From Mark Stein, ESPN NBA Writer:

[total_football]

The following question was asked yesterday in a live CHAT with Mark Stein, one of their basketball writers (his response follows the question):

Lawrence (Oakland): Hey Marc, forget B-ball for a minute, do you think Oaktown can take Tampa Bay in the Superbowl? ...and who is your personal money on?

Marc Stein: Sorry, Lawrence. Only football recognized here these days is the Premier League. City sits 10th but only five points out of fifth. Fourteen games left to make a run at Europe.

[Dr. Wankler]

Well, I can think of some posters that this will get in a real tizzy.

[Jayhawk]

Yes, city are currently in 10th, but I have faith. With any luck, and a little old-time City football, next year may just see them in their rightful place: the 1st Divsion. HAAAAAHAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!!!!

[MikeLastort2]

This response from Mark Stein is proof that soccer has finally made it in the USA!

[skipshady]

$20 says someone is going to turn this around into "ESPN hates soccer".

[Lowecifer]

Originally posted by MikeLastort2
This response from Mark Stein is proof that soccer has finally made it in the USA!

Mike, didn't you notice the subtle dig at MLS? I mean, Premier League?


He hates us.

[OBartleby]

Originally posted by skipshady
$20 says someone is going to turn this around into "ESPN hates soccer".
All bets are off on that one!

[saabrian]

Originally posted by skipshady
$20 says someone is going to turn this around into "ESPN hates soccer".

yeah right. who'd be foolish enough to take that bet? :-)

[seahawkdad]

Originally posted by Lowecifer
Mike, didn't you notice the subtle dig at MLS? I mean, Premier League?


He hates us.

What...he hates us because we're not in season currently and the Premiership is??

Can't reach that conclusion until he makes comments during the summer/fall of 2003. Then we'll better know whether he hates us...

[monster]

Knock it off, please. We have a thread for that already.

[cosmosRIP]

Originally posted by seahawkdad
What...he hates us because we're not in season currently and the Premiership is??
Can't reach that conclusion until he makes comments during the summer/fall of 2003. Then we'll better know whether he hates us... This is close but I think that $20 is still up for grabs.

[total_football]

By the way, here's the URL for the entire chat; warning to those not interested--it's almost all about hoops! Except for the concluding remark, of course:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=3011

[USRufnex]

Well, this just proves that ESPN would stop hating us if we changed names from MLS to "American Premier League"

:)

[goyoureddevils]

Originally posted by USRufnex
Well, this just proves that ESPN would stop hating us if we changed names from MLS to "American Premier League"

:)
Yer givin' me heartburn for real now!

[Jayhawk]

Originally posted by USRufnex
Well, this just proves that ESPN would stop hating us if we changed names from MLS to "American Premier League"

:)
Remember when NFL Europe was known as the World League of American Football (or WhataLAF)? Maybe they should call MLS the American League of World Football. Thoughts?

[goyoureddevils]

Let's get a good league, full of lots of teams, before we woory about what it's called.......... to do otherwise will only make the world laugh at us.

[MikeLastort2]

Major League Porn.

[monster]

And cut!



Never was on topic, so the fun's over. Threads for both of the tangents exist elsewhere.