ESPN - Hockey coverage

[MarioLives]

Has anyone else noticed that ESPN does not show the NHL game highlights anymore? How can the world wide leader in sports not show hockey highlights?

[canaan]

simply put: they dont get paid to.

[mikey287]

I was expecting this thread to be a bump from at least one decade ago...

[count2infinity]

because Sportscenter is only an hour long and they need to pack as much basketball as they can in there.

[Beveridge]

Real Simple.

They have the rights to televise just about every sport but hockey. You got to show off the ones paying you. It's all business, not espn hating on hockey.


aka: what canaan said

[Rylan]

ESPN is no bueno if you want hockey coverage.

[Dickie Dunn]

Because the Heat lost last night so the entire hour needs to be spent disecting what went wrong. Duh?

[MRandall25]

That didn't even have the Iginla story on the front page or the website. It was like 6th on the side that says "top headlines"

[BigMcK]

ESPN is no bueno.

Period.

[Fire0nice228]

I was expecting this thread to be a bump from at least one decade ago...

[pittsoccer33]

Look how much time they dedicate to sports like tennis and golf on shows like PTI. I'm fairly confident the NHL is more popular than tennis, and possibly golf. But they own tv rights to the major events in those two sports.

Their limited amount of Nascar coverage does seem a bit strange to me. Nascar was one of the first sports that brought the network attention and they still television the Nationwide series.

[PghSkins]

Fortunately, theres now a whole network devoted to NHL programming, and a slew of places on the internet for highlights, opinion, and analysis in text, video, and audio form.

Since NHL Network started and broadband became able to handle pretty much anything at home and work, I have never once said to myself: "Gosh, I wish ESPN covered hockey more."

[KG]

I haven't watched Sports Center in I don't know how long....

[columbia]

I haven't watched Sports Center in I don't know how long....

Stay on the wagon.

[NashvilleCat]

I haven't watched Sports Center in I don't know how long....

Stay on the wagon.

I haven't watched it in a long, long time. With the NFL Network, NHL Network, MLB Network, so many college games on TV, and so many highlights on the Internet ESPN is irrelevant to me.