The title may be a bit misleading, but if anyone saw Sportscenter this morning they may see where this is going. I'm sure you all know my feelings regarding the "Who's Now" segment SC once had, and many of you actually defended it. The defense was intriguing, saying that the feature was a space-filler to liven up the doldrums created by late-August baseball. At this time, you realize there is no lull and SC has responded with no stupid gimmicks. That is, until today, when SC unveiled the most God-awful segment in ESPN history. Worse than First and Ten, worse than the the "Budweiser Hot Seat," worse than anything with Skip Bayless, worse than the 2-minute drill with Berman that always lasts like fifteen minutes, worse than Berman's top ten plays (which always seemed to happen decades ago). Worse than all of those things. This feature was called "Poetry Jam," and it was Stuart Scott reading some sort of lame-ass rap poem. Oh my Lord, it was horrifying!
First of all, I can't understand why Stuart Scott has a job. His catch phrases are annoying, his interaction on Stump the Schwab is awkward, and his attempt at being a "cool, urban voice" rivals that of Stephen A. Smith, and I think you all know where I stand with him. I used to be OK with Stu working opposite Rich Eisen, as they had a solid chemistry--dorky white guy and cool,edgy, yet sophisticated and sharp black guy. Now it's just annoying; and I'm quite certain that there is no end to his madness, as he anchors one of the three thousand NFL shows.
I don't really understand who this is appealing to. The urban community is definitely not enjoying his pathetic "rap poetry," and uppity white people won't like it because they think black people do. So who? Russell Simmons? Terrible.
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