Steve Czaban Steps in Is
Per OFB Team
Howard Severus did utique unus laudatio res pro suus humanitas: cotidie is admonitio nos ut radio est summitto vultus of totus interventus. In D.C., nos postulo’ have had Severus ut cuspis is sicco; non ut nos have WTEMs’ Steve Czaban.
Tardus Thursday “Czabe” took umbrage per Lavatio Caput’ erus Ted Leonsis, quisnam is week in suusblog cuspis sicco obvious — ut D.C. ut a lusum urbs est grossly, ater underserved per MSM lusum personalities quod exitus attributa ut vestis tellus’ teams. Verum, Czaban Thursday admitted quantus quantus:
“lavatio est a political urbs primoris, quod a Redskins urbs secundus. Quod si Veneficus umquam adepto vere bonus, it’ll exsisto a basketball urbs. Tamen that’s super it.”
Nusquam illic commodo credence ut 200 million- validus numerus of Americans hodie fastidium interventus pro suus superbia. (vel est is 300 million?)
Si vestri’ super 40 quod a D.C. paternus vestri’ vere savvy satis scio ut illic eram a vicis, non quicumque porro, ut Redskins non tantum erant’ solus venatus in urbs, plurimus folks didnt’ utriusque iens ut venatus vel subsequens lemma. Quod gratiae ut Daniel Snyder, a sanus reverto illis palma dies may non exsisto recedentia inter angulus. Usquam, pro amo of Czaban, quod per tractus suus radio constituo, talis laziness of sententia quod opus ethic planto parumper levamentum, sweatless broadcasting existence.
Czaban didnt’ vilis demonstro cuspis nos no permaneo October 6, per nostrumvalde primoris OFB stipes, tamen is did; quod is underscored, italicized, quod locus three exclamation cuspis in Leonsis’ porro- superstes sollicitudo super D.C.s’ lusum interventus: they non tantum dont’ aspire ut exsisto amo interventus in valde lusum civis quisnam operor occulto pro teams (totusof lemma) per pondera quod superbia, theyre’ superbus ut exsisto vorax, unprofessionally imbalanced: “We’re non Philadelphia. We’re non Detroit. We’re non Boston. We’re non Montreal. We’re non Novus York,” Czaban turba. Subtilis, Steve.
Can vos statua si 30 annus abhinc quispiam amo Steve Czaban erant negotium per cursor Toyota vel Honda, astrum sursum procul dominor of Detroits’ Magnus Three? (non Lindsay, Vero, quod Delvecchio.)
“lusum sermo radio est non a democracy of pariter partis vicis inter totus lusum” Czabe refer Thursday. “plurrimi populus lusum adepto plurrimi occulto in a varietas of mores” Shuttles ut Novus York quod Boston es quinymo affordable; Czabe would operor puteus sumo unus ut celebratio vox vocis in lusum radio illic. Reputo miserabilis Celtics of preteritus 8 vel 10 annus erant oblittero ex airwave infringo in Beantown? Vel vel peior Knicks in Novus York?
Isnt’ illic quispiamoptimus super a interventus ut per latitudo of suus occulto says ut foris universitas, in presencia, “ nostrum guys in brevis ( vel skates) es having a scabrosus vado of is vox super iam, tamen erant’ secundum lemma”? Vel forsitan, “ nostrum guys es atrox, quod erant’ turbo super is, quod hic’ quam nos reputo they should redintegro is?” A disputatio, potius a vivax unus, est melior quam silens indifferens.
Verum exsisto told, Czaban isnt’ exigo in atrox stabilis sermo quisquam puck ( pretereo spellcheck in permaneo nomen of Washingtons’ plurimus dynamic athlete in suus blog lima Thursday est unus tipoff—Alex has haud “t” in suus cognomen).
Lets’ exsisto videlicet super Leonsis’ sollicitudo: is nunquam asked WTEM ut devoveo an hora ut puck sermo sulum autumn Sunday oriens. Quis paro him off eram audio ut WTEM dum en iter itineris ut a DC Iunctus venatus permaneo week, in a nox noctis ut haud minor quam ESPN eram in domus pro occulto, quod audio ut domus urbs broadcast talentum sneeringly insulto vicis. Ut’ vox, is wasnt’ vel penuria vel snide hockey occulto ut paro off erus of Caput; is eramsoccer occulto.
