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Mantis
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Do you drive the Zamboni for the beer league rink @Mantis
Is it the same as the Street Paver
Is it the same as the Street Paver
it is you
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His brain functions even worse than Guerzys these days. He just copies Soup Nazi’s AI posting now but can’t figure it out enough to make the pictures funny.
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the point isn't to make them funny dummy the point is to trigger your karen complaining, snowflake
judging by your emotional reaction it worked
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do you really have to pay for chat gpt plus for more images? lame
I'm not paying any more for this shit
I'm not paying any more for this shit
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The banner thing looks like the evil Harry Potter guy.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jakob Chychrun scored his 11th goal of the season to tie for the most among NHL defensemen, and the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Tuesday.
Chychrun matched Colorado's Cale Makar and Columbus' Zach Werenski. The pending unrestricted free agent is off to a productive start in his contract year, with 25 points in 32 games.
Aliaksei Protas scored twice, including an empty-net goal to seal it with .89 seconds left, and Logan Thompson made 26 saves for the Capitals, who bounced back from a 4-2 defeat Sunday at Detroit. They had more shots in the first 22 minutes than in their entire game at Boston on Dec. 23, when they had a season-low 11 and lost 4-1.
Chychrun matched Colorado's Cale Makar and Columbus' Zach Werenski. The pending unrestricted free agent is off to a productive start in his contract year, with 25 points in 32 games.
Aliaksei Protas scored twice, including an empty-net goal to seal it with .89 seconds left, and Logan Thompson made 26 saves for the Capitals, who bounced back from a 4-2 defeat Sunday at Detroit. They had more shots in the first 22 minutes than in their entire game at Boston on Dec. 23, when they had a season-low 11 and lost 4-1.
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i kinda want bruins to make the playoffs so they can keep idiot head Sweeney around some more. please don't fire him!
lol did brazeau score twice against us. who da f*** is that guy.
lol did brazeau score twice against us. who da f*** is that guy.
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The Decline of ESPN in the Cord-Cutting Era: How Mismanagement of the College Football Playoff Reflects Broader Struggles
For decades, ESPN stood as the undisputed giant of sports broadcasting. Dubbed the “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” it shaped how fans consumed sports, from its groundbreaking SportsCenter highlights to its dominance in live game coverage. Yet, in the cord-cutting era, ESPN’s dominance has visibly faltered. Nowhere is this decline more evident than in the network's handling of the College Football Playoff (CFP), a premier event that should showcase its strengths but instead highlights its mismanagement.
The College Football Playoff was intended to be a celebration of the sport—an opportunity to crown the best team in the nation while captivating fans with drama and spectacle. Yet, ESPN’s approach has frequently drawn criticism for being overly commercialized, overly reliant on narratives rather than analysis, and increasingly disconnected from what fans truly want.
Take, for instance, the scheduling of CFP games. For years, fans have bemoaned inconvenient game times that prioritize television ratings over the live game-day experience. Scheduling marquee games on New Year’s Eve—a decision defended by ESPN as a way to "create a new tradition"—has consistently underperformed in viewership. It’s a tone-deaf strategy that ignores the reality of how fans celebrate holidays and alienates a significant portion of the audience.
Worse still is ESPN’s reliance on a handful of high-profile teams to drive ratings. The incessant focus on traditional powerhouses like Alabama, Ohio State, and Georgia, often at the expense of more diverse or deserving programs, has created a perception of bias. This narrative-driven coverage undermines the credibility of the CFP and frustrates fans who yearn for broader representation of the college football landscape.
These CFP missteps are symptomatic of larger challenges facing ESPN in the cord-cutting era. As millions of households abandon traditional cable packages in favor of streaming services, ESPN’s business model—historically dependent on lucrative carriage fees—has taken a hit. In response, the network has pivoted to ESPN+, a subscription streaming service, while leaning heavily on high-profile rights deals to retain relevance.
Yet, this strategy has often felt scattershot. ESPN+ lacks the cohesive appeal of competitors like Netflix or Amazon Prime, and fans have expressed frustration with paywalls that seem to nickel-and-dime them for access to content that was once included in cable subscriptions. Meanwhile, the cost of maintaining broadcasting rights for marquee events like the CFP has ballooned, putting additional pressure on ESPN to maximize viewership at the expense of fan goodwill.
ESPN’s struggles are emblematic of a broader reckoning in sports media. Fans today demand flexibility, affordability, and authenticity—qualities that ESPN, in its quest to protect its legacy revenue streams, has struggled to deliver. The network’s heavy-handed approach to the CFP is a microcosm of these challenges: an outdated playbook applied to a rapidly evolving industry.
