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Talk Soup Meets Sports?
If done right, I actually like this idea : It's one area where ESPN can't compete, unless it is ready to mock its own self-serious analysts (which it should, but that's another story). It's the "done right" part that may trip them up. (I actually pitched this concept to ESPN when Cold Pizza ...
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Will Versus Score A Hit With Soup-Styled Sports Show?
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — ... that the show will be called “After Further Review.” (As if you couldn’t tell from that screen grab I yanked from him.) And like Dan Shanoff, I do like this idea, but like he says, it must be done right. If it doesn’t subscribe to the sensibilities of its target audience (or is lame/not funny/poorly written), it’s probably going to have a short shelf life. ...

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