Eric Graver

I have a story that I think hits to the center of this. I worked for ESPN for two months as a temporary PA (left to start my writing career) roughly 11 years ago. During the interview process, I was asked by a decision maker at the company what I would change about ESPN. I told him I would want more highlights and more focus on games. He told me I was wrong and that fans don’t care about games once they go final, they only care about storylines. I told him that storylines need the context of games (or highlights of them on sportscenter!) and he told me, again, I was wrong. I think they’ve continued to lose touch with what makes sports fans, sports fans

Dawg you can’t make this up. Russell Wilson came in, threw 1 pass, got booed off the field and the coach starts yelling at the team doctors 😂😂 It’s time to go spend time with the family bro 😭

I absolutely have no words. Ben wasn’t just a teacher to me. Ben was a mentor, and Ben was one of my best friends. I was just texting him tonight during Mizzou’s game, like we always did. I’m absolutely devastated. He touched so many lives. komu.com/news/ben-arnet-komu…

Here’s Pat Hughes’ call of Justin Turner’s (!!) walk-off two-run homer (bonus: Dansby Swanson reaching on a error the pitch before). Chaotic sequence. The happiest I’ve heard Pat all season. (@670TheScore)