The Savannah Bananas roused the crowd with their opening performance at the ESPYs on Wednesday. The event was broadcast live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Fox News broadcaster Tomi Lahren shared her opinion on the performance in response to a post by OutKick founder Clay Travis. Lahren said that although the performance was somewhat “cringe”, it may have been more entertaining than WNBA games.
“It’s a little cringe, but they sell out stadiums. It’s insane how popular they are. I would argue far more entertaining to watch than the WNBA,” Lahren said.
Travis took a dig at the performance and questioned whether there was an audience for such displays.
“What is the audience for a fake baseball team doing bad musical dance song ensemble pieces? Legit, I’m asking. Are there lots of sports fans clamoring for fake sports teams to do bad Broadway musicals? This seems like an audience of zero,” Travis said.
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Dave Portnoy Adds to Criticism of Savannah Bananas’ Opening Performance
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy joined others in criticizing the Bananas’ opening gig at the prestigious awards ceremony. Portnoy shared a video on X, lashing out at the performance.
“What is this, the ESPYs? I don’t even know what channel this is on. I was watching ‘Chronicle’ on ABC, I look up and the Bananas are on my TV. This guy’s doing a pirouette. Get the Bananas off my TV!” Portnoy said angrily.
Since 2015, ABC has televised the ESPYs annually, except in 2020, when COVID-19 prompted the show to air on ESPN. Jalen Brunson, the New York Knicks’ star shooting guard, was among the night’s top winners, taking home awards for Best NBA Player, Best Championship Performance, and Best Athlete in Men’s Sports.
The Knicks concluded the evening by winning Best Team. Dodgers two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani was the sole baseball honoree, taking home the award for Best Single-Game Performance.
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