Absolute fact....when ESPN began to dominate, sports reporting became sports talk...there just aren't enough compelling sports narratives to fill all of the available air time, so it descends into gossipy, middle school girl pissy yak-fests. (no offense to middle school girls, it's just a stage
). That aspect really hit me years ago, back when there was endless (and pointless) blather about Shaq & Kobe, and were they feuding yada yada. I tuned out, don't watch any of that anymore. I get my info from the internet, follow up links that look interesting, & occasionally listen to a little local sports talk stuff if it pertains to Cincy.