Weather Channel vs. ESPN

I know what you are thinking, The Weather Channel and ESPN??? Hear me out. If you live in the tri county area of Alabama which surrounds the capitol and even on the outskirts of those cities, you probably know the name Rich Thomas. If you have watched ESPN you probably know the names of Dick Vitale, Kirk Herbstriet, or even Lou Holtz. Now imagine you are Rich Thomas and the dream of ever getting to "that level" of weather broadcasting would be........ above the cirrus clouds. Lets make some comparisons. If you've ever watched SportsCenter or any type of sporting event on ESPN, you will notice the scroll bar at the bottom that updates you on the different sporting events. The Weather Channel has the same thing but lets you know the high's and the low's of your area, future forecasts, and even the wind speeds and humidity associated with those days. ESPN has a SportsCenter every 30 minutes to let you know of the latest sporting updates. The Weather Channel did them 1 up and has the local on the 8's. Not only do they do the local on the 8's to show you your area but they pan around the country and do the northeast, southeast, southwest, midwest, and northwest. Sideline broadcaster's anyone? You thought Suzy Colbern or Desmond Howard give good sideline reporting? Try having a hurricane or a tornado and see if you see anyone of those folks out there braving those conditions. The Weather Channel is just looking for a storm to throw someone out there with an L.L. Bean or Columbia jacket and a microphone to cover the latest and breaking weather conditions. Not only that but thier commercials are about weather safety and UV rays and how to protect yourself. I don't see ESPN teaching safety in thier commercials. All I see is that 1975 version of how to teach your dixie youth baseball team to win thier league 3 years in a row (guys you know what I'm talking about, it has Fred McGriff in it and they are throwing baseballs into trash cans). I don't know if any other channel that can cover live updates changes in our lives as good as both ESPN and The Weather Channel, but I know one thing, if I need to know what the weather is like before I go out and play the links, you better believe there is a weather man with a suit saying how beautiful and awesome the weather is in that area and how being outside is your best option, not to mention they have a golf rating on thier website on a scale of 1 to 10 on whether it is a good golfing day or not. So next time you browse to The Weather Channel, t.v. or Web, just remember the anchors and the hard work that goes behind being a weather man and how very eery and similair the 2 national channels are alike. Stay classy Montgomery; it's 75 in December.