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The Masters goes to ESPN

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by MileHigh, Oct 10, 2007.

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  1. markvid

    markvid Guest

    I will, say, though, I bet they make him put the kibosh on the nicknames.
     
    markvid, Oct 10, 2007
    #25
  2. Hammer Pants

    Hammer Pants Active Member

    You're with me, Tiger.
     
    Hammer Pants, Oct 10, 2007
    #26
  3. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    ...and the Foghorn Leghorn voice impressions.
     
    D-3 Fan, Oct 10, 2007
    #27
  4. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    The way I'm reading it is the ESPN broadcasts will be announced by the CBS crew with Tirico the only ESPN presence, handling interviews in Butler Cabin as the host.

    If ESPN put Berman out there, he wouldn't make it through the first half hour of the Thursday broadcast before Billy Payne and the rest of the Green Coats goes up there with a fork lift and hauls his ass off the premises.
     
    MileHigh, Oct 10, 2007
    #28
  5. Clerk Typist

    Clerk Typist Guest

    That's exactly how it will work. Same as how USA Network had one guy to host (Bill Macatee in recent years), he did interviews on the weekend for CBS. Augusta National insists that CBS' announcers handle the rest of the cable telecast, which CBS has produced and likely will continue to produce.
    That was true even after NBC Universal took control of USA, and some NBC brass thought NBC announcers -- Johnny Miller, hello -- would be allowed to help on the weekday shows. Augusta National said no. This will be a CBS telecast with an ESPN name fronting it on ESPN (and, perhaps, on CBS' HD stations, which was the case the last several years).
     
    Clerk Typist, Oct 11, 2007
    #29
  6. TwoGloves

    TwoGloves Well-Known Member

    "Back, back, back, back, back, back, back ... Tiiiiigggeeerrr Woods approach has flown the green at the 13th hole ........ Holy Amen Corner, Batman!"
     
    TwoGloves, Oct 11, 2007
    #30
  7. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

    My bet is CBS will still do the late-night specials Thursday and Friday with Nantz and ESPN replaces what USA did those first two days.

    Tirico will be fine, so long as he avoids hitting on the ladies at Augusta.

    Oh, wait, that's right...
     
    steveu, Oct 11, 2007
    #31
  8. mpcincal

    mpcincal Well-Known Member

    Wait until the first long putt: "And it could ... go ... in ... the ... hole."
     
    mpcincal, Oct 11, 2007
    #32
  9. Captain_Kirk

    Captain_Kirk Well-Known Member

    What? No Sergio Valente Garcia? No Stewart Everything but the Kitchen Cink? No Aaron Color Me Baddeley?
     
    Captain_Kirk, Oct 11, 2007
    #33
  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Do you think Bill Simmons will start writing a lot more about golf?

    I am thankful that I can see the tourney in decent High Def.

    Will they follow the same commercial rules?
     
    93Devil, Oct 11, 2007
    #34
  11. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Can't wait to see "Bill and Cronies, Out To Lunch At The Masters".
     
    Ben_Hecht, Oct 11, 2007
    #35
  12. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Or a wet T-shirt contest.
     
    Football_Bat, Oct 11, 2007
    #36
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