GboroGator Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 I started listening about a half hour ago..The biggest news in DC sports is the Redskins, and with the Rosenfels and Stai trade you would think there would be lots of talk and calls about that..But, what do I hear? Talk about Shaq's toe-injury and how scared he is to have surgery and talk about the Mystics...Please..NBA basketball is long since over, and no one cares about the WNBA..Uggh!!!! I'm sure we'll be in a playoff drive in December..but I'm sure 980 will still be talking NBA/WNBA crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awgustlab Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Listening, too. It sucks. Shaq's big toe? Who TF cares?? Redskins football, baby!! Get with the program, 980!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 What is the freaking deal with that show? Who listens to it? That is the problem. You all need to go out and hunt down any fool listening and smash their radios. Then someone with half a brain will buy out the show and actually make it interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptown Skins Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Hopefully Bram will be in studio today at 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorRob Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 The only topics John Thompson feels comfortable talking about are basketball and social issues...Doc Walker if FAR better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_Clone Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 John Thompson, come here there's something I want to show you. Sincerely, -The English Language Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 what do you expect the guy is a basketball coach :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_Clone Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Speaking of him, why the hell does he get a college football game named after him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Actually John Thompson talks often about the skins. He is a big skins fan and has said he is excited about the season. Doc Walker is great. You except a former redskins to talk redskins football. ANd he does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptown Skins Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Originally posted by luckydevi Actually John Thompson talks often about the skins. He is a big skins fan and has said he is excited about the season. Doc Walker is great. You except a former redskins to talk redskins football. ANd he does Yeah. You gotta luv "Joe D. Fan" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 This station has really changed over the years. I just got the streaming version and was disappointed, for the reasons mentioned above. It used to be Redskins, Redskins, Redskins and then maybe something else. It's not like there are any other teams in town worth talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Looking foward to the Steve Spurrier show this Monday on Sportstalk 980. They will talk more about the skins once the season comes around. It is kind of funny how Pollin talks more about the skins on a national show with mel then with a local show here in DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 I have almost become desensitized to the crap they talk about on that station. It really is ridiculous, though. If I were to turn it on one day and they were talking about water polo or fencing it wouldn't shock me. It could be Dallas week and they'd be talking about who the Mystics will select in the upcoming draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RySkins Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 I've been in the car a little after 6 the last two days and I've heard no Redskins talk during those brief segments. Don't they have Redskins at 6 anymore? Or do they wait until September to go back to Redskins at 6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 They only do "Redskins at 6" during the season. I think they talk about other sports because they don't want to be accused of being a Redskins-only station. I don't think the station realizes yet how worked up the town is getting over Spurrier. Doc Walker is the only one who seems to recognize that the Skins are *the* sports story in Washington DC, and everything else is secondary. I always remember Glenn Brenner telling how he learned about sports news broadcasting in DC. A fan came up to him after he first arrived, and he was told, "Listen pal, if you want to succeed in Washington, the top story is *always* the Redskins. If George Allen breaks wind, we wanna hear about it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 The best Redskins radio shows are the pregame and postgame shows on JFK. Not sure if they broadcast it over the internet, but since it's the official show it has all the best people with the best info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyaparanoia Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 What do you all have against the other sports franchises in the District. I love the Redskins as much as anyone but there is other sports. I don't particularly care about Shaq's toe but the Mystics are batteling for a championship something the Redskins have not done in a while. I was dissappointed to read what some of you had to say about WTEM. They talk about a variety of topics and are not locked into one topic even if that topic is Redskins football. The talk will pick up about the Skins as we get closer to the start of the season but let's give a little coverage to teams that are, at least, playing for a championship (Freedom and Mystics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 Hoyaparanoia, It's not the talk about the other local teams that bothers me so much. It's when they spend an entire segment breaking down a minor trade the L.A. Clippers pulled off that it really becomes excruciating. Sometimes I just listen to hear what kind of bulls**t they're going to talk about next. I'm a big Caps fan, but listening to that station you'd think the Caps play in Egypt. If they gave half the time they spend on bogus NBA stories like Shaq's big toe and the L.A. Clippers to covering the Caps, I'd be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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