Interesting Fact of the Day

So I was watching Sportscenter this morning, and as per usual, hockey was one of the first items covered. It’s not unexpected, afterall, these playoffs have been exciting, and ESPN does actually need to acknowledge that the sport exists. They spent about 3 minutes covering Game 1 of the Pens/Canes game, which included highlights and “expert” Matthew Barnaby’s opinion on the game.

Immediately following the NHL highlights, were highlights of the Yankee game, again nothing unusual there. ESPN spent 6 minutes covering the Yankee game, and the result of their four-game sweep of the Twins.

So let me get this straight, ESPN spent more time on game thirty-something of 162 for the Yankees than they did of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Utterly amazing.

I have a feeling that this is because the Versus broadcasts are laughable. You ever notice that when ESPN breaks off to the announcers call, it’s always the radio announcer, and never the Versus announcer?

What continues to amaze me is that Versus broadcasts are getting worse and worse. Our usual rants aside, something needs to be done about this. Between the Game 7 debacle, the crazy amount of commercials, bad commentary, bad color commentary, bad intermission reports, no replays, bad camera angles, etc, Versus hockey broadcasts are a complete joke.

As long as the NHL is on Versus, it will never get back to mainstream America.

Disclaimer: This was probably the least organized rant of all time.