Does the sports news of the day need to constantly run across the bottom of the screen on ESPN during ball games? Not only is it distracting and shrinks the screen but it’s also awfully repetitive for anyone watching the whole game. With all the ways of finding out information now days, I doubt many people turn over just to check in on the sports blurbs of the day. That means that most people are subjected to the same news over and over again.

The words “Marvin Miller, former MLB Players Association executive director, dies at 95” ran across the bottom of the screen about 30 times during the UNC-Indiana game coverage. 30 times! If there isn’t any other information happening in sports over a two-hour period other than that, I’m not sure the ticker at the bottom is needed. If you watched the N.C. State game and the UNC game back to back, you probably saw the announcement about 50 times.

Generalisimo Francisco Franco is still dead.