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* In the popular segment “Fake Calls from Real Fans,” SportsNation can call in (1-888-FAN-ESPN) and pretend to be a certain star athlete or celebrity posing a question to Colin and Michelle. Well before Brett Favre’s “unretirement,” a young fan called in as Adrian Peterson and asked if the Vikings would win a Super Bowl with No. 4 at the helm. * Fans can help producers decide the show’s content, delivering their input via Twitter (@SportsNation), ESPN.com’s SportsNation web page, e-mail (sportsnation@espn.com), and phone calls (1-888-FAN-ESPN) before, during and after the show. * SportsNation airs weekdays on ESPN2 – 4-5 p.m. ET, and again at midnight ET. |
After one month on the air, the new studio show SportsNation has attracted a ravenous following of fans based on its interactive format that encourages social media – via Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and the increasingly popular “Fake Calls from Real Fans.” Here are some highlights from SportsNation’s first month:
If SportsNation co-host Colin Cowherd were in charge of the MLB All-Star Game, he’d employ farm animals and goofy golf, “and I’ve had A-Rod pitch.” SportsNation agreed – 53% said starters shouldn’t play the majority of the All-Star Game.
File this one under “Colin’s Personal Pet Peeves” – in “FAN-ish or FOOL-ish?” Cowherd has a genuine distaste for (foolish) fans who flaunt a favorite player’s jersey anywhere other than at the appropriate sporting event. Co-host Michelle Beadle agrees, citing “the grown man / grown man thing; weird.”
During the game “NUM8ER CRUNCH,” in which the co-hosts have to discuss and guess the correct result of a SportsNation poll, Cowherd likens soccer sensation David Beckham to a car that won’t start. Then it just gets silly.
Proof that SportsNation is for the fans and by the fans, the segment “Weird Web Stories” conjures video clips from the Internet (sent in by fans) that often just don’t need any explanation.
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