Live Sportscenter vs ESPNEWS

[Studio20]

928AM ET. US Womens hoop team polishes off China.

929AM ESPN SportsCenter passes along the final score.

929AM ESPN News says US Women lead China....at the half.


Hmm...Now that Sportscenter is live at 9 am...wonder how the folks down the hall feel about that, lol.

 

[Nate Wesley]

I don't have ESPNEWS and Josh Elliott is part of SportsCenter Live, so I won't be watching either.

 

[radioguy555]

I personally don't think SportsCenter Live is necessary, especially after the Olympics are over. I was expecting something a little different when I tuned in Monday morning but saw basically the same show from the night before - highlights and analysis from events of the previous day.

And that makes no sense that one network would have the final score to that game and the other wouldn't. All of the broadcasts are based out of the same building in Bristol, are they not? Maybe they did that deliberately just to get people to watch SC Live.

On another note, does ESPN even have any on-camera reporters in Beijing? Maybe I'm missing something, but I have not seen one live or taped shot of a reporter from the Olympics on any of ESPN's channels. Does NBC have exclusivity?

 

[Nate Wesley]

On another note, does ESPN even have any on-camera reporters in Beijing? Maybe I'm missing something, but I have not seen one live or taped shot of a reporter from the Olympics on any of ESPN's channels. Does NBC have exclusivity?

I'm not sure they don't. I think Jeremy Schaap broke in live with the then breaking story of the stabbing tragedy. Assuming ESPN does have people there, they certainly don't have a lot of them.

 

[DJ Tony]

I'm not sure they don't. I think Jeremy Schaap broke in live with the then breaking story of the stabbing tragedy. Assuming ESPN does have people there, they certainly don't have a lot of them.

Yeah, because they are all covering the Yanks or the Red Sox :

 

[DToTheJ]

On another note, does ESPN even have any on-camera reporters in Beijing? Maybe I'm missing something, but I have not seen one live or taped shot of a reporter from the Olympics on any of ESPN's channels. Does NBC have exclusivity?

I'm not sure they don't. I think Jeremy Schaap broke in live with the then breaking story of the stabbing tragedy. Assuming ESPN does have people there, they certainly don't have a lot of them.

Maybe this article will help:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/olympics/ny-spoly0803,0,315279,print.story

Scroll to the very bottom to "Worldwide Leader?"

 

[Morgan Wick]

I personally don't think SportsCenter Live is necessary, especially after the Olympics are over. I was expecting something a little different when I tuned in Monday morning but saw basically the same show from the night before - highlights and analysis from events of the previous day.

You may have heard that SC Live would include 6-9 AM, and they subsequently dumped that idea. SC Live starts at 9 AM and looks very different from any SportsCenter past or present. It almost reminds me of First Take in a way.

And that makes no sense that one network would have the final score to that game and the other wouldn't. All of the broadcasts are based out of the same building in Bristol, are they not? Maybe they did that deliberately just to get people to watch SC Live.

Did the OP read the ESPNNEWS error off the score ticker, or the news bar below it? And if the former (since I would expect ESPNNEWS and ESPN to use the same system for their tickers) did SC show the final score blaring on the main screen, or on its score ticker?