Sports Soup was a weekly series airing in the U.S. on Versus. The show (first airing October 14, 2008

2008 in television

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), hosted by Matt Iseman

Matt Iseman

Matthew C. "Matt" Iseman is an American comedian, actor, and television host, who began his career as a physician.- Early life and medical career :...

, satirizes recent events in sports and the stations that cover them in similar fashion to sister network E! Entertainment Television's series The Soup

The Soup

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(and is produced by the same crew as that show, and on the same soundstage). The show features Iseman in front of a green screen and also features the same audience, their cast & crew (a similar setup to The Soup). Unlike The Soup, the logos shown on the clips are not blurred out. The shows final episodes aired in June of 2010.

Child, Please!

This segment features NFL

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 player Chad Ochocinco of the Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

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. He takes viewer-submitted questions from the Versus website and answers them in a humorous and sarcastic fashion.

2 things you have to see

Two clips of amazing sports moments are shown. This segment is now renamed "4 things you have to see" and replaced with random "2..." segments.

3 Great Collisions

Three clips are shown, each with a crash, or a hard punch. This segment was replaced with random "3..." segments.

4 things to look out for

Matt Iseman tells four actual news stories about the teams and their coaches, however when getting to "look out for", the pictures are often doctored

Photo manipulation

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. This segment has since then been replaced by "4 things you have to see".

5-Star Clip

Matt shows a clip from any random sport and features it, followed with a sarcastic quip. One example is from a South African soccer league in which a player's shin was inverted due to an opposing player sliding to get the ball.