception.

(1) Interviewing a player in a split screen while he's playing is idiotic (and who cares if the payers goes shopping with his wife?). He can be interviewed before or after the game. The ESPN producer-director may be good for tv entertainment programs but he/she is terrible in selecting shots in a baseball…

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BRIAN HEMPHILL

Jun 2, 2023
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NO one cares about steven a smith. why is he broadcasting over the finels game??!!! i want play by play not a loud mouth interviewing someone from a diffrent team

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Paul

May 30, 2023
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Hockey analyst Mark Messier before the game tonight said, stepping onto the ice for a playoff game was like going to war. Today is Memorial May, one of my uncles was killed in action in World War I, and another uncle killed in action at Guadalcanal in World War II.

I don’t think he said it to be hurtful, but you really need to choose your words carefully. An on air apology would be nice for the thousands of families who grieved today.

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Tim Patchett

May 29, 2023
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Is Homer Simpson running your programming? 5 hours before the program is over. I talked directly to customer service and they apologized but no one reset the feed. I called Spectrum and they were mystified and couldn't solve it either.

They think it's just the feed from ESPN. Who's asleep at the wheel over at ESPN?

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Jerry Zollman

May 25, 2023
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Why did you end coverage of the USL Championship Louisville City vs Tulsa FC game on ESPN plus 5/24/23 prior to the game ending. This happens a lot and is not good. It is very frustrating in the final minutes of a heated game to have a screen pop up saying your event has ended when there is more game going on.

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Trish Sutton

May 23, 2023
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Worst announcers ever! Last time I checked you announce the game not favor a team your announcers don’t do that if they like a team that’s all they talk about. I HATE ESPN for all the BS announcers on Hockey, Basketball and Football!!!

I Guess that’s all you can hire crap for announcers. It’s offensive to fans when announcers don’t shit up about their favorite team who cares announce the game don’t care what you think!! You’re three announcers announcing the Lakers-Nuggets games are horrid!!

Am sure I won’t hear back either cause that’s what ESPN has become. Don’t give a crap station!!

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Jodi J Rodriguez

May 23, 2023
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Your announcers are SO BIASED, you might as well let them wear their teams jerseys GAME 4 has been alot of camer time on James instead of the actual GAME. YOUR CHANEL IS A JOKE. CANT EVEN WATCH A GAME WITHOUT ALL THAT BULL.

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Lawrence Scalzo

May 20, 2023
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please tell the guy sitting next to the great one wayne Gretsky that he should never use our Lords name in vain, he did during the first game between panthers and canes at intermission

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ted johns

May 19, 2023
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You have ruined the pga championship - announcers are terrible ESPN

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B murphy

May 19, 2023
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Seriously? Trying to watch PGA Oak Hill and this Mattyi and caddie are very annoying. If they put on my screen one more freaking garbage plate meal I'm going to explode. Stop talking about food and fashion I want to watch golf.

I'm watching somebody that's in the bunker while listening to them chit chat about fashion. And why do they need to be on the screen? these two are horrible get rid of them. Thought maybe I could just mute the TV but impossible since they keep throwing up this meal that's called a garbage plate.

How many times do we need to see the garbage plate? Stop talking about food and fashion. Talk Golf guys....

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SJ roberts

May 19, 2023
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Would you please remove Maddie and caddy and their idiot guests from the PGA telecast. They had nothing to The telecast whatsoever and distracting trying to watch the golfers and listen to these people yack.

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David Leventin

May 17, 2023
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Get the side kick off my screen

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Pris Wright

May 17, 2023
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SHUT UP and show the game on a full screen!!!! interviewing! Can't even hear the game announcer. SHUT UP!!!

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Daiton Rutkowski

May 16, 2023
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I have been watching ESPN since day one. I have seen many wonderful shows and story's on ESPN. I have enjoyed many of the staff on TV such as the swami, Mr.

However I am really done with ESPN for ever it looks like. Issues such as having to pay to read an article really pissed me off? Disney's WOKE approach does not work for me either. ESPN really is sucking horribly these days, and I just can't stand this bias company anymore.

I am not watching MNF or anything that I have to pay for from ESPN. Fox sports here I come.

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Liam Charles McNeil

May 15, 2023
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I just wanted to say that I am an Red Sox fan and I watch almost every game. I was disappointed with tonight’s game, 5/14/23, where it sounded like you focused more on a Q&A with the 2nd baseman than the actual game.

I stopped watching because I got too annoyed by it. If this keeps on being an reoccurring event I will NOT be watching ESPN again.

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Randy Meyer

May 15, 2023
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I am watching the St. Louis Cardinals play th e Boston Redsocks on ESPN and had to 5urn the volume off. They Boston Redsocks firstbaseman was talking the whole 3rd inning from the field and was extremely distracting and annoying.

And the ESPN announcers are pretty bad. I'm switching to the radio.

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Chris swanson

May 6, 2023
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Watching the Celtics 76ers game. The woman announcer is horrible. She should never be allowed to do any commitation ever again. She makes no sense and is not a neutral party. Please relieve her of any future work. Thank you for understanding

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Mitch

May 5, 2023
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Get rid of Jay Williams.

Quit all nonsensical stories making every perceived injustice about race/inclusion/diversity. If you cant, quit calling yourself a sporting news channel. Send your "woke" stories to BET, Aspire, Lifetime, Vice channels. I dont need to be lectured how to think or how my beliefs are wrong. Or, a segment that counters statements made by your "commentators". Stick to sports and not identity politics.

