Le Anne Schreiber: ESPN's new ombudsman

[Scamp]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=schreiber_leanne&id=2826351

I've been sitting here, trying to excerpt Schreiber's introductory column, for quite a while. Better you should read it. I'm definitely putting the new ESPN ombudsman in my "favorites" list. :)

[wwi_flying_ace_17]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=schreiber_leanne&id=2830113

I wasn't sure what to expect from her, but I'm glad she responded to this. I read about it occurring on a different blog. A public figure couldn't handle criticism and he acted like a little brat.

[Scamp]

Too much shouting obscures the message
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman, 04/13/07

I am going to use this column to do something I will never be able to do again -- convey my first impressions of intensive ESPN-watching. Until I was asked to consider taking on this job, I had been only a casual viewer, tuning in mostly for event coverage. Since that day, I have watched more ESPN than is typical of any but the sports-minded unemployed and bedridden.

Before this binge, for instance, I almost never turned on the television during daytime except in times of national crisis. As it happened, on the day I first received a call about this job, it was about 4 p.m. when I put down the phone, turned on the television and tuned in to ESPN. I was not yet equipped with a DVR, so for the next several hours I either watched or listened from another room while I went about other business. My strongest reaction that first afternoon was, "Who are these people and why are they shouting at me?" ...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=schreiber_leanne&id=2834650Maybe I should send her my idea for (yet another) "member of the ESPN family"? It's ESPNshhhh. No commentators, no anchors, just crowd noise and squeaking shoes. :)

[Bball Girl]

None of the yellers sounds to me as if he is reacting authentically to something he cares about.

What a concept... :)