You suck Bayless. Grab your shitty ass Diet Mt Dew and GET TO STEPPIN.

Yay, the Deuce!

He was right about Terrell Owens. He reminds us every day that he was right about Terrell Owens. Terrell Owens will never change. Skip Bayless told me so and he's always right about Terrell Owens. Did I mention that Skip Bayless is always right about Terrell Owens?

I haven't been this happy since my girlfriend's pregnancy test came back negative!!!! Skip Bayless you suck!

My morning would have been a lot easier had this news been posted at 9 a.m.

I stopped reading Page 2 months ago, but this is still great news!

Why can't Cold Pizza leave TV?

Please let Jim Caple be next please let Jim Caple be next please let Jim Caple be next...

Cold Pizza: Where Jilted ESPN Personalities Go To Die. Has anyone set the line on when Stephen A. Smith is sent there? I have November 12th, but I sure don't want to be watching when he has his first "discussion" with Woody Paige and Skip.

There is a God. And apparently he hates the SF Giants and Dallas Cowboys. This is my kind of God.

I havent beem this happy since my girlfriend's VD test came back negative!!!

Didn't Skip write a book about the Dallas Cowboys? Not sure.

"Why can't Cold Pizza leave TV?"

patience my friend, patience.

on that note, skip, dont let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Oh, and ESPN should feel fine about shutting down Page 2 in its entirety. Wherease it was formally must-read, I haven't read an article on there not by Bill Simmons in months.

"Why can't Cold Pizza leave TV?"

Because then I would be out of a job, and I definetly don't want that.

As for Stephen A. .. I just can't it's too easy

Field goals and extra points outlive Bayless. Shocker. Worst commentator since Joe Morgan.

At least Shanoff seems like a decent sort. I haven't read the Quickie in ages, but I'm kinda sad to see him off Page 2.

Bayless I'm kinda gloating over. Though I liked his books on the Cowboys in a furtive, guilty pleasure sorta way.

please never reference shanoff and bayless in the same sentence

I haven't been this happy since my girlfriend's blood test came back O-Negative!

-- Don "I Don't Really Know What That Means, However, Like Everybody Else On The Planet I Think Skip Clueless Is A Total AssHat" Gerard

i don't think i'd utter either of their names in any sentence

His replacement? Testsefly.

I haven't been this excited since my girlfriend's blood test came back O-Negative.

-- Don "I don't really actually know what that means, however, like everybody else, I think Skip Clueless is an asshat of epic proportions" Gerard

I had a hard time getting through Bayless' headlines.

I don't know if I would wanna put working for Cold Pizza on my resume...

if woody paige can consistenly outwit you, you're in trouble

I stopped reading page 2 shortly after Deadspin graced the internets with its presence, sayong to myself, "I'll only go to P2 if someone tell me there is an article that I would enjoy or should read".

So far, that hasn't happened.

DonGerard

Yeah, well, my girlfriend's girlfriend looks like you.

Don "My Really Long Nickname Goes in Quotes Between My First and Last Names" Gerard

Don Gerard has entered the hallowed grounds of Skip Bayless due to his double and triple posts. And by hallowed I mean despised and hated.

As you request, i shall not expe. Ever.

So... the list of Page 2 writers we actually somewhat like includes:

Bill Simmons (most of the time)

and...?

(personally, I like DJ Gallo's stuff on Monday mornings - but beyond that, I'm drawing a blank. Even TMQ isn't as funny as it was in 2002.)

Great news all around.

I wonder if ESPN really is getting the picture that Page 2 sucks. Makes their arrogance in thinking they could get "Page 3" of the ground even more humorous.

Caple next? No, I think it's gotta be Jason Shitlock.

Oh no. Whitlock has to be near the bottom of that list...especially while Scoop and Stephen A. are still there.

DJ Gallo has been great. His Heisman preview is definately worth your attention

Speaking of Gallo, he is money again today...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/0608...

While we're on the subject of grating sports media types, I thought I was losing my mind during the Steagles game when I found myself enjoying what Tony Kornheiser had to say. This heartwarming feeling was quickly erased, however, by comments from his broadcast companions.

Grunge, I like Gallo about as often as I like Simmons. Also, I agree with your TMQ assessment. I remember TMQ as being an enjoyable read a few years ago, and now it bores me to tears. What happened? Is he gun shy after getting run out of town?

I guess it was awkward when Skip argued that the integration of baseball was a bad thing.

How quickly Page2 went to hell. I think it was Bayless who pushed Hunter S. Thompson over the edge to take his own head off with a shotgun.

Long live Dr. Gonzo.

rectum- gasface never has to know

No more Shanoff, no more Bayless, Easterbrook and Gallo stepping up... bless you, Page 2, bless you

Whitlock's last article was very good. And no Ball State references.

Please tell me there was sarcasm involved in the "Deadspin says cold pizza tastes good" sign in the background. Or at least tell me that person had their privlidges revoked if it was done without irony.

Do you think Pat Hruby feels bad that he can't even generate disdain like his Page 2 colleagues?

Criminal Appeal... I'm still trying to figure out what happened to TMQ... I used to love that he could crank out a 10,000 word column. Maybe I just don't like Star Trek or United Nations humor enough anymore. Okay, Star Trek always sucked, but I cut TMQ some slack.

His NFC preview tomorrow is probably a barometer for whether he's still got it - or whether he's turned into the journalist's version of U2 (getting praise based on work he did 10 years ago).

Whatever happened to Brian Murphy? Did anyone else mildly enjoy the Cooler (and his references to Spinal Tap)?

Thank God Bayless is gone.

ahhhh. Best. News. Ever? I may start reading Page 2 again.