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Michael Cumerlato

May 1, 2023
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https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?page=help/espn-faq

When Dominique Foxworthy and the other Blatant racist commentators you have on there are gone. This LIFETIME customer will be back.

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Rob Kimmons

May 1, 2023
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I'm watching the Houston Astros and Philly's baseball game. ESPN is not calling the game. They are trying to interview so many sports celebrities they are not paying attention or calling the game. I finally turned off their audio and am listing to FM radio coverage of the game. Disgusting!!!

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Darryl Lynch

Apr 27, 2023
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Can you guys keep" Emily Kaplan" away from hockey players and coaches . This type of uneducated reporting is getting ridiculous.How do ESPN let her keep a job .She has to be the worse in the business .The lady asks the dumbest questions ....Last nights interview with Paul Maurice on goal tending with one of the goalies right next to her was the final straw for me ....never to watch anything again that is associated with Emily Kaplan.

#fireEmilyKaplan

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DONNA JOHNSON

Apr 23, 2023
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I am a woman who loves to see women advance. But you got it all wrong with Doris Burke,while knowledgeable about basketball she is a terrible announcer. She brings nothing to the audio of the game. Please replace her asap,please

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Arnold Kalmbach

Apr 23, 2023
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Please stop putting the name graphics on the hockey players during power plays.

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Trish Sutton

Apr 22, 2023
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Your announcers suck for hockey and basketball!!!! Not sure how you guys got so bad probably by being cheap. Am telling you you hockey announcers are bad they are non bayous they get hook on a team they like and that’s wrong!!!

As a woman who loves sports I could do a better job then these people you have announcing. Get your crap together!! Hate…… listening to your people!!!

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Gary Demyan

Apr 19, 2023
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I am a HUGE ESPN supporter. I am trying to watch the Yanks-Angels game on April 18 2023. We have the game's 3 biggest stars performing. I would have preferred 2 analysts Sabathia, Upton and other guy not calling game! Talking about wine! And Joking!

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Mark

Apr 14, 2023
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Espn needs to greatly improve on commentators last thing atrue sports fan does not do is invite someone over who talks to much during the game. But want does Espn do puts them in the booth and they talk way to much during what should be play by play yes A J Mieczko is non stop.

This is not a pleasant experience several times had to mute and just watch. Espn needs to greatly improve are in wasting my money

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Patrick Hess

Apr 13, 2023
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You suck dick I can't believe that I can't see the f****** bulls game without your b******* on your f****** channel what the hell is Steven a f****** b******* of the world doing on my f****** channel while I'm trying to watch the bulls beat the f****** Toronto whatever they are you suck

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April Gomez

Apr 9, 2023
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Why in the world would you play a trailer for a horror movie with graphic content during the day for children to accidentally see?! A commercial for Evil dead rising and The Popes Exorcism came on and I had to shield my 7 year old from it.

It’s fine I get it, play the trailers of horror movies after 8 when kids are in bed. Such graphic content like what I saw was beyond what any kid under 18 should see. Do better, protect our kids. It’s also sad that Disney has its name behind this.

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Stan Plagianos

Apr 8, 2023
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Why the hell is ESPN going back to being political. Honoring a Biological Make in a month honoring Women is SICK. Agreeing that BIOLOGICAL MEN can compete against Biological Women is SIXK AND UNFAIR. You are fing jokes. Why have women's sport ?

Do you think a 6'10 biological man that says he is a women should play on a women's NCAA basketball team? You fmorally deficient morons. I am done watching ESPN

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Ken Jones

Apr 8, 2023
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Why does ESPN have such HORRIBLE coverage of The Masters? It's 12:45 on April 8 and you still don't have any golf coverage. Most of us watch for the GOLF not your talking heads or your worthless back stories that 1% of viewers are interested in.

If you won't cover the GOLF get the hell out and let another, like the Golf Channel, cover GOLF because you have no idea what GOLF fans want to see.

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James P Reardon

Apr 6, 2023
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Why doesn't ESPN broadcast in 1080I? Almost all major networks do

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Doug Kauffman

Apr 3, 2023
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Broadcast of Phils v Twxas game Su day evening . Announcers talked way to much with trivia information that is bothering when watching the game. But worse is the split screen when talking to a manager or to a player on the field of play. WT,heck is that?

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Lee

Apr 3, 2023
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Since when do you profile a man for WOMEN 'S history month. That was insulting and ridiculous.

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K Scott

Apr 2, 2023
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Women’s NCAA game hard to hear announcers over crown noise. Not a first time issues. Hope adjustments made at half

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Jan Gilmore

Apr 2, 2023
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We are trying to watch and enjoy the Women’s NCAA Basketball Championship game but this continued talking from Bird, Taurasi and others is very annoying! Their talk is not even about the game taking place and there is no commentary taking place about the game.

We find this very disrespectful to the ladies and the game of basketball We had to mute the volume and that really took away from the game. It was a no win situation today.

Very disappointed in ESPN for allowing this to happen.

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Don Helms

Apr 1, 2023
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Y’all hide and won’t answer phone to complain! Y’all hide from negative comments. Watching women final 4 game Iowa/ SC and there is all this BS/chick chat while game is going on, so distracting and worthless. Just saying!

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Cathy Quarles

Apr 1, 2023
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I’ve waited all week to watch the women’s final four & I hate this set up you have!!!! These two women detract from the game. The game is suppose to be the highlight not these 2 women who are just babbling.

I hate the guest thing b/c it takes away from trying to watch this important game!!! ESPN what are you doing??? You have ruined watching a ballgame.. I wish the game was on another channel!!

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