A review of the ESPN broadcast of the 2013 NYC Marathon - Good News 2014 should be even better

Not marathon related, but, did you happen to ask them why they think it is ok to put a murderer on television?

You know they didn't so why ask attention seeker?

What murderer are you talking about? Ray Lewis was never even tried for murder.

What are the odds that they actually get mile splits up on the screen? It's sort of like batting average in baseball or putting up 0 for 2. You think it would be a no-brainer.

I'll see it when i believe it.

What's America's problem with the metric system? Miles, yards, pounds, Fahrenheit ... so confusing.

I want to address your comments on the wheelchair racing part of your review. What a load of crap. I understand you are entitled to your own opinion, but you basically just set back the clock to two decades ago, when paralympics and other adaptive sports were in the dark ages. In addition to that, as our country continues to involve itself in peacekeeping operations around the world, thousands of our nation's finest military are turning to adaptive sports to heal mentally and to push their limits physically. When companies such as BP elect to not just sponsor the olympics, but the paralympics as well, the sport has reached the pinnacle of legitimacy.

Should the race coverage overly focus on wheelchair racing? Of course not. Individuals in need of adaptive sports are in a minority percent compared to the average number of athletes. However we aren't talking about someone strolling around in their hoveround. Its a sport. And it was, as you so accurately stated, appropriately covered. Thus if it was appropriately covered, why feel the need to mention it at all. Further to that, why mention it in such a negative light. You could have left your statement saying they created a fair balance of time to the wheelchair athletes vs. general running population of the race. Instead, your misinformation and ignorance is clearly visible as you felt the need to dig even further. "The best wheelchair racers are the best of, what, a few thousand wheelchair racers at most?"

Continued reply:

"ESPN deserved kudos for not spending much time on the wheel chair racers."? Really? So the fact that they aren't on (one) two legs is somehow a benefit to them?

Maybe it's not what you meant to say; or how you meant to say it. Maybe before commenting on something you have no understanding of you should attempt to complete a marathon in a wheelchair. These people are athletes every much as the runners you would like to see on TV. Don't discredit McFadden's AMAZING achievement with a comment that she got a "decent amount of time".

Taking on the task of reviewing TV coverage of a marathon and then applauding the network for NOT showing some of the athletes simply because it's what YOU didn't want to see is unprofessional. You know what? Some of us even enjoy seeing the runners in the middle and back of the pack. Yeah I know, we're not "real" runners. Whatever.

"The wheelchair racers are inspiring for sure but it’s not elite sport in the same sense of running."

Try racing a marathon in a wheelchair or STFU.

Well said! Author needs to rethink what was said!

rojo wrote:

In anticipation of a teleconference with ESPN this morning, yesterday, I went back and watched the ESPN2 broadcast of the 2013 NYC Marathon...

Not marathon related, but why don't you back off the autoplay ads?