Sportscenter June 11th, 1998 (ESPN)

Kenny Mayne and Linda Cohn host Sportscenter, following coverage of Game 4 of the 1998 NBA Finals (Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls vs. Stockton/Malone Utah Jazz) and the beginning of the 1998 World Cup in France.
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[@nickphillips6546]

I miss those days. It was a totally different world back then.

[@alanvallazza9781]

Olbermann had not gone cuckoo. How bad did he become? He returned to Espn but decided sjw politics was worth his mouth after quitting his previous show in disgust. So he quit Espn for a far left podcast.

[@Realistic316]

everything was better

[@agoo7581]

Holy shit, I had forgotten how good sportscenter was in the 90s, no bells and whistles, no fluff, no "hot takes" no screaming for no reason, just straight to the point sports news in which you were well informed about the sports news of the day. Man has this horrible network fallen far.

[@ericradford2142]

Manatee Power ya don’t say.

[@defjourney7634]

That's what news in general used to be also. Now everybody has to shill whatever biased opinion they have one direction or the other.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

It's now to the point that you would rather watch a bunch of random KZbinrs from their garage bust out their content

[@bigfreak8671]

The monologues they all used to write as the intro to sportscenter I miss these days 😢

[@mikebird5148]

I used to tell my mom I was sick so that I could stay home from school and watch Sportscenter all day LOL those were the days.

[@lajaunescott9273]

How beautiful it was in the 90s

[@jaketaylor7763]

Back when Sportscenter used to show actual highlights

[@kgrkid]

They still do, idiot

[@ericradford2142]

Ya don’t say.

[@jaketaylor7763]

@@kgrkid oh kiss my ass

[@alanvallazza9781]

I watch nightly and sometimes mornings.

[@747heavyboeing3]

Back when it wasn't woke

[@chrisuncleahmad]

“MY SKILLS ARE BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING!”

[@J.B24]

Man this brings back such good memories of my teen years.

[@Modelmoth]

Thank you for uploading this - that summer, I got my first job - always tuned into Sportscenter after waking up before heading to work. Sportscenter’s MLB recaps were such a trip.

[@RobbieStacks90]

The good ole SportsCenter from my childhood.

[@KYExtemper]

The golden age of Sportscenter. I wish they'd get back to this stuff.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

Some of the stuff that they did back then can't really be done today since sports highlights are way too easily accessed on KZbin, they just need to find better personality and improve their content rather than just looking for a bunch of clickbait garbage but yes the stuff back then was legend and we were really spoiled back then

[@KYExtemper]

@@TheKrazyk2010 Issue is you can access sports highlights but no one has time to sit down and watch highlights of every single NBA, MLB, or NHL game from the night before. I'd still like a one stop place to go for 30 mins to an hour that recapped games and informed me.

[@abathens]

Kenny Mayne and Linda Cohn still doing SC in 2020.

[@smill1985]

Yessir! 😊

[@gavin2391]

got news for you

[@BeeKay5150]

Jesus. We didn't know how good we had it.

[@timd8912]

Love you linda.....

[@MGAF688]

A Nike commercial with Donald Trump and a bunch of NBA basketball players. Amazing. 35:42

[@blobulous3500]

1998 was truly the best year in sports

[@jacobrichardson1952]

As an old soul person for 1998, this is what I call nostalgia.

[@UpTheDown7]

Kenny Mayne's Jordan intro for the Game 4 highlights is so great 1:16 Smart, funny, informative, quick. It's sad how far ESPN and sports coverage in general has fallen. Hopefully the pendulum swings back one day.

[@uttermanbo]

Funny how nostalgia works. I was eleven when this aired. I couldn't wait to grow up so I didn't have to go to school, or do chores. Now I wish I could go back to this time, but not with the knowledge I have now. I think everybody remembers the past as a golden time. Eleven year olds today will probably come back to videos from today and feel as I feel about 1998. You just grow more cynical as you get older. Time moves faster. Your body begins to break down. That's just a tale as old as time though. People from two hundred years ago went through the same thing.

[@chrisheineken9757]

"Even with derogatory credit, you can own a brand-new car!" -Kenny Mayne LMHO!!!! "MY BAD!!!!!!"

[@DubBeats]

I remember watching sport center sometime as a kid...

[@TheKrazyk2010]

I'm pretty sure this is the same footage they used for the last dance advertisement for the State farm commercial

[@JohnMclane1988]

back when espn actually gave a crap about other sports besides football

[@js2010ish]

38:45 defense gets a held ball? How long did that last, a season?

[@js2010ish]

14:16 is insane, one of the best soccer plays ive seen

[@johnhough8754]

24:11 The leader of the 2019 Stanley Cup St. Louis Blues

[@EpicConspiracy]

Damn mims signed for 335 million dollars.

[@abon587]

32:02 One year deal for $335 million? He must have been pretty good.

[@PakRT48]

10:18 Linda: "Juan Gonzalez.....with a display of serious length."

[@leahdambe734]

I was born on this day

[@Mathias3710]

4:48 Not anymore.

[@tyleranderson7636]

Oh how the times have changed. Smart phones social media all of that was not around, just raw energy. Just raw emotions. Real people, real talking. Now it’s a circus show. Full of clowns

[@johnharris7873]

Is it me or does Phil Jackson and Scottie Pippen sound the same

[@Doknot-tb9ey]

Yep, they still sound the same.

[@DCotone9]

Ah yes, when sportscenter was good and basketball was played the right way.

[@btone310]

Back when ESPN and Sportscenter stuck to sports.

[@userloco99]

335 million dollars??

[@kyleg8098]

When SC was only SPORTS

[@lajaunescott9273]

Every about that era is different, the presentation, the music even the athletes was not cry babies like today’s over paid adults.

[@Realistic316]

EVERYONE watched Sportscenter back then…and no one watches today cuz it blows

[@Threetsnotricks]

I would’ve totally played pool with Linda Cohn’s tonsils

[@BeeKay5150]

🤣 I gotta borrow that line

[@badladyami]

I miss the era of SportsCenter being funny, irreverent, and substantive. Now, it's just a "cable news" network that takes itself too damned seriously.