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Eli Apple's mom joining ESPN?!

Jints in Carolina : 5/23/2016 3:09 pm
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Annie Apple & #8207;@SurvivinAmerica 2m2 minutes ago
I am beyond excited to be joining the ESPN family and quite honestly, happier than a Kardashian in an NBA locker room. #Blessed


Why do I have a bad feeling about all of this.
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nevermind...seems harmless  
Jints in Carolina : 5/23/2016 3:11 pm : link
Apple writes a blog called "Survivin America: Making it through with humor and hope." After the draft, she wrote a first-person column for Sports Illustrated about the experience, and soon thereafter she visited ESPN's Bristol, Connecticut, campus to appear on "His & Hers," NFL Live and several other studio shows.

"Annie caught our attention during the NFL Draft, and when we met her in-person at ESPN, we were blown away by her relatability, her sense of humor and just how unafraid she is to speak her mind," said Seth Markman, senior coordinating producer for ESPN's NFL studio shows. "Annie brings a very unique perspective as the mother of a current NFL player and as a fan, and we look forward to exploring a variety of different story ideas with her on Sunday NFL Countdown."
But she is off to a good start  
njm : 5/23/2016 3:11 pm : link
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DanMetroMan : 5/23/2016 3:11 pm : link
"She's not going to change," Eli Apple said Monday, after the Giants' first practice during organized team activities. "She was like this way back when I was in high school. She's not going to do anything different."

Well, she is getting a new job. Starting this fall, Annie Apple will join ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown as a contributor. Annie Apple will offer player profiles and other stories for ESPN's Sunday morning pregame show.

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My mom, @shirleyschefter, gonna be mad she didn't get this gig: https://twitter.com/dangrazianoespn/status/734817826142343169
2:49 PM - 23 May 2016
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"I am beyond excited to be joining the ESPN family and to have the platform to rep sports moms' perspectives, energy, contributions and fantastic awkwardness to viewers around the world," Annie Apple said. "Moms are the heart and backbone of all sports. We are our kids' first coaches, trainers, nutritionists and cheerleaders."

Apple writes a blog called "Survivin America: Making it through with humor and hope." After the draft, she wrote a first-person column for Sports Illustrated about the experience, and soon thereafter she visited ESPN's Bristol, Connecticut, campus to appear on "His & Hers," NFL Live and several other studio shows.
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I like her  
Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy : 5/23/2016 3:11 pm : link
but that was a lame joke (been done way too often) and yes, this could get annoying fast.
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arcarsenal : 5/23/2016 3:11 pm : link
Said it a few weeks ago.. this is going to turn into a "STFU ANNY APPEL!!!!" situation very, very quickly.
bwahahahaha!!!!!!  
Rocky369 : 5/23/2016 3:12 pm : link
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happier than a Kardashian in an NBA locker room
As if I needed another reason  
Modus Operandi : 5/23/2016 3:13 pm : link
To avoid ESPN.
yea this COULD get old quick  
Jints in Carolina : 5/23/2016 3:14 pm : link
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Not gonna bother me  
ron mexico : 5/23/2016 3:14 pm : link
Unlikely I'll ever see her unless someone posts a segment from the show (or magazine or whatever this is) here

RE: .  
Ten Ton Hammer : 5/23/2016 3:17 pm : link
In comment 12968160 arcarsenal said:
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Said it a few weeks ago.. this is going to turn into a "STFU ANNY APPEL!!!!" situation very, very quickly.


Didn't we have a thread already suggesting it was time she goes away?

One week after the draft?
It wouldn't be so obnoxious  
Modus Operandi : 5/23/2016 3:18 pm : link
If certain posters didn't feel the need to post an hourly/daily Annie Apple update thread, re-twating every nugget of who cares.
Good for her  
est1986 : 5/23/2016 3:19 pm : link
Haters gonna hate.
RE: RE: .  
arcarsenal : 5/23/2016 3:20 pm : link
In comment 12968172 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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In comment 12968160 arcarsenal said:


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Said it a few weeks ago.. this is going to turn into a "STFU ANNY APPEL!!!!" situation very, very quickly.



Didn't we have a thread already suggesting it was time she goes away?

One week after the draft?


