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Olbermann Will Return to ESPN
New York Times ^ | July 16, 2013 | JAMES ANDREW MILLER

Posted on 08/27/2013 7:35:15 AM PDT by tom h

Edited on 08/27/2013 7:39:48 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

ESPN is expected to announce on Wednesday that the former network mainstay Keith Olbermann, who contentiously departed in 1997, will return to host a one-hour, nightly show for ESPN2 later this year, according to three executives with knowledge of the deal but not authorized to speak about it publicly.


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TOPICS: Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bathtubboy; countdown; olbermann; olberwomann
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I predict he lasts one year. Olbermann was always an offbeat-style sports reporter but all the sports fans who previously liked him will now, like me, detest him for his 12 years of bullsh-t on MSNBC. Olby has not mellowed with time but has become more obnoxious and more strident. ESPN will have wasted millions on another dumb experiment in sports reporting.
1 posted on 08/27/2013 7:35:15 AM PDT by tom h
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To: tom h

Thats fine. Most sports journalists are almost as loathsome as the regular kind.


2 posted on 08/27/2013 7:36:27 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: tom h

He will inevitably interject politics into his comments and probably play the race card too.


3 posted on 08/27/2013 7:39:59 AM PDT by Baynative (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
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To: Baynative

Now more than ever, we need ala carte cable television.


4 posted on 08/27/2013 7:41:37 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Baynative

And Fox Sports 1 will celebrate.


5 posted on 08/27/2013 7:42:47 AM PDT by Texas resident (Watch the other hand.)
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To: tom h

I’ve never liked this idiot Olbermann. When he leaves ESPN again, he can join another ex-ESPNer, the detestable Dana Jacobsen, and member of the Ingrate Hall of Fame, Tiki Barber, on their disgusting show.


6 posted on 08/27/2013 7:43:31 AM PDT by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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To: tom h

He is the WORLD’S WORST EMPLOYEE!

Over at Current he had reportedly driven Joel Hyatt to the point where he was about ready to take a meat cleaver to Olby.

Won’t be long till he starts p*ssing them off and is shown the door.


7 posted on 08/27/2013 7:43:57 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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wasn’t he actually pretty good as a sportscaster?

Unlike Libtards we do not demand people be fired from any job they hold just because we disagree with them

If he keeps his politics out of it he may be able to hold onto a job


8 posted on 08/27/2013 7:44:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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"He will inevitably interject politics into his comments and probably play the race card too."

Olbermann's contract expressly forbids him from mentioning politics. I'm sure he'll try to find a loophole someplace, being the good little Communist we know he is, but there you have it.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/keith-olbermann-returns-to-espn-after-16-years-contract-forbids-him-from-discussing-politics/

9 posted on 08/27/2013 7:45:41 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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These guys get shuffled around from one loser network to another and the same hand full of angry libtards watch them.


10 posted on 08/27/2013 7:45:42 AM PDT by albie (re)
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To: tom h

Fine, I watch ESPN even less than MSBSNBC


11 posted on 08/27/2013 7:47:27 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: tom h

Must have gotten his meds right long enough for the interview.


12 posted on 08/27/2013 7:47:39 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: tom h
"...and Tony Romo gave two hundred dollars to that Mormon fascist last year..."
13 posted on 08/27/2013 7:48:48 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If Obama Had A City It Would Look Like Detroit)
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Hopefully he insults some menacing linebacker the way he has republican politicians and unlike a girley man politician the linebacker breaks olberbutt in half


14 posted on 08/27/2013 7:50:09 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Actually it doesn’t but who am I to criticize uncritical reporting lifted straight from the Times. Olbermann has made it clear that he didn’t like what politics was doing to him and has consequently lost any emotion for the subject in the last year. Judging by the informative and entertaining debut it will be around at least a year. We’ll see what happens when Bush shows up as a guest. lol


15 posted on 08/27/2013 7:52:16 AM PDT by erlayman
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To: tom h

Fox Sports 1, Fox Soccer Channel, NBC Sports Network that now has EPL games, NFL Network, local NFL games. Who needs ESPN?


16 posted on 08/27/2013 8:02:13 AM PDT by Obadiah (Inside of every Liberal beats the heart of a fascist yearning to reveal their true nature.)
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Nascar fans for sure, at least until 2014.


17 posted on 08/27/2013 8:03:23 AM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: nascarnation

Patience grasshopper.


18 posted on 08/27/2013 8:04:48 AM PDT by Obadiah (Inside of every Liberal beats the heart of a fascist yearning to reveal their true nature.)
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Though I suppose having this plethora of cable television networks around DOES keep a large number of our mentally ill out of institutions.....


19 posted on 08/27/2013 8:07:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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20 posted on 08/27/2013 8:10:45 AM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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