Oh and whatever happend to page 3?

And yet, Scoop Jackson remains

Yeah, what did happen to Brian Murphy? The Weekly Water Cooler and his musings on sprinklets were more than mildly amusing.

He was a big fan of drinking, and you can't fault him for that.

Has anyone ever enjoyed Uni-Watch? I've tried reading it like 3 times and I never get more than 3 paragraphs into it.

I'm with you Carson. Can I just say that, yeah, no one sucks as a writer more in the ESPN family then Scoop Jackson? I know ... that's quiet a distinction. One he could probably write 1,800 words about discussing, in poor English all the percieved and overt racial undertones. Even though there are none.

At least when Whitlock goes on a protracted rant about race he writes it in English. And it at least, kinda, well, attempts to make sense. I dunnow.l

Aren't Murphy and Shanoff the same person?

No moreso than Farney and Freel, BDD.

Old Page 2: Bill Simmons, Ralph Wiley, Hunter S. Thompson, Gregg Easterbrook, Brian Murphy, Dan Shanoff

New "Improved" Page 2: Bill Simmons, Scoop Jackson, Jim Caple, Gregg Easterbrook version 2.5, DJ Gallo, Skip (out the door) Bayless, Jason "does Jeff George's laundry" Whitlock

I think that sums up why Page 2 is barely even relevant now. I stopped reading it regularly after Wiley passed away.

I actually read Uniwatch and his blog, but I'm oddly obsessed with uniforms too. It's a niche market.

Ding Dong the no talent hack is gone

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stopped reading Bayless' stuff a long time ago. The guy has mostly lost his mind.

Gallo's own site (Sportspickle.com, picture The Onion but about sports) is much better than his P2 stuff.

And I agree, I haven't read any non-Simmons P2 stuff in aaages. In fact, it just makes me angry, knowing that the legacies of Ralph Wiley and Hunter S. Thompson are being runed by Bayless' inane drivel. Ugh. I feel kinda sad now.

Did anybody here every apply for that ESPN Page 2 editor job?

Brian Murphy update:

Murph parlayed his golf columns in the SF Chronicle to his Cooler gig (which I read RELIGIOUSLY) and guest spots on the SF Giants 50,000 watt blowtorch, KNBR 680, THE sports leader. He was then added to the KNBR 680, THE sports leader roster full-time as the morning drive-time host. He is working on his 3rd co-host at this point, has lost his funny, and is only good on the radio while he's listening to Mike Krukow or Duane Kuiper during their morning segments.

I pine for the days of The Cooler, cause kid can write. No more Sparklets. No more meat sweats.

Being a fellow Eire-head, I followed Murph's career arc until it started it's fatal descent.

Obviously, I did not, because I cannot spell "ever."

Frinklin: LOVE Uniwatch. Paul Lukas is a fellow SABR member, and a nice guy.

Say what you will, I was the very first to point out Terrell Owens had more issues than Sports Illustrated.

Fuck you Skip Bayless you Ohio State hating no talent ass-whole.

That felt good to say.

Spartacus is right. When Wiley passed away something happened to Page 2. Lost its touch. Lost its torch. Lost its Beacon.

But the bigger problem was that Page2 was supposed to be "sports, but with more bite." When the bite was comedy like the sportstoon or Easterbrook or Simmons it was pretty enjoyable. Caple's road trip series were actually enjoyable in spots when he was writing more on driving and where he was than an how funny he is. When it focused writing like Wiley, it had Cojones and game.

Whitlock is not bad, but not great. Murphy wasn't bad even with the golfing stuff which I am not found of (but he's irish and he likes drinking and i can't fault him).

The biggest reason Pg2 is failing is due to the sports blogs like deadpsin which are not only funny, informative, sexy, etc., but it's brought time and time again during the day. Simmons writes what - one column a week? i can't wait that long to read snarky sports stories.

Jen P, I did not apply for that editor's job. The idea of being someone's lackey in bristol sort of scared me.

I'd read a lot of anti-Cold Pizza rants, but having a productive job during the time it airs had never had the opportunity to see it.

Then I had a son, and along with him came plenty of feedings during Cold Pizza. Now I understand. If there's 2 more annoying "experts" than Woody Paige and Skip Bayless, I don't want to know about it. I'm actually afraid that their idiocy may have scarred my 2 month old son.

what the hell does "rant " mean

What a douchebag Bayless is

-Woody Paige

What a douchebag Bayless is

-Jay Marriotti

What a douchebag Bayless is

-That guy who used to do boxing on ESPN 2

What a douchebag Bayless is, yo

Stephen A. Smith

The guy who does Uni Watch at least WORKS. you can tell significant effort goes into his column, whereas Bayless is just an internet troll who somehow got steady work.

I may not always love uni watch, and sometimes I page through it, but I respect the guy's work much more than anyone else at Page 2.

Simmons is good when he's not talking about the Red Sox or Bruins, or verbally sucking Tom Brady's cock.

DJ Gallo is the shit. Remember this always.

TMQ is like trying to find something really cool buried underneath a pile of shite anymore.

Page 2 loses Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Wiley (both tragically), and we got Skip Bayless and Scoop Jackson. That was a boot straight in the nuts right there. Thank god Skip's gone at least.

Caple doesn't bother me. I really liked the baseball park tour he and the other writers did back in '03 (or was it '04?). He's not a favorite, but I don't loathe the guy.

Shanoff annoyed the piss out of me.

Alan Grant can be ok at times I guess.

And here is the most unpopular opinion EVER by a deadspin commenter... here goes... I don't hate Jason Whitlock. I'd say I enjoy his column about 64% of the time, which ain't bad all things considered.

And no, I'm not black.