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As technology advances and people’s attention spans shorten, even diehard <a href=/articles/2017/01/noahqa>sports fans</a> are finding it hard to sit through an entire game. “I struggle to watch a full game—without channel surfing or checking social media—even in my favorite sports,” says ESPN SportsCenter co-host <a href=/articles/2018/09/my-healthy-sage-steele>Sage Steele</a>. Patiently waiting through two- and three-hour-plus feats of <a href=/articles/2018/06/q-a-mike-trout>athleticism</a> is contrary to what we’ve come to expect in modern day society. “Now, everything is just click away… instantaneous and as fast as possible,” says Steele.<br><br>This change in mindset is not only impacting how people watch sports but how sports are played. Earlier this year, the MLB announced new <a href=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/20/587181780/rules-for-2018-aim-to-speed-up-how-long-it-takes-to-play-a-mlb-game target=_blank>rules</a> to speed up the pace of baseball, which has been <a href=https://weei.radio.com/blogs/weei/boston-baseball-lifers-know-their-game-needs-facelift target=_blank>called</a> “a 19th century game.” And in an effort to avoid marathon matches like the <a href=/articles/2018/08/john-isner-us-open>semi-final</a> between John Isner and Kevin Anderson this year, Wimbledon <a href=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2018-10-19/aeltc_announces_introduction_of_final_set_tiebreak.html target=_blank>announced</a> that a tie-break will be played when the score reaches 12-12 in the final set beginning in 2019.<br><br>Furthermore talked with Steele, who began her career in sports broadcasting in 1995, about how the digital era is impacting her own—and everyone’s— consumption.<br><div><br></div>

Sage Steele on watching sports in the digital era

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