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In terms of sports, football and basketball. Hockey is the Butt Monkey of the network
The Scrappy: SportsCenter's filler during dead spots in the sports season (such as summer, in which only baseball is in full swing) tends to be self-serving at times. The network was flooded with complaints and criticism following its 2007 summer segment "Who's Now?", in which fans voted on the most buzzworthy athlete in sports in a month-long bracket tournament, complete with analysts breaking down the matchups. Even on-host personalities will take a potshot at it every now and then, showing that the on-air talent also wasn't overly fond of it.
On the other hand, their more recent summer filler, "My Wish" (a partnership with the Make-a-Wish Foundation), is considered a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming (or Tastes Like Diabetes, depending on your point of view).