Vultus, suus’ patently obvious ut nostrum lusum MSM hic evado in amo of Michael Vick quod Atrox Owens instead of Alexander Ovechkin. Nos adepto ut. Erant’ rumex pro that—we votum they aspired ut quispiam magis noble—but, ut laudo Czaban, “ is est quis is is.” Sic quam super comporting yourselves, unprofessional ut vos es, per maiestas — utique dum microphones es excipio vestri sententia?
Pauci questions pro Czabe:
(1) Primoris, operor vos quod vestri colleagues vel aspire facio Lavatio a melior lusum urbs quam suus’ been universe agnosco ut exsisto; nisi, quare es vos in lusum radio res? Nisi, shouldnt’ vos adepto ex via quod permissum alius per a maioribus diligo of Lavatio lusum tendo?
(2) Si is vere est “ totus super ratings,” quod ut’ quare hockey est unus of George Carlins’ septem ineffabilis lacuna pro radio guys in prime ratings socors, quare dont’ vos iustusSeverus vestri progressio quod vado pro magnus ones: adepto nonnullus Hooters talentum in bulla quod have lemma pick Sunday volutabrum compositus per vexo madidus tubetops procul galea.
(3) In vestri censeo, est is vere written in polus ut Novus York, Boston, Pullus, Philadelphia, quod Detroit (Detroit??) have been quod usquequaque ero valde lusum civis, quod ut D.C. nunquam can exsisto? Est is sublimitas of suum muneris aedificium edificium ut planto is sic? Melior publicus transportation (dont’ refero ut)?
(4) Czaban takes opera ut emphasize ut suus demographic est men senex 25-54, non minor- imprimis target of mediocris website; mediocris satis. Tamen is dictata is ut a counterpoint ut Leonsiss’ Penitus civitas. Dum plurimus websites’ statistics operor non effrego tenus talis demographic retineo, quisnam operor vos reputo does plurimus Penitus superficies? Women senex 75+? Si quisquam, Penitus ritus skews ut a iunior ( quod magis quaestuosus) aevum bracket quam radio, multo.
Quisquis caliber of lusum urbs Lavatio est, Ted Leonsis is week impono in a absentis facio is melior. In ullus alius “ lusum urbs” is wouldnt’ have futurus is quidam quaedam quedam quidam trailblazer.
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Vogs wrote:
Valde effercio boys, ut usquequaque quod macula in ut tabernus. RedskinTalk980 videor ut ostendo sum huic quasi res sententia, quod Im’ coniecto theyll’ exsisto lusum a novus “ insigne” intus tunc pauci dies ( super quamdiu capiet pro lemma ut instar sicco aliquid took eximius ut suum 24/7 volutabrum servitus). Is est quis is est, ut Szage would narro. Fortuna, suum occulto isnt’ vel necessarius anymore.
XM.
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Smitty wrote:
Wow… quis a rabidus douchebag is guy est.
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SovSport wrote:
Cza..CzaCzaaaI…… dont’ tutela quam vos alica vel denuntio vestri nomen. “OveTchkin” vox iustus estas sursum vestri scientia of DC lusum.
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DC Lusum Pullus wrote:
Puteus, vos saw quis EGO recordor him. Morons amo is es causa quare EGO tantum audio satellite radio.
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J.P. wrote:
Is urbs aint’ magnus satis pro duos mainstream interventus typus cuius permaneo nomen satus per “Cza,” quod vos teneo qua meus famulatus lies…
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Doug wrote:
Mr. Czaban vere went quoque recedentia ut is sermo super Ovechkin, incorrectly alica nomen, tunc maligning team. Illic est haud voluntas huic quod is est valde vexo volo. EGO moris’ dip ut suus (Czabans’) campester per a respondeo, quod Spero Ted doesnt’ aut. Rumex, tamen Im’ tuning in ut XM radio; EGO iustus bought alius unus pro domus quod have unus in sulum vehiculum.
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Caps Nut wrote:
EGO dont’ reputo illud “ palma dies” vestri’ sermo super es ut propinquus ut vos reputo ut they have a exspecto album porro satis ut repleo suum 90K+ stadium praeter bis.
Exinde, illic est haud chance ut Ted est iens ut loco Caps in WHUR vel WPGC, caput capitis duos rated radio constituo in D.C., is season vel ullus season pro forseeable posterus.
Minimus of totus quoniam demographics of WHUR quod WPGC operor non commodo themselves valde puteus ut celebratio ut Caps es surculus pro.
