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ESPN's Who's Now: No Single Topic Has Ever Drawn the Volume and Intensity of Complaints

Aug 8, 2007 – 8:20 PM
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Michael David Smith

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How much did viewers hate ESPN's "Who's Now" SportsCenter segments? So much that the Worldwide Leader's ombudsman says this:

No single topic has ever drawn the volume and intensity of unsolicited complaints to either my or my predecessor's mailbox that this sports popularity contest has.

Who's Now, which named Tiger Woods the most "Now" athlete, also got more than 5 million votes on ESPN.com, which means ESPN executives can say with a straight face that they don't think it was quite the miserable failure that most people do. And Glenn Jacobs, senior coordinating producer for the 6 p.m. and weekend morning editions of SportsCenter, defended Who's Now in a discussion with the ombudsman, Le Anne Schreiber.

But don't worry, folks. ESPN can publicly defend Who's Now all it wants, but the people in Bristol aren't stupid, and they have to know that the feature was an embarrassment. I can't imagine that it'll be back next year.
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