awfulannouncing.blogspot.com - 5/16/2008
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Trying to complete their goal of covering every possible sport at every level ad naseum, ESPN is startomg a new "high school sports content initiative" called "ESPN Rise". Here are the details.... ESPN announced it has formally launched a high school sports content initiative that has been named ESPN RISE. ESPN RISE is a multimedia brand dedicated to growing ESPN’s 12- to 17-year-old ...
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The May 16 Hot Link Orgy
Guyism » humor —
... a shirtless Vince Young
–Vince Young gets drunk, shirtless, sweaty. Perhaps not in that order. [Busted Coverage]
–Madden ‘09 teaser video shows that the game still contains football (w/ video). [Brahsome]
–Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are dating in public. She sucks. [Best Celeb Gossip]
–ESPN prepares to fail in reaching children with a new venture, much like every new ESPN venture fails. [Awful Announcing]
–Don’t pole dance without experience or you may smash your ...
Hey Kids! It's ESPN Rise! (Kill Me Now) [You Know ... For Kids!]
Deadspin —
... this seems a good example of an empire expanding too far. It's not enough for ESPN to bring us the Little League World Series and cover news like De La Salle of Concord (Calif.)'s national-record football winning streak. Everything needs to be compartmentalized over there, as the WWL acts like that person you know who won't allow different kinds of food to touch each other on their plate.
Hmm, I wonder if I can get this exciting new content on my ESPN Mobile phone?.
ESPN Now Targeting Nations Youth With ESPN Rise [Awful Announcing]
New ESPN High School ...
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