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strungout wrote:
Operor ullus vestrum vere reputo Czaban misspelled Ovechkins’ nomen due ut penuria of scientia of hockey in DC? Haha. Wow. Camur versus quod subsido.
Ratio… admiratio locus lusum interventus planto fun of hockey fans. Suus’ sic securus quoniam they adepto sic iratus super nusquam.
NHL quod Ted illo res postulo ut focus in gratus suum futurus fanbase foedus ut picking pugna per populus quisnam es nunquam iens fruor lusum. Populus amo quis they amo. Populus dont’ amo hockey.
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Offendo wrote:
Im’ non a locus ut DC area sic EGO could tutela minor super cuius in DC radio.
EGO dont reputo is vere res quis urbs vos es in, nisi team has no a major domus professio vel est in sto vas finals.hockey… isnt iens insum sermo radio ut ultum.
Quod vos teneo quis, ut teres me. Quoad EGO have blogs amo is quod Vogs’ weekly podcast Im a gauisus castra.
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maruk wrote:
Nice speculatio, JP.
Quod folks, vere, quis does is res? Asking pro magis hockey occulto ex 980 quod suum ilk est amo asking Linda McCartney ludo nonnullus Thelonius Monachus. Theoretically, is could fio, tamen would vos vere volo audire is?
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Gustafsson wrote:
basic proventus ut excito is sursum eram non res of Magis occulto, tamen quinymo exitus of ones’ via ut inrideo a lusum quod suum fans.
Dont’ volo tectum a lusum? teres tamen dont’ jugiter inrideo is.
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Spike wrote:
Nice opus boys. Decens MSM lusum occulto videor aliquantulus frenum of pullus quod egg scaena. Quod venio primoris? Totus major domus lusum occulto miniatus vel auditor/ visum/readerships prex Redskins occulto proventus.
ostendo est accersitus Lusum opinio ostendo quare dont’ they opinio in lusum instead of unus lusum, secus change nomen of ostendo ut Redskins Sententia.
Forsitan suum cumes would exsisto vel superus si they vere orator super praeter unus team quod unus lusum quod forsitan causa populus tune sicco ut they vere operor narro super alius lusum est quoniam they es uninformed quod dedi parum ut sermo.
EGO certainly dont’ reputo Mr. Czaban purposefully misspelled Alex Ovechkins’ nomen facio punctum vel ut esca populus in ut retorts quoniam journalistically a validus cuspis would fio si is vere alica is rectus, EGO reputo is iustus misspelled is.
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OrderedChaos wrote:
Maruk, DILIGO McCartney- vestis- Monachus analogy — sic vivid EGO shuddered quod occulto meus ears.
Strungout, quisquam consummatio Caput ut “a bona fidelitas mega- astrum in Alex Ovetchkin constipatus per a bunch of susicivus ex movie Slapshot” est an @sshat. Utrum necne “t” eram intentional doesnt’ res; suus’ unprofessional, ut eram suus characterization of team.
Capsnut, haud informatio quis vestri’ sermo super — nemo memoratus Caps in WHUR ( pro bonus causa).
Vogs said is optimus: XM. Suus’ a dedecus ut locus radio doesnt’ take hockey vel soccer serio; tamen ut locus radio fio incrementabiliter irrelevant, sic does suum snide quod licentio occulto. XM!
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Doug wrote:
EGO reputo Gustafsson iustus famen cuspis EGO deficio facio. Ut said, Spero Ted does videor in suus ostendo. Si/ ut is does, Peius’ audio.
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pucksandbooks wrote:
Tamen illic’ alius basic proventus Gus: TEMs’ aplogists es famulatus ut constituo est iustus “giving area lusum fans quis they volo ut audite” Vere? TEMs’ pervenio est passim trans D.C. metropolitan statistical area, intus quod, Census Bureau dico nos, sedeo nonnullus 5,286,227 folks, plures cuius es lusum fans. Atqui Ted cuspis sicco ut per ad-rate- uber vesper coegi quod “ Lusum Reporters,” a amplitudo numerus of 8,900 heartbeats es tuned in sulum vesper — vel minor quam dimidium mediocris domus custodis of Iunctus. Si TEM est sic in tune per venalicium’ lusum urgeo, quare es 99.9999 sentio of DC-ers tuning sicco? Quot instead es online lectio super lusum?
