We gave you a choice of six on-air talents who are frequent targets on social media: Smith; his First Take sparring partner Skip Bayless; Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman; baseball analyst Curt Schilling; sports business ace Darren Rovell; and Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden.
One day later, Smith was No. 1 in the the voting while debate partner Bayless is second. Schilling ranks third, Berman fourth and Rovell fifth.
Gruden is last — proving that no matter how hard sportscasters try, they can’t mess up an NFL game.
Those results sound about right to blogger Julie DiCaro who tweeted:
But Robert Rheault posted a write-in vote for ESPN football analyst Cris Carter via Twitter:
And Marvin Knau simply tweeted:
Awful Announcing has called First Take the “worst sports show that has ever been made.” But a lot of people are watching, notes the blog. The ESPN2 morning show, operating under the mantra of “Embrace Debate,” just posted its most-watched month ever.
But the day is still young in this race. We’ll leave the poll open for readers to vote during a big sports weekend.
And heartfelt best wishes to the 300 mid- to low-level employees who now have to try to find a job in the depressed economy. As Tom Cruise said in Jerry Maguire, sports is a god-forsaken business.
