Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee: How Do You Spell "P-L-E-A-S-E L-O-R-D G-O-D S-T-O-P T-A-L-K-I-N-G?"

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Cheap Shots #22.
Published 5/16/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... 1) ESPN lets Mike and Mike host the National Spelling Bee? [Deadspin]

Afternoon Wrapup
Published 5/16/2007 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... --Great news! ESPN's Mike and Mike are hosting this year's Scripps Howard Spelling Bee!

Week In Review: This Looks Like Our Prom Picture
Published 5/18/2007 at Deadspin
... • Man, we used to love the spelling bee.

Seriously, Samir Patel, If You Lose, You've Wasted Your Childhood: Last Call For All Spelling Bee Bets!
Published 5/29/2007 at Deadspin
... will be live-blogging the whole thing. Even though Mike and Mike are calling this thing, we still can't wait: The Spelling Bee remains one of our favorite sports events. (Well, "sports.")

Betting on the Spelling Bee
Published 5/30/2007 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... Betting on the Spelling Bee Because this is the sort of offer you can't really refuse, I will be watching the Spelling Bee tomorrow morning on site with Mike and Mike, as part of a credentialed member of the ESPN production crew, although I won't technically be producing anything, except possibly sweat. Some bloggers have offered extremely subtly critical thoughts about Mike and Mike broadcasting the Bee, but I can't say I agree. With something like this, you want to pile weirdness atop weirdness atop weirdness. If it were up to me, Sergeant Slaughter would show up, along with

A Handy Guide for ESPN: How to Not Ruin Hockey
Published 8/2/2007 by Kevin at Barry Melrose Rocks
... ...let Mike and Mike become the lead broadcasters. I know they seem to be able to do anything and everything these days, but the last thing this sport needs right now is to be best known because it's star broadcast crew moonlights as Spelling Bee announcers. Isn't that degrading to the folks at the head of the Spelling Bee, too? ...