Most likely.
lmao  
Ten Ton Hammer : 5/23/2016 3:23 pm : link
Annie Apple ‏@SurvivinAmerica 8m8 minutes ago

For you truthers, ESPN didn't hire me cuz I'm cute. I have degrees in TV production & English. So not only am I quasi cute, I'm semi smart
It's hard to measure the impact this will have on my life  
Mad Mike : 5/23/2016 3:24 pm : link
and my enjoyment of NY Giants football. (Actually, it's quite easy).
RE: lmao  
Bill L : 5/23/2016 3:26 pm : link
In comment 12968181 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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Annie Apple ‏@SurvivinAmerica 8m8 minutes ago

For you truthers, ESPN didn't hire me cuz I'm cute. I have degrees in TV production & English. So not only am I quasi cute, I'm semi smart
That's actually very cute.
Yeah  
Modus Operandi : 5/23/2016 3:30 pm : link
Because if ESPN's past personnel have proven anything, it's that ESPN cares deeply about employing those with mastery of the English language.

RE: lmao  
ron mexico : 5/23/2016 3:36 pm : link
In comment 12968181 Ten Ton Hammer said:
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Annie Apple ‏@SurvivinAmerica 8m8 minutes ago

For you truthers, ESPN didn't hire me cuz I'm cute. I have degrees in TV production & English. So not only am I quasi cute, I'm semi smart


You just pissed MO off big time
I think she has a good sense of humor  
BestFeature : 5/23/2016 4:18 pm : link
She's also been harmless so far. She hasn't said or done anything controversial. I'll worry about her saying something wrong when she does.
Oh yeah, this will end well  
Giants2012 : 5/23/2016 4:29 pm : link
I'm already tired of her.
Some of you guys get upset too easily  
LI NHB : 5/23/2016 4:36 pm : link
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As long as he plays good this is great  
Rflairr : 5/23/2016 4:38 pm : link
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Sure this will make some great fodder for the tabloids..  
BigBlue89 : 5/23/2016 4:41 pm : link
I'm sure they'll go to her every time the Giants lose for her opinion on what they did wrong.
ESPN: World Leader in English Majors  
Modus Operandi : 5/23/2016 5:03 pm : link
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If I was her ...  
Manny in CA : 5/23/2016 5:19 pm : link
Think I'd just lay low, this year, till Eli proves himself.
RE: yea this COULD get old quick  
Route 9 : 5/23/2016 6:51 pm : link
In comment 12968166 Jints in Carolina said:
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Eli Apples mom got old the first time i read anything she had to say, and then even worse when they had her on NFL Network the next night being interviewed by Lindsay Rhodes. The one thing is what she has to say/offer is just as irrelevant as what Skip Bayless or Curtis Conway (useless garbage) has to say.

The thing that concerns me though is the people who find Apples mom funny" or even close to interesting. Just a weird way to get attention I guess, be the loud mouthed mom of a first round NFL draft pick.
wouldn't be surprised if she became a BBI member  
Route 9 : 5/23/2016 6:52 pm : link
And started cursing us all out. She'd find right in here.
RE: As long as he plays good this is great  
arcarsenal : 5/23/2016 7:00 pm : link
In comment 12968329 Rflairr said:
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Ah, but if he doesn't...

Hooooo boy.
Even better  
JohnF : 5/23/2016 7:03 pm : link
if she gets to replace Dan Graziano!!!
So let me get this straight.  
ctc in ftmyers : 5/23/2016 7:05 pm : link
There are actually people on this planet who actually listen to pregame shows?

Never in a million years would I have thunk it.

Damn, learn something everyday.

I have been on NCAA  
NJGiantFan84 : 5/23/2016 7:21 pm : link
Message boards where fathers of players would post before, during and after their sons played. They offered a unique perspective And always enjoyed reading what they hd to say.

I feel like some people think that those who watch pre and post game shows take what is said on there as gospel. Its not. I form my own opinions but enjoy hearing those of others amd why. Adding a perspective we rarely get to hear from is interesting, IMO.
that's fine  
Route 9 : 5/23/2016 7:23 pm : link
She's just annoying IMO
Good for her..  
Bchurch : 5/23/2016 7:29 pm : link
I wonder if the extra spotlight on the Apple family will affect Eli's play.
This doesn't begin or end with her  
Bill L : 5/23/2016 7:30 pm : link
But nothing ever wants to stay what you began paying attention for in the first place. ESPN moves away from sports, mtv no longer does music, the food network doesn't teach cooking any more. It's too bad and where does that market find its outlet now?
This one guy who I used to be friends with  
Route 9 : 5/23/2016 7:35 pm : link
Hasn't had a job in 10 years and all he does is smoke weed and watch ESPN all day. He loves that station. Must be the ganja.
It started in my town  
Bill L : 5/23/2016 7:38 pm : link
I remember when it was like a shed with a bunch of satellite dishes on the front lawn. And we didn't even know what satellite dishes were.

