On the plus side, there was this little tidbit of "news" from ESPN during the Liverpool - PSV Eindhoven match today.
ESPN will be giving an extra English language match each match day during the Champions League this season. Today they will show Liverpool - PSV live on ESPN2 and then at 2pm PST (15 minutes after the end of the Liverpool - PSV match) they will show the Barçelona - Levski Sofia match on ESPN Classic. This is essentially what Setanta will be doing later today in showing the same Barça - Sofia match on delay as well as Galatasaray - Bordeaux.
Tomorrow ESPN will be showing Manchester United v. Celtic live at 1145AM PST while Setanta will show Arsenal v. Hamburg as its live match. Both channels will show Real Madrid v. Lyon at 2PM PST (ESPN Classic and Setanta) and Setanta's bonus match will be the diving, cheating bastards from FC Porto v. CSKA Moscow.
So we're getting an extra match per day from ESPN. Sure, it's not in HD, but nothing they're offering for the Champions League apart from the final is in HD, so that's a moot point.
Still would be nice to have Setanta though. I miss being able to skip back during matches, pause stuff and just record sh*t I want to watch. I appreciate the service ITVN is giving, but sports on "good quality VHS" video feeds leaves a lot to be desired.