The Rise and Fall of SportsNation

In 2014-16 sportsnation was my favorite show

It was my favorite ESPN show but then they started to turn into just another debate show. That's not why I watched the show, I watched it for the funny moments and humor

Man what a flashback. Loved this show. Reminds me now of them pushing that morning show Cold Pizza.

Now, speaking of something hardly anyone remembers:

Cold Pizza WAS the original First Take. Or, rather, what got turned into First Take.

Now, I was not a fan of Cold Pizza, whatsoever. I used to sit up late, after work & watch repeats of SportsCenter, until Mike & Mike in the morning came on ESPN News & I'd watch that while smoking some weed until Cold Pizza would come on. At which point, I would go to sleep.

Cowherd and beadle were great tv

Oh my God! I used to rush home from school everyday to watch this show! Submitted a video and got Colin to show it to the producers. Do you remember their 2009 spin off "Winner's Bracket"?
It was a countdown show where it put two plays against each other and the studio audience voted on which play was better. Loved that spin off, think it only lasted 2 episodes or so though. Great video! Brought a lot of memories back.

There was a moment there.. where I appreciated Sports Nation more than around the horn and PTI

The second run of sports nation is probably the best

This show was like a PTI for the younger generation. I watched from day 1 back in college and was instantly hooked. It just meshed perfectly with the early days of social media. One of my favorite segments was random people leaving voicemails as if they were pro athletes. Unfortunately the show died in my eyes when Colin and Beadle left.

This show was like a PTI for the younger generation. I watched from day 1 back in college and was instantly hooked. It just meshed perfectly with the early days of social media. One of my favorite segments was random people leaving voicemails as if they were pro athletes. Unfortunately the show died in my eyes when Colin and Beadle left.

Colin Cowherd got fired from ESPN for calling people from the Dominican Republic stupid not because he wanted to move to LA

My favorite ESPN show of all time…

This show came out when I was 20, and I loved it. It was one of my favorites.

shoutout to kyle for never responding to Dude Perfect… what could’ve been 😭😭

my mom and i used to watch with michelle, marcellus and max. great memories. loved that show

Man I was 12 when sportsnation first started and it was always one of my favorite shows to sit and watch when I would get home from school, I would show my dad clips and we would talk about the different discussion questions they would have, it was a fun memory I have from childhood and you just unlocked a lot of nostalgia for a young me

I stopped caring about this show the minute colin and Michelle weren't the host anymore

Wow, I honestly never knew it was Cowherd’s show at first, I only started watching after Max took over. I’m kinda glad I didn’t know about it in the early days, even though it sounds like a lot of people have a lot of nostalgia for that period, I could never stand Colin, just such an ass.

Football football football. Yes, it's popular but at the end of the day what is there to talk about other than quarterbacks and their receivers?

They use to do the cover reveals for the madden and ncaa video game too wich god wish this show was around for that game next year.
I think the second best is SBN secret base

Best show man i swear after a long day at work come home roll one up crack a cold brew and just watch this show on a late night was the best 😩🤦🏾‍♂️

I loved Max when he was on sportsnation I watched this every day coming home from middle school. Now I think Max is annoying as hell

I don't think there will be an ESPN show with nothing but white hosts ever again.

I loved this show truly and had such a crush on Michelle. I loved coming home from high school and watching this. It was how I found out about dude perfect and many other viral videos.

Cari is great, but that show wasn’t for her.
Michelle and Colin were great together, but I preferred the Michelle, Marcellus, and Max trio

I started watching in 2014 and loved it/ As someone who only kinda watched sports, I loved this show and it was the only one I'd watch.

I always thought this show's audience wasn't younger people, but casual fans. That's why I loved it; it was simple. I didn't want to hear 2 people share their thoughts on this player's injury for 20 minutes, but I wanted to know that it happened. I liked hearing the news, but the debates and talking that dragged on forever bored me to death. On Sports Nation, I learned about it, heard them talk about it for 30 seconds, and moved on. It was great. I also loved the tears, jeers, and tears section. It gave me a recap of the best, worst, and funniest moments of the previous day in sports. Someone had an insane hole-in-one? Or hit a bird with their baseball? I got to see it. The games were fun, the guests were cool, and the hosts were great together. Truly the perfect show for someone only kinda into sports like me.

I never watched when Collin was on so this video was really interesting. Thanks for reminding me how freaking great this show was.

Beadle’s insufferably annoying

That’s funny I remember hating the shit out of Charissa. I felt like she was so argumentative and defensive. I’m sure she got better over time but I basically stopped watching after that

That was an awesome wholesome statement I'm sure folks probably missed. when he mentioned he was able to get his sister to watch the show, followed by I think that's why I enjoyed it cause I could get my friends to watch it with me.

I’m 26 this show was soo fire dog miss it for sure

The madden bracket was THE BEST

They just turbed the sportsnation facebook and turned it into espen BET gambling page, smh

I loved watching Michelle and Colin. Hilarious and knew their stuff. Max and Marcellus were good too. But i liked when Melanie Collins was on with Marcellus. She knew how to work the camera.

Great video! Brought back all the feels. I used to watch this every day after class in college. Prime ESPN years will never be matched!

Great video, this was my favorite show to watch in elementary school. I remember they did the madden 25 cover too with Adrian Peterson and Barry sanders

ESPN as a whole was running things in the early 2010s

I used to love watching this in college around 2010-2011 especially, funny to see that it was geared towards college aged men because it's clear looking back.

I remember voting every single day

Sports nation was so good in their prime

The show went downhill when Jamie Horowitz left ESPN. They stopped focusing on polls and games, and LZ Granderson happened.

This was my shit!

We need Contant like this about ESPN shows that are no longer on the air…

I nominate “Cold Pizza” it ran from 2003 to 2007

If you liked SportsNation, watch first things first on fs1. Closest thing to it

I was a kid when this show was going on🤣make sense why I liked it. Felt it was underrated I liked it close to the end of the years.

I did the polls daily. I still think they’re a great interactive platform

goat sports
talk show

Sports nation was really fantastic

I wish there was a way to know that you were in the good old days when you were in them

The last great ESPN show

Well everyone it’s become official that the SportsNation social media accounts have been replaced with ESPNBet and SportsNation is OFFICIALLY dead. What a run it had. Sad it’s officially over.