ESPN is thinking like a startup

While this is certainly a statement on the entrepreneurial spirit within ESPN, I think it is actually indicative of something else - the absolute homerun that Apple hit with the iPad. The iPad is flexible yet simple enough to be used by your mom on the couch and an ESPN announcer at the same time. That is no small feat of hardware and software engineering!

ESPN is just now starting to get it's act together with espn3, which was espn 360 and horrible, it is not a little more open. What I'd like to see is them get more open like the MLB and start showing up on all kinds of devices, at a high quality, and with a paid membership.

ESPN and other sports channels hole the key to the Internet/no cable future, as they own the holly Grail of live sport events. Once they have a serious multiformat solution the cable guys better watch out.

I found this article to be a rambling mess. While I agree that the ESPN stuff is cool, the author seems to ramble around the premise too much. Usually Engadget is pretty solid in the writing department, not sure what happened. Way too long too for a point that could have been made in a paragraph or two.