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Erin Andrews Can’t Spell Her Job

Seriously, she actually can’t even spell the word “correspondent.” I am not making that up. Recently, Erin Andrews was a guest on 950 ESPN radio in Philadelphia. The host, an obnoxious jackass who was just sucking up to his masters at the initialed network, was shamelessly kissing her ass.  However, he made one big mistake.   In trying to be funny he actually asked her to spell the word “correspondent.” Erin failed in numerous attempts. She wasn’t even close.

Erin Andrews is many things, but smart obviously isn’t one of them. This former sorority girl and college dance team member is nothing but window dressing on ESPN.  This is nothing new in the world of sports, but I do find it unfair that she has a job simply because she’s hot.   Don’t get me wrong, I understand why she got the job (it’s the “Sweater Meat”), but that still doesn’t mean she deserves the job.

Andrews joined ESPN in 2004 as a reporter for the network’s NHL coverage.   (Hockey was on national TV once?)  Since then, she has also served as a reporter for the ESPN College Football Saturday broadcast, the Saturday Primetime college basketball game, and Big Ten college basketball coverage.  In 2005, she added Major League Baseball sideline reporting to her duties.   She even provides reports and features on Great Outdoor Games coverage, whatever the hell that is.  And now she has been tapped (no pun intended) to do sideline reporting for the National Spelling Bee.

I am not kidding. This vacuous, blond bimbette is going to provide “sideline” coverage for the Spelling Bee.   I keep looking out the window waiting for some sign of the end of the world, but I guess crap like this is the norm now on ESPN.  Why the hell does the friggin Spelling Bee even need a sideline reporter?

This coverage of the Spelling Bee is why Andrews was asked to spell correspondent and failed miserably. She even laughed and admitted that “all the kids would be way smarter than me.” Gee Erin, you think so?  The host quickly changed the subject and they talked about Dancing with the Stars, which not coincidentally is on the same network, ABC, that owns ESPN.   Shameless self-promotion is nothing new to ESPN, but it made me sick.

Andrews is a true professional though.  Like all the other serious journalists, she is regularly romantically linked to numerous athletes.   She’s even been referred to as a “Puck Bunny” for her liaisons with hockey players.   She is a joke.

It’s not just Andrews though; I think all sideline reporters are completely useless.  I don’t care how much work she puts into her job (…probably not as much as she puts into her hair and wardrobe choices).   I don’t care how much information the producers give her in an attempt to make her seem less stupid.  I don’t even care how hot she is.   (She’s hot, not pretty. There’s a big difference.)  All sideline reporters are annoying and should be eliminated.

I will admit that Andrews is not the worst of the sideline reporters out there, she’s just the target I have chosen today.   You know, because she’s so stupid it’s funny.   But, nobody even comes close to the King of sideline reporting douchebags.  That would be Fox’s Tony Siragusa.  He’s not funny, his “insights” are painfully obvious and he never shuts the hell up.   I keep hoping that his next greasy burger or french fry is the one that finally closes off his arteries and he’s forced to go away forever.

I guess Andrews has her fans out there though.   In 2007 she was voted “America’s Sexiest Sportscaster” in a poll in Playboy magazine.   Andrews garnered almost 40% of the vote in the user-determined contest.   Yeah, forget winning Emmys, or even ESPYs - Erin won the “America’s Sexiest Sportscaster” poll.  That just means that a bunch of horny losers with nothing better to do than touch their “mouse” and vote on polls in Playboy think she’s sexy.  That’s so much more important than actually being competent at your job right?  Hell, I bet she couldn’t even spell “competent, ‘ either.   It’s okay Erin, just put on an even tighter top and nobody will even notice.

The really unfortunate part is that no matter how dumb Andrews really is, it doesn’t matter.   As long as she’s hot, dresses sexy, and flirts with the players and coaches, she will have a job.   Thank goodness TV remotes have a MUTE button.

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