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Matt Ottinger:
No Chuck Woolery, no John O'Hurley, but the pink and blue squares will still be worth more when the 2003 Scrabble All-Star Championship airs on ESPN Sunday, November 9th at 3:30pm.  

God, I love my TiVo.

Adam Nedeff:

--- Quote ---No Chuck Woolery, no John O'Hurley, but the pink and blue squares will still be worth more when the 2003 Scrabble All-Star Championship airs on ESPN Sunday, November 9th at 3:30pm.
--- End quote ---

Filling TV time with games of Scrabble...and yet, somehow, they feel that a SECOND ESPN is necessary. Astonishing.

inturnaround:
[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 11:16 PM\']
--- Quote ---No Chuck Woolery, no John O'Hurley, but the pink and blue squares will still be worth more when the 2003 Scrabble All-Star Championship airs on ESPN Sunday, November 9th at 3:30pm.
--- End quote ---

Filling TV time with games of Scrabble...and yet, somehow, they feel that a SECOND ESPN is necessary. Astonishing. [/quote]
I for one applaud them for airing it. They already do the Scripps-Howard Annual Spelling Bee and I think it's great to see some non-physical competitions being shown on ESPN. (I think ESPN2 has show some Magic: The Gathering tournaments)

With Poker being a big cable hit for channels like Travel, I'm not surprised to see ESPN airing this special. It's only an hour against the NFL, not like their core audience is watching them anyway.

As for ESPN2, it may not be needed 24 hours a day, but it sure does come in handy for College Gameday and when baseball and hockey season overlap.

cyberjoek:
Yes they do air Magic: The Gathering Tourneys (and until two years ago the National Geographic Geo Bee) on ESPN 2, also rember that ESPN stands for Entertainment & Sports Playing Network.  The scrabble games can get quite interesting (unless your a five year old looking at the racks live :-) )
-Joe Kavanagh

DrBear:
[quote name=\'cyberjoek\' date=\'Nov 7 2003, 12:22 AM\'] also rember that ESPN stands for Entertainment & Sports Playing Network.
 [/quote]
 Does this mean that Fox Sports Net will show footage of foxes?

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