The top headline on ESPN right now is about Duke dealing with cramping issues in last night's game. Not that UK beat them. Nope. But offering an excuse for why the loss occurred.
Poor babies...
Poor babies...
Really ESPN?
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The top headline on the main page is about college football. I wouldn't get too caught up in where headlines are placed on a page. I didn't know people actually visited the main pages of news sites anymore.
Of course….. we all know the media will play Duke up all year.
I never watch ESPN, but I did this morning to see some highlights from last night.
I expected our game to lead SportsCenter, but it followed NBA results and even an NFL preview to this weekend.
I don’t think they mentioned UK once, it was all Duke and how talented they are. They even threw in a preview of Duke/Kansas.
I expected our game to lead SportsCenter, but it followed NBA results and even an NFL preview to this weekend.
I don’t think they mentioned UK once, it was all Duke and how talented they are. They even threw in a preview of Duke/Kansas.
Did you not see the following story in their top headlines?
Kentucky leans on experience to beat Duke at Champions Classic
What do you expect from a bunch of Duke and UCONN graduates. The bias at ESPN is one of the reasons they are in the crapper. To many other options for sports news that doesn't involve the bias.
You did not mention how great kansas Dickinson played over and over again and bilas tingle going down his leg over how great nipples was for Duke and the way he complimented flagg uggh
Nah.. What they need to be talking about is how tha next coming of Jesus turned the ball over in crunch time👍
To the right of the main photo/story, there is a sections called "Top Headlines." This is the top one listed.
That's why I said top "headline," not stop "story."
Sportscenter be re-named the Cooper Flagg show. Some things never change
It was obvious after the game, when they lead into SportsCenter, that they thought Duke was going to win the game and had prepared as such. The first story leading in was of the UK/Duke game and of the 10-12 highlights from the game only 2 were about UK. The 2 UK clips were the Carr "and 1" play and Oweh stealing the ball from Flagg with 10 seconds left. All other highlights were of Flagg and Duke like they were the winning team.
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Watched Sports Center this a.m.
99 percent of their game coverage was about Duke and Cooper Flagg.
They just kinda briefly mentioned that Kentucky won the game in passing.
Yes...Cooper Flagg is a good player but the bias, promotion and spin is nauseating.
Sounded like this....
"Cooper Flagg is the 2nd coming of Jesus!!!!!!!! Actually...Cooper Flagg is better than Jesus!!!!
Oh, by the way....Kentucky's no name scrubs got lucky and eeked out a win."
99 percent of their game coverage was about Duke and Cooper Flagg.
They just kinda briefly mentioned that Kentucky won the game in passing.
Yes...Cooper Flagg is a good player but the bias, promotion and spin is nauseating.
Sounded like this....
"Cooper Flagg is the 2nd coming of Jesus!!!!!!!! Actually...Cooper Flagg is better than Jesus!!!!
Oh, by the way....Kentucky's no name scrubs got lucky and eeked out a win."
ESPN has always been a Duke hype machine and a Duke apologist machine, looking for excuses. Here is my take, Bilas and the ESPN panel all said Duke had the deepest roster so why did cramps become a factor. UK played in the same environment and cramps were not a factor for them. Maybe UK was in better condition, used it's actual bench and has a better medical staff. Cramps are preventable and fixable.
Hate listening to Bilas and company also- I always sync my TV with the radio and listen to Goose- much better play-by-play
What I thought was BS is last night I went to ESPN the headline was Cooper Flagg’s 26 not enough as Kentucky beats Duke and it had a picture of Flagg. I’ve never been that before…a picture of a player from the losing team headlining. The Bias is real.
Watching Sportscenter this morning you’d think Duke won last night.
Friggin clowns.
Friggin clowns.
I actually like the Field of 68 guys, and they were pretty good last night, but they were more focused on Duke. Dauster looked like someone killed his dog.
Give poor old ESPN a break.
They were all primed up for a full 15 minute segment celebrating Cooper Flagg and their big Duke win over UK last night immediately following the game.
Already had J Will and a big screen shot of Flagg ready to show all his highlights and BOOM!! They got POPED!!
Poor J Will was speechless. Really awkward start to Sportscaster when you lose your lead AND your feature story. LOL!!
I LOVED IT!!
They were all primed up for a full 15 minute segment celebrating Cooper Flagg and their big Duke win over UK last night immediately following the game.
Already had J Will and a big screen shot of Flagg ready to show all his highlights and BOOM!! They got POPED!!
Poor J Will was speechless. Really awkward start to Sportscaster when you lose your lead AND your feature story. LOL!!
I LOVED IT!!
The funny thing was that you could tell how the game was going for Duke by how much Bilas was talking. The whole first half and up to about the 9 minute mark of the second half he couldn't keep his mouth shut then as the momentum turned he started talking less and less. At the end, you could tell he was disappointed just by the tone of his voice and the lack of excitement in his voice. Not saying it was a bias issue I just found it kind of funny.
Lol. Bilas was speechless when we started that run and Duke had no answer.
Duke had nothing left in the tank with about 5-6 minutes to go, and Bilas knew it.
