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04-27-2016, 12:45 AM
Why the insufferable Skip Bayless leaving ESPN is actually bad news for sports fans
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Shameless provocateur and bloviator Skip Bayless is leaving ESPN (http://mashable.com/category/espn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*Finally!*
ESPN's airwaves will be mercifully free of one of the most loathed personalities in sports (http://mashable.com/sports/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) media come summer.*But don't get too excited, well-meaning sports — free at last we most certainly are **t.*
Bayless leaving ESPN is actually bad news for sports fans. Here's why.*
SEE ALSO: Viva Shaun Livingston: Why Steph Curry's replacement is beloved by basketball fans (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/shaun-livingston-steph-curry-starting-warriors/)
Bayless has been one half of ESPN's debate show First Take several years. The show's reliance on aggressive argumentation instead in place of facts, reason and storytelling has made it a mockery among many sports fans and observers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/skip-bayless-leaving-espn/)
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Shameless provocateur and bloviator Skip Bayless is leaving ESPN (http://mashable.com/category/espn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*Finally!*
ESPN's airwaves will be mercifully free of one of the most loathed personalities in sports (http://mashable.com/sports/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) media come summer.*But don't get too excited, well-meaning sports — free at last we most certainly are **t.*
Bayless leaving ESPN is actually bad news for sports fans. Here's why.*
SEE ALSO: Viva Shaun Livingston: Why Steph Curry's replacement is beloved by basketball fans (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/shaun-livingston-steph-curry-starting-warriors/)
Bayless has been one half of ESPN's debate show First Take several years. The show's reliance on aggressive argumentation instead in place of facts, reason and storytelling has made it a mockery among many sports fans and observers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/26/skip-bayless-leaving-espn/)
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