And maybe t was obscure sports back then. It dammit, it was sports. Now it's like the View
She offers a unique perspective?  
Modus Operandi : 5/23/2016 8:21 pm : link
What perspective is that? Whh at does she say that isn't said here every day?
This axe you've formed to grind  
Ten Ton Hammer : 5/23/2016 8:24 pm : link
Happened very quickly.
.....  
Route 9 : 5/23/2016 8:30 pm : link
Modus Operandi, you dumb fuck she is sassy and can crack jokes because she is older than all the players and doesnt give a fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Mommas know their stuff!
I don't have an axe to grind  
Modus Operandi : 5/23/2016 8:32 pm : link
I'm merely trying to understand your uber Annie Apple fan status. You're following a football player's mom. On twitter.
She wouldn't join BBI  
micky : 5/23/2016 8:33 pm : link
She's enjoying life.
I find her to be pretty funny and endearing  
David in LA : 5/23/2016 8:35 pm : link
somehow on BBI that turns into posters having had 'enough' of Annie Apple.
Yeah lol  
Route 9 : 5/23/2016 8:37 pm : link
Because she's gonna reap the benefits of having a son getting an NFL paycheck. She's got enough time for Twitter it seems.
RE: I find her to be pretty funny and endearing  
steve in ky : 5/23/2016 8:38 pm : link
In comment 12968592 David in LA said:
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somehow on BBI that turns into posters having had 'enough' of Annie Apple.



I don't understand the resentment of her.
RE: She offers a unique perspective?  
NJGiantFan84 : 5/23/2016 8:39 pm : link
In comment 12968568 Modus Operandi said:
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What perspective is that? Whh at does she say that isn't said here every day?


The perspective of a mother of a player in the NFL. Thought that was obvious. I dont expect some crazy insane football insight, but I think hearing her opinion on things like safety would be interesting. Id love for her to answer a question like "If you had to di it over again, knowing he would make the NFL, would you let your son play?"

I dont follow her on twitter and dont care about her jokes. Again, On College websites hearing the perspective of parents on the team was interesting to me. Doesn't have to be for you.
RE: I find her to be pretty funny and endearing  
Route 9 : 5/23/2016 8:40 pm : link
In comment 12968592 David in LA said:
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somehow on BBI that turns into posters having had 'enough' of Annie Apple.


Because we found her annoying right away? OK?

We (as BBI) bash License Plate Guy constantly on here, lol. I've read far worse on here.
A mom tweeting about her draft experience is annoying?  
David in LA : 5/23/2016 8:44 pm : link
License Plate Guy and Annie Apple don't belong in the same sentence, unless you know anything about Annie running a loan sharking operation.
RE: A mom tweeting about her draft experience is annoying?  
steve in ky : 5/23/2016 8:52 pm : link
In comment 12968608 David in LA said:
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License Plate Guy and Annie Apple don't belong in the same sentence, unless you know anything about Annie running a loan sharking operation.


And the thing is I believe she has been tweeting since Eli was about 13 years old and apparently enjoys it and it pretty good at it and has a decent following in her own right.

This notion that she is doing this because her son was drafted is silly. Do people expect her to cease what she was doing because her son now has notoriety? Would they ask that of their own mom?

As far as ESPN, I think they recognized that the women is a natural and view her a a likable personality worthy of taking a chance on. She may just be a talented lady who will excel in front of the camera.

Dave  
Route 9 : 5/23/2016 8:55 pm : link
Yeah or whatever she was talking about low rent Odells stupid Tweets she was making. Who gives a shit? Like I said, the night she was on the NFL Network being interviewed and like I said I dont give a fuck what she has to say. I immediately changed the channel and turned on the hockey or whatever else.

Im not the only one, every single article about her (an article about a players mom, lol) has people bitching about the coverage of her. I honestly wouldnt be surprised if there was a Real Moms of the NFL, I did say though what she has to say will have the same impact on me as what Skip Bayless has to say, nothing. It doesnt mean I have to like her or find her not annoying. Good for her.

LOL, oh no. I didnt mean to sully the name of Annie Apple by comparing her to LPG because of the loan shark shit, even though LPG was being bashed years long before the minute the loan shark shit surfaced on here. Like I said, her and Miko Grimes can be on a show on Oxygen sometime together.
You're a moron if you think Apple and Grimes  
David in LA : 5/23/2016 8:58 pm : link
are of the same ilk. The discount Odell comment was hilarious. I'm sure you're great at parties.
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