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Gustafsson wrote:
“pucksandbooks wrote: Tamen there’s alius basic proventus Gus… “
Haud argument illic.
Step unus subsisto blatantly inrideo ut quod vos operor ignoro.
Step duos fio Lusum Opinio.
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Caps Nut wrote:
Sic ut Ted indirectly foedus WTEMs’ ratings ut WHURs’ quod admiratio quare WTEM doesnt’ tutela super aedificium edificium amplus celebratio they possibly can quod Czaban battuo him tergum in animadverto super targeted programming; is isnt’ fortis sciscitor quare Ted isnt’ trying vendo suus uber ( Caps ut est) ut radio constituo per altissimus ratings quod listenership in area?
Denique, quis’ bonus pro anser isnt’ bonus pro gander vox? Operor ut Inquam vos should non ut EGO operor vox?
Uh, yeah… Quisquis vos narro boys… Exsequor bonus opus…
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Off Pennae Sententia wrote:
Ted Leonsis Quod SportsTalk 980…
Hic in Lavatio, suus’ been ferreus desidero totus stipes super procul Teds’ Take captus proventus per via……
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Lewis wrote:
EGO plene agnosco penuria of proprius penitus occulto in lusum radio. EGO sum a fan of an sub- occulto lusum pariter. Dum is tristifico mihi ut nos can nunquam for is in airwaves, EGO operor agnosco quare. Ut audio ut John Thompsons’ ostendo, EGO animadverto ut aliquando Al Koken caput capitis- sursum quod patefacio versus ut Caps sermo. Illa segments es usitas brevis, tamen dico-ins es rare substantive in numerus. Ut testimonium duos res potenitally: hockey fans dont’ audio JTs’ ostendo vel illic iustus pulvis’ a ton of hockey fans per caput in area. Whichever est verus, iustus ut meus lusum (soccer), illic est non alot of penitus, neque nec satis ut garner significant occulto. EGO operor capto in hockey (via a puck- caput capitis co- opus), quod sic EGO operor utor lectio is blog aliquando. Sive airwaves had tremendous Caps occulto, EGO wouldnt’ audio ultum quoniam EGO sum non a hockey fan. Neque nec sum EGO a Redskin fan, tamen EGO operor diligo football quod sic, audio.
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Shmee wrote:
EGO couldnt congruo vobis magis si they dont volo tectum hockey, ut suum choice ( non ut EGO congruo per is procul totus). Tamen operor they have exsisto iustus alius sermo caput capitis quod vercundus hockey pro heck of is?
Is utriusque mihi proprie ut Audio meus amicitia/acquaintances, quisnam dont teneo a res super hockey, licentio is ex manus manus quoniam ut est quis major domus of sermo sicco illic es effectus. Is partum a ingens reproba quod prejudiced visum of hockey quod planto is totus congelo mihi ut redarguo a iugo buddies ut tribuo hockey a chance quod suo mihi parumper venatus.
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OrderedChaos wrote:
Suus’ been said ut illic’ haud talis res ut nocens pando. Forsitan ut’ verus in politics, tamen suus’ certainly non theca in lusum ( iustus scisco David Severus vel Roger Bonus).
Pro NHL, silentium ex lusum radio & MSM — dum ymo specimen — est etiam melior quam jugis belittling. Non-hockey lusum fans es basically res told ut hockey est a iocus; fortuitus fans auditurus esse nusquam super hockey ex MSM would praesto ut MSM inrideo.
Sic dum non auditurus esse super hockey in radio est videlicet frustror… suus’ melior quam hockey res punchline pro nonnullus sophomoric jokester.
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norske wrote:
EGO didnt’ mens Teds’ primoris blog viscus in is — EGO sententia is no a bonus cuspis, tametsi plurimus amo a futile unus — tamen hes’ been vultus incrementabiliter ridiculum ut is has absentis in. Yesterday vesper’ rebuttal ut Czaban eram simplex juvenile. Is eram penuriosus written, quod no haud verus cuspis procul totus, praeter “Neener, neener”.
Im’ curiosus, sententia, super “ convenienter inrideo” of Caps EGO servo auditurus esse super. EGO adsuesco assuesco exsisto a ordinarius auditor of Lusum Opinio, quod tametsi Audivi lemma inrideo Caps fans sepius ( inrideo ut nos promptus mereo mereor, ut is universus flap illustrates), EGO nunquam animadverto ultum obvius of inrideo of team ipsum. EGO have utpote subsisto audio ut ostendo, sic EGO would amo scio si is has changed. Operor they vere inrideo Caps ( ut econtra ut queritor Caps fans), quod si sic, quis operor aiunt? (quod haud, EGO dont’ vilis Czabans’ vilis offa in suus blog; EGO vilis inrideo ut eram vere aired in radio.)