If ESPN hopes to reclaim its status as the “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” it must adapt. That means rethinking its approach to marquee events like the CFP, prioritizing accessibility over exclusivity, and focusing on enhancing the fan experience rather than extracting maximum revenue. Otherwise, it risks being left behind in a sports media landscape that increasingly prioritizes innovation over tradition.
The College Football Playoff is poised to expand in the coming years, growing from four teams to 12. This expansion represents a golden opportunity for ESPN to reset its relationship with fans. By improving scheduling, diversifying coverage, and embracing streaming innovations that cater to younger, cord-cutting audiences, the network can breathe new life into its CFP broadcasts.
But the clock is ticking. Fans are no longer beholden to ESPN for their sports fix; they have more options than ever before. If the network continues to stumble, it may find itself on the wrong side of history—an aging titan struggling to stay relevant in a digital-first world. The decline of ESPN is not inevitable, but without bold changes, it may become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
For decades, ESPN stood as the undisputed giant of sports broadcasting. Dubbed the “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” it shaped how fans consumed sports, from its groundbreaking SportsCenter highlights to its dominance in live game coverage. Yet, in the cord-cutting era, ESPN’s dominance has visibly faltered. Nowhere is this decline more evident than in the network's handling of the College Football Playoff (CFP), a premier event that should showcase its strengths but instead highlights its mismanagement.
The College Football Playoff was intended to be a celebration of the sport—an opportunity to crown the best team in the nation while captivating fans with drama and spectacle. Yet, ESPN’s approach has frequently drawn criticism for being overly commercialized, overly reliant on narratives rather than analysis, and increasingly disconnected from what fans truly want.
Take, for instance, the scheduling of CFP games. For years, fans have bemoaned inconvenient game times that prioritize television ratings over the live game-day experience. Scheduling marquee games on New Year’s Eve—a decision defended by ESPN as a way to "create a new tradition"—has consistently underperformed in viewership. It’s a tone-deaf strategy that ignores the reality of how fans celebrate holidays and alienates a significant portion of the audience.
Worse still is ESPN’s reliance on a handful of high-profile teams to drive ratings. The incessant focus on traditional powerhouses like Alabama, Ohio State, and Georgia, often at the expense of more diverse or deserving programs, has created a perception of bias. This narrative-driven coverage undermines the credibility of the CFP and frustrates fans who yearn for broader representation of the college football landscape.
These CFP missteps are symptomatic of larger challenges facing ESPN in the cord-cutting era. As millions of households abandon traditional cable packages in favor of streaming services, ESPN’s business model—historically dependent on lucrative carriage fees—has taken a hit. In response, the network has pivoted to ESPN+, a subscription streaming service, while leaning heavily on high-profile rights deals to retain relevance.
Yet, this strategy has often felt scattershot. ESPN+ lacks the cohesive appeal of competitors like Netflix or Amazon Prime, and fans have expressed frustration with paywalls that seem to nickel-and-dime them for access to content that was once included in cable subscriptions. Meanwhile, the cost of maintaining broadcasting rights for marquee events like the CFP has ballooned, putting additional pressure on ESPN to maximize viewership at the expense of fan goodwill.
ESPN’s struggles are emblematic of a broader reckoning in sports media. Fans today demand flexibility, affordability, and authenticity—qualities that ESPN, in its quest to protect its legacy revenue streams, has struggled to deliver. The network’s heavy-handed approach to the CFP is a microcosm of these challenges: an outdated playbook applied to a rapidly evolving industry.
If ESPN hopes to reclaim its status as the “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” it must adapt. That means rethinking its approach to marquee events like the CFP, prioritizing accessibility over exclusivity, and focusing on enhancing the fan experience rather than extracting maximum revenue. Otherwise, it risks being left behind in a sports media landscape that increasingly prioritizes innovation over tradition.
The College Football Playoff is poised to expand in the coming years, growing from four teams to 12. This expansion represents a golden opportunity for ESPN to reset its relationship with fans. By improving scheduling, diversifying coverage, and embracing streaming innovations that cater to younger, cord-cutting audiences, the network can breathe new life into its CFP broadcasts.
But the clock is ticking. Fans are no longer beholden to ESPN for their sports fix; they have more options than ever before. If the network continues to stumble, it may find itself on the wrong side of history—an aging titan struggling to stay relevant in a digital-first world. The decline of ESPN is not inevitable, but without bold changes, it may become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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