MIXED EMOTIONS it seems are felt for MARK SHAPIRO -- THE ESPN PROGRAMMING EXECUTIVE who will leave the world of AROUND THE HORN and COLD PIZZA to join DAN SNYDER's AMUSEMENT PARK ADVENTURE.
At least he already has some experience MAKING PEOPLE SCREAM.
MARK SHAPIRO's legacy at ESPN is DEBATABLE. The Vice President for Programming and Production made ENTERTAINMENT FIRST and EVERYTHING ELSE A DISTANT SECOND. In so doing HE CATERED TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMENATOR, showering us with bad made-for-TV movies and insisting on replays of players, managers and coaches mouthing obscenities too graphic to miss.
Shapiro leaves October 1st for DANIEL SNYDER's RED ZONE LLC.
So, tell us, CHRIS BERMAN, about his impact.
"He was given the keys to a lot of cars here as time went on, and he drove them in directions we hadn't been before. He's very decisive. At times in our history, we have been a little bit inert, and he certainly didn't stand for inertia, which is good. He branched us off in directions we might not have even tried let alone be successful at. But ESPN was a very successful place before he was here, and it will be very successful after. He certainly made a mark. No pun intended."
Kevin Burns, thanks for the post.
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