Quod si they operor vere inrideo Caps, quare in terra would quisquam volo magis occulto ex illa guys?
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pucksandbooks wrote:
norske, your odds of finding someone who listens to WTEM are 8,900 in 5,286,227. In other words, don’t hold your breath waiting on an answer to your question. But TEM has Al Koken, a thoughtful voice on hockey, and one or two others in house who aren’t know-nothing haters. So it isn’t a question of asking for more coverage by ignoramuses necessarily.
Posted on 17-Aug-07 at 1:32 pm | Permalink
The Forechecker wrote:
Great article, but I do have to bring up one point:
In your estimation, is it actually written in the heavens that New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit (Detroit??) have been and always will be great sports towns, and that D.C. never can be?
Why the question about Detroit? The Motor City is a great sports town, plain and simple. The four pro majors are all covered well, and the newspapers boast a deep bench of talented, insightful columnists. I’ve been away from there for 10 years, and miss the level of coverage more as time goes on.
Posted on 17-Aug-07 at 1:32 pm | Permalink
Blackaces wrote:
Great post, guys. Czaban did a fantastic job of basically destroying his own point. He goes on and on about how DC isn’t a sports town, but maybe that’s partly do in part to stations such as WTEM which cover little other than the Skins.
One of the reasons why I think WTEM is foolish is that not only do they fail to adequately cover/respect sports such as hockey and soccer, they also give paltry coverage to the Nats. The struggles of hockey and soccer are well documented, but these guys are so brainwashed by football that they don’t even pay attention to the city’s MLB team.
Baseball is one of the top 3 sports in the country, and those clowns won’t even cover that. They’d rather spend hours and hours talking about Redskin passing drills at March mini-camp than actually talk about something interesting.
Posted on 17-Aug-07 at 2:02 pm | Permalink
Rob V. wrote:
“Detroit. (Detroit???)”
Yeah. Detroit. Detroit is a great sports town.
Great.
Posted on 17-Aug-07 at 2:17 pm | Permalink
GoBucks wrote:
Not in the area but I am glad people are all fighting this crap.
The Cap blogosphere, Vogs, the podcasts make it easy to be a fan 500 miles away.
Posted on 17-Aug-07 at 2:37 pm | Permalink
Blackaces wrote:
Haha Detroit. You know what the nicest suburb of Detroit is? Chicago!
Wasn’t there a time back in the 1980’s when the Wings couldn’t even sell out The Joe, in part because their teams were so bad?
Posted on 17-Aug-07 at 2:38 pm | Permalink
usiel wrote:
No one is arguing what sports are the most popular in the area and that will naturally dictate radio air time….
But the mocking of hockey in general always puzzles me. That is what always gets me. I don’t think WTEM bashed the Capitals team specifically other than some normal/expected jokes as a bad season ran down that happens to even the major sports in this area.
Posted on 17-Aug-07 at 5:27 pm | Permalink
Jon wrote:
Precisely, Czaban is correct. This is not philadelphia, detroit, new york, boston, or montreal. In those cities hockey is beloved as much as their other major sports teams. In DC it is not. In DC folks do not care about the Caps (unfortunately). I wish Czaban and 980 talked more Caps,but understand why they do not. Say what you may, but Czaban is great at what he does.
Posted on 17-Aug-07 at 6:59 pm | Permalink
Quarter wrote:
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion with the purpose of Czaban and his ilk. Czab is the ‘Deal or No Deal’ of sports radio, and it seems that Caps fans think they should be getting ‘Jeopardy’. They call themselves the Sports Reporters, but they are actually the Sports Entertainers. They are nothing more than the sports equivalent to morning DJs. Their schtick is using the news of the day to generate a reaction to keep you listening, not to educate you. They get more reaction by belittling hockey and soccer fans than in discussing hockey or soccer, so that’s what they do. Even in football and golf, sports that Czab certainly knows, many of his comments are not ‘thoughtful sports opinion’, they quasi-inflammatory criticisms designed to generate discussion.
