Behind the Line

ESPN provided wall-to-wall coverage of the NBA on Christmas Day. The NBA is ESPN most valuable television property...and you would expect ESPN to provide quality coverage of the NBA on the biggest day of the regular season. Unfortunately...ESPN coverage of the NBA was once again substandard.

We reveal and react to several clips of ESPN coverage of the NBA. We analyze the panel of Malika Andrews...Kendrick Perkins and Stephen A Smith. We question why ESPN continues to provide substandard coverage of the NBA...while also questioning why Adam Silver renewed the NBA deal with ESPN.

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NBA ratings finally surged on Christmas Day...with the NBA drawing their largest Christmas audience in years. All five NBA games were phenomenal...and the mainstream media is celebrating the supposed return of the NBA. However...we believe that NBA commissioner Adam Silver should be upset with what we saw on Christmas.

We reveal and react to NBA ratings on Christmas Day. We commend NBA players for putting on a show...while also explaining why Adam Silver should be upset with NBA players. We also question why we don't see this level of effort from NBA players...throughout the 82-game regular season.

CNN experienced another rough year in 2024...as CNN ratings declined by another 45 percent in primetime. There have been rumors throughout the year of another round of layoffs at CNN...with this layoff including some of CNN biggest stars.

We reveal and react to an article in the Washington Post...about the future of CNN. We discuss CNN and other networks blaming cord cutting for their low ratings...instead of addressing the real problem. We discuss the bleak future of CNN...and theorize as to which CNN stars could be let go.

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Katie Barnes is a journalist at ESPN...responsible for covering transgender involvement in sports. Katie Barnes is also responsible for creating misleading headlines regarding this issue...and unintentionally exposing the hypocrisy at ESPN in the process.

We reveal and react to Katie Barnes and ESPN...criticizing President Joe Biden for dropping his proposed changes to Title IX. We commend President Biden for protecting women...on his way out of the White House. We also discuss the hypocrisy at ESPN...and question how Katie Barnes can be responsible for objectively covering an issue that Katie Barnes is emotionally invested in.

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Stephen A Smith and Shannon Sharpe have been critical of Ohio State head coach Ryan Day. Saturday night during the broadcast of Tennessee/Ohio State...Kirk Herbstreit responded to their criticisms of Ryan Day. Unfortunately...Shannon Sharpe was offended by Kirk Herbstreit response and humiliated himself on First Take Monday morning.

We reveal and react to Shannon Sharpe response to Kirk Herbstreit. We discuss Shannon Sharpe history of being overly emotional...and explain how it ended his relationship with Skip Bayless. We commend Stephen A Smith for taking Kirk Herbstreit criticism professionally...and question the emotional response from Shannon Sharpe.

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Saturday Night Live aired their Christmas episode this past weekend...and the SNL audience was definitely in a festive mood. During the Weekend Update segment...Colin Jost mentioned Luigi Mangione and the women in the SNL audience erupted in cheers.

We discuss the SNL audience celebrating Luigi Mangione. We discuss Colin Jost and SNL being partially blamed for this celebration...even though SNL wasn't technically responsible. We also discuss the decline of Saturday Night Live...and explain what led to the decline of SNL.

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Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian have been the faces of The Young Turks...and some of the biggest supporters of the far left for years. However...Ana Kasparian was visibly outraged when Cenk Uygur announced that Kamala Harris could be the next governor of California.

We reveal and react to Ana Kasparian torching Kamala Harris. We discuss the likelihood of Kamala Harris becoming the next governor of California...if Kamala Harris decides to run. We also discuss Kamala Harris potential return to national politics...and explain why Kamala Harris has no chance of becoming president.

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NBA ratings continued their descent this past week. Ratings for the NBA Cup were down double digits...and the NBA doubleheader on TNT featured some of the least watched NBA games in decades. We reveal and react to NBA ratings.

We discuss the NBA being dominated by women's college volleyball...as well as everything else on television. We discuss the prevailing problems in the NBA...and explain why the NBA will continue to struggle under the leadership of Adam Silver.

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Joy Reid has become the latest to deal with budget cuts at MSNBC. Last month...MSNBC decreased Rachel Maddow pay by $5 million per year...and now MSNBC is looking to decrease the salary of Joy Reid. We discuss Joy Reid salary reduction...and her potential bleak future at MSNBC.

We discuss Joy Reid and MSNBC ratings...and how MSNBC has lost half their audience since early November. We also question who will be next at MSNBC to be affected by budget cuts...and speculate on the future of multiple MSNBC personalities.

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Aaron Rodgers made some blanket criticisms of ESPN...during his appearance with Pat McAfee last week. For reasons unknown...Ryan Clark took Aaron Rodgers criticism personally and launched a public feud with Aaron Rodgers. Once Aaron Rodgers responded to Ryan Clark personally...Ryan Clark published a video on Twitter where he publicly embarrassed himself.

We reveal and react to Ryan Clark response to Aaron Rodgers. We discuss Ryan Clark constant need for attention and validation...and how Ryan Clark is using Aaron Rodgers to fill those needs. We also discuss reports that Ryan Clark is disliked by colleagues at ESPN...and how Ryan Clark could eventually be fired.

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