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Ok, a lot of my friends (ignorant fools that they are) don’t think golf is a sport. (damn fools haven’t even gripped a club, and they think it isn’t a sport, but i digress) so what’s ESPN doing telecasting the goddamn spelling bee contest when the US Women’s open is on. My god, i didn’t even know they bumped it to ESPN2, and up here in Canada, we don’t have an affiliate that broadcasts that channel. So i missed 2 days of ladies golf. Blah.
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Ok, a lot of my friends (ignorant fools that they are) don’t think golf is a sport. (damn fools haven’t even gripped a club, and they think it isn’t a sport, but i digress) so what’s ESPN doing telecasting the goddamn spelling bee contest when the US Women’s open is on.
We know for certain that the spelling bee participants never post in Usenet, anyhow… 
I agree that it doesn’t belong on ESPN, but I’m not sure where they ought to show it instead. MTV, maybe? — Eliyahu Rooff www.geocities.com/Area51/Underworld/8096/HomePage.htm RSG Rollcall http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/rooffe.htm
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Ok, a lot of my friends (ignorant fools that they are) don’t think golf is a sport. (damn fools haven’t even gripped a club, and they think it isn’t a sport, but i digress) so what’s ESPN doing telecasting the goddamn spelling bee contest when the US Women’s open is on.
I think the Women’s US Open’s being covered by TSN for the first 2 days and then gets broadcasted on NBC, I believe over the weekend. Oh, checking with their website, they’re showing the weekend coverage as well. That’s a first. My god, i didn’t even know they bumped it to ESPN2, and up here in Canada, we don’t have an affiliate that broadcasts that channel.
CTV Sports Net airs some of the ESPN stuff, such as The Last Word with that little weasel Jim Rome, some boxing shows, and of course, during the NFL season, they air ESPN’s coverage, but the US Women’s Open’s being covered by TSN this week though. Surprisingly, TSN’s covering the Memorial too this week. I noticed that ESPN doens’t air as many golf tourneys on Thursdays and Fridays as one would think. It seems USA Networks or something like that does that even more than ESPN when it comes to weekday golf coverage. We of course don’t get USA Networks, but you can get pretty good tv time of the LPGA and PGA’s tourney coverage (major included of course) on either TSN or CTVSN for Thursdays and Fridays. Heck, for the PGA majors and the Ryder Cup and I think even for the President’s Cup, the coverage is usually about 6-8 hours a day. My VCR’s working overtime on those days, I tell ya. What’s ironic of course is that none of the Canadian sports channels or even the TV stations cover the CPGA tourneys. So i missed 2 days of ladies golf. Blah.
You didn’t have to if you checked your local listings Steve
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History channel, Space station, local network, i don’t care. Just don’t take away the golf from me. =) Hell, they can do it on ABC in primetime for all I’d care. As long as they broadcast it when the sun is down, and no more live coverage of golf is on.
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Yeah, that’s what I thought till i tuned in yesterday and today. And What do i get? That’s right, kids with glasses so thick it’s like a worm hole trying to spell words they’ll never use in their life.
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ESPN first aired the National Spelling Bee back during the baseball strike of ‘97(?)when they needed programming (same time they were doing the National Putt Putt Golf Championships) and found that it drew pretty good ratings numbers so they’ve made it a regular thing now. Jay Beckman Chandler, AZ — To reply…replace .nospam with .com
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Cyril, You know what ABC stands for, right? American Broadcasting Company. NBC? National Broadcasting Company. CBS? Columbia Broadcasting System. HBO? Home Box Office. But do you know what ESPN stands for? I’ll give you a moment to ponder the question… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Well, did you know the answer? Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. When it was first launched, I don’t think they really knew for sure if they’d find sufficient material available to go 24/7 with all-sports, all-the-time, what with their limited start-up budget and the enormous rights fees required to air live major sporting events. (Maybe a little less for those national table tennis championships and celebrity wrist-wrestling competitions.) Although I’d be hard-pressed to name any "entertainment" programming they’ve aired, a la Sanford and Son. Somehow I don’t thing spelling bees were ever supposed to be part of the deal, though. However, spelling bees are probably better television than some of the junk they aired in the early years. Randy
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ok, a lot of my friends (ignorant fools that they are) don’t think golf is a sport. (damn fools haven’t even gripped a club, and they think it isn’t a sport, but i digress) so what’s ESPN doing telecasting the goddamn spelling bee contest when the US Women’s open is on. My god, i didn’t even know they bumped it to ESPN2, and up here in Canada, we don’t have an affiliate that broadcasts that channel. So i missed 2 days of ladies golf. Blah.
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Sorry Randy, I’m a Canadian, so you’ll have to pardon my ignorance on the acronym of ESPN. [trivia pursuit snipped] Somehow I don’t thing spelling bees were ever supposed to be part of the deal, though. However, spelling bees are probably better television than some of the junk they aired in the early years. Randy
I dunno about that. I’d rather watch lawn bowling then watch some kid with glasses thick as a plexiglass spell some weird-ass word when all he could’ve done was press for the spell chk button. =P As for the table-tennis championship. Heh, I had a chance to catch that on CBC today. (Canadian broadcast..blahblbah) And it’s not that bad at all. Of course i play that in the winter as well as badminton, so maybe i know what to appreciate. But those guys and gals’ speed and hand-eye coordination are something else.