Posted on 18-Aug-07 at 2:25 am | Permalink
SovSport wrote:
That makes him a sports clown and not a sports reporter. Maybe they should rename their program to Sports Circus for the braindead? That would fit your description.
Posted on 18-Aug-07 at 7:59 am | Permalink
Muddapucker wrote:
Way to much energy being spent on Czaban. The guy is a ratings whore. Who cares what he says?
My advice to Ted… Keep doing what your doing. I guarantee sports talk radio will be talking about the Caps soon… they will be the talk of the town.
Posted on 20-Aug-07 at 9:34 pm | Permalink
Grooven wrote:
I don’t listen to sports radio around here. Mostly because I don’t live and die by one sport, nor do I care about the tabloid highlights of sports on the radio.
I might not even listen to a weekly talkshow about the Capitals only because the call-in folk would bring up the same points and lament the same things over and over (which is what happens).
Here’s what would get me to listen to a local sports show. A knowledgeable crew talking about a variety of sports — Scott Linn for hockey comes to mind. I remember him as very insightful and I always found a new appreciation for something or someone. Introduce me to a new one. Let me learn something about nuance or strategy or some rule or player I may not know. Expose me to something unfamiliar. (Bocchi?) Make it a sports show. Not a football show, or a baseball show. There are enough sport-specific ones.
I don’t even have to like all of everything covered. But it’s like pop radio. Mix up the songs so it’s not the same 23 that make up your predictable playlist. Give me something worthwhile and diverse, I’ll tune in.
Pro local teams and/or sports and/or reasons it would be nice to hear worthwhile discussion and debate about (start of a list):
Washington Capitals — hockey (Ovechkin, Kolzig and a whole lot of other players across the league I don’t need to elaborate upon here. Debate on rules changes pros and cons — aside from the shootout. Agree or not with it, I’m tired of that being the only thing people discuss.)
DC United — soccer (Will Moreno get the goals record? Beckham, like him or not, is news, but not all the news.)
Washington Freedom — soccer (yes they still play. Is the women’s league going to make a return? Even — how’s the team faring?)
Washington Redskins — football (pre-season injuries, roster paring, Gibbs return to glory?)
Washington Wizards — basketball (fun to hear sometimes even though I don’t care for basketball much. some of the personalities are great to hear about.)
Washington Mystics — basketball (see above. Barely missed the playoffs. Why? What could be done different? Off-season improvements?)
Washington Nationals — baseball (Worst team ever??? They’ve proved just about every sports reporter and prognosticator wrong this season.)
Washington Glory — softball (that’s right — there’s a pro softball team here. They play in a league with opponents like Jennie Finch of Olympics fame. A couple Olympians on the local squad, first place in the league regular season {championship series upcoming}, pitcher of the year, player of the year, probably rookie of the year, 5 all-stars and maybe coach of the year) — and I didn’t even know anything about fast-pitch softball before this year.
Posted on 20-Aug-07 at 11:10 pm | Permalink
THNScott wrote:
The sad thing is, the Redskins coverage usually sucks, too.
Posted on 24-Aug-07 at 11:56 pm | Permalink
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Posted on 30-Aug-07 at 10:14 am | Permalink
K wrote:
If sports radio talked about soccer, I would change the station.
What you guys seem to be missing about all the other towns that are considered great sports town, they all have a foundation of winning. Simply put Washington isn’t a great sports town because its teams have never laid the foundation to gather fans. Why would a radio station willingly talk about the Caps when theyre 30 points out of first place, and no one wants to hear about them? You give them a first place or even just a competitive team and I garauntee they will give the Caps time. Look at how much time they have given the wizards when they are in season because they have won.
The other cities where you say they all get equal coverage, thats only because each of their teams has done something at some point to develop a fanbase where the stations have incentive to cover that team. Look at Boston, every team has won at some time or another that has given them a reason to want to hear about their teams, the same with New York and Chicago. In DC the Wiz hadn’t been good since the early 70’s, the Caps have ~never~ been good, and the Nationals are a recent occurance.
Bottom line, if Mr. Leonsis wants coverage field a better team. Don’t blame the media that no one is interested in hearing about the Caps.
Posted on 05-Sep-07 at 2:35 pm | Permalink
Gustafsson wrote:
I don’t remember the airwaves burning in ‘97-’98. Maybe in the last round, but certainly not before.
Posted on 05-Sep-07 at 2:38 pm | Permalink