SWC75
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Used to be a great show back in the 80's and 90's. With social media you can hear a sports reporters opinion every day all day. Show is outdated. Still sad its going away
I used to watch the Chicago show too. Would stumble across it as a kid one the early days of Cable TVIt was inspired by the Chicago Show "Sportswriters on TV", which I loved, (it was a gathering of friends, not rivals). But I still liked the ESPN show enough to make it a staple on Sunday morning.
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I had no idea that was still on the air. As a kid I thought it was incredibly boring, but I would still pretend to be really interested in it on Sunday mornings because I didn't want to go to church.
And who can stand Lupica? Condescending little know-it-all.The show died under its own success sort of. Tony Kornheiser became a star on his own and stopped doing the show. Mitch Albom became a big time author so he did the show far far less after that. Bill Conlin got caught being a pedophile so he wasn't allowed on the show. Dick Schapp died. Bryan Burwell died. When John Saunders died it was almost the straw that broke the camels back.
Aside from Lupica and Bob Ryan the show lost a lot of star power it once had over the years.
And who can stand Lupica? Condescending little know-it-all.
worst show ever
The show died under its own success sort of. Tony Kornheiser became a star on his own and stopped doing the show. Mitch Albom became a big time author so he did the show far far less after that. Bill Conlin got caught being a pedophile so he wasn't allowed on the show. Dick Schapp died. Bryan Burwell died. When John Saunders died it was almost the straw that broke the camels back.
Aside from Lupica and Bob Ryan the show lost a lot of star power it once had over the years.
I didn't watch regularly because it conflicted with church, but I used to enjoy the older days when I could catch it. Lupica just cracks me up. Look up big blowhard in the dictionary